Derrick Marks is a big time scorer for Boise. I hope we get to play them in the championship game, he will be a nice test for Kane or Hogue or whoever gets thrown on him. He put up 24 against Mich St, 35 against Creighton, 27 against New Mexico, 38 against Colorado St, and 27 against SDSU so he comes to play against big time opponents.
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Derrick Marks is a big time scorer for Boise. I hope we get to play them in the championship game, he will be a nice test for Kane or Hogue or whoever gets thrown on him. He put up 24 against Mich St, 35 against Creighton, 27 against New Mexico, 38 against Colorado St, and 27 against SDSU so he comes to play against big time opponents.
I wouldn't put that much on this tournament. Fred's shown that he uses the non conference to experiment and find the best rotation, and he has countless options this year.
Ehhh..... I'm going to go out on a limb and say Boise State and Akron are just as good as teams as Wake Forest, UTEP, Xavier, and USC in that tournament. But of course they have the name.
The timing of this tournament is great too. Gets a lot of court time during the usual lame duck period of our season.
I'm a little meh about this. Don't quite see it as an RPI trap like some people do, but it certainly lacks a marquee name and probably will not attract a large audience nationwide. Would be nice to see a tougher power conference team, i.e. replace South Carolina or Oregon State with say Alabama out of the SEC and Oregon or Colorado out of the Pac 12.
Christmas night title game. It will be competing with the NBA. Other than that, it's the only college game on!
Oh I hope the powers of the world give me a Iowa State vs Akron game that second round. I will be home in Akron that weekend and I could easily set up a huge gamewatch with my Akron folk and watch them cry in person
I think I watched a ton of this tournament last year when I was home over Christmas last year, because it was on so late and I was used to Pacific Time. I was really happy there was something remotely interesting on.
Here is the a look at a thread I started a while back looking at the Non Conference schedule for next season:
http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum...78-non-conference-schedule-next-season-4.html
http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum...78-non-conference-schedule-next-season-4.html
I really like going to Hawai'i. Will have to seriously consider going down there for this. Too bad its on O'ahu, but we can make a stop at another island as well, I guess.
If we're even close to the team I'm hoping we are, we shouldn't have any trouble winning this tournament.
You know we're reaching when we start calling Akron a good quality win. It's not. "Bring that tournament trophy home or don't even bother coming back"..... that's what Pollard should tell them when they leave
You know we're reaching when we start calling Akron a good quality win. It's not. "Bring that tournament trophy home or don't even bother coming back"..... that's what Pollard should tell them when they leave
Christmas in Vegas, watching the clones from the Mirage sports book, placing bets on the clones bowl game. Can't wait.
I imagine that ultimatum would have a little more teeth if we were playing in say..........Alaska.If we're even close to the team I'm hoping we are, we shouldn't have any trouble winning this tournament.
You know we're reaching when we start calling Akron a good quality win. It's not. "Bring that tournament trophy home or don't even bother coming back"..... that's what Pollard should tell them when they leave
I'll be disappointed if we don't win. We're clearly the best team there. We need to play like it.
