Notes I forgot to write down, yet somehow remember...
- I'm trying to find the "arena" on the campus. Not finding any luck with the hunch that it was near Hornet Stadium, I stop in at the Alumni Center. The maps don't indicate where basketball is played. I ask someone preparing some balloon display, HE doesn't even know where they play. Neither do his friends.
I lucked out. I poked towards an "outer center" of campus and drove right by it. In case you're wondering for future reference, look for Yosemite Hall.
- Sac-town. I brought along my "ex-stepson" 'cause he needed a break from Boise, and it amuses him to no end how many references to "Sac" there are in town. Just saying. Scott's 15, just that age.
- The Sac Bee had a sports front page feature article on three players, all of whom have twin brothers. In a possibly unrelated matter, Sac State had their largest crowd of the year, 703 (which looked about right, really). Two bigger than a home game against Santa Clara back in November. All for a 4-17 team about to become 4-18.
- Once JD started driving the lane and dishing, game over. Both JD and Huff pulled a move or two out of the AND1 book, BTW. I'm not even talking about JD's up-&-under move in the second half. Just don't get too cocky, JD.
- Sac State strikes me funny. If you can't recruit size, at least recruit players who can handle the ball. Having a bunch of athletic 6'5" folk doesn't make you a basketball team, especially if they don't know defensive positioning.
- Ken Bone apparently comes from the Ralph Miller school. One mistake, bench, bit of a tongue-lashing. I remember being young and having a good laugh when Miller did that. The difference: Miller usually did that for his offense, Bone seems primarily concerned with defense.
- That being said, I can half see why Bone is messing with a non-Morrison world. Next year, who's the inside presence? Coston and Tiefenthaler seem to prefer the outside, facing up and driving. There's no back-to-the-basket backup. My sense is that Bone wants an active defense, not one simply waiting for a shot blocker to clean up messes. In college, since 6'11" folk don't grow ON trees (like trees, perhaps, but not on them), that's probably the way to bet. Just don't forget THIS year, sir.