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“3 POINT SHOTS & TURNOVERS”
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Firing away after a weekend of basketball:

AZTECS..What a lost weekend.  The blowout loss to North Carolina and then the loss of G-Nick Boyd.  A week after he stood infront of the media with a ‘Pledge of Allegiance’ that he was returning to SDSU next season, he goes to his exit meeting with Coach Brian Dutcher, and exits.  Decides he is leaving for the transfer portal.  It it all means he was talking to people last week, while they prepared for their Tournament Game, which means he was being tampered with all along while intimating ‘Aztec for Life’.  His resume describes his as tenacious, athletic, explosive, and a leader.  But you can scratch ‘loyal’ from that resume.  A shame to lose him.  Bigger shame how he acted.

LADY AZTECS…Big difference between being a national power vs being a good mid-major team.  End of run, a real bad end of the run for SDSU.  Down 11-0 inside two minutes.  Trailing (40-21) at the half.  Giving up 53-rebounds.  Letting the other team shoot 55%.  Trailing by (56) late in the game.  Losing (103-48). What did you expect in the game against LSU and Kim Mulkey’s ‘Take No Prisoner’ style.

UCLA..All the coaching and yelling and screaming from Mick Cronin could not get his team a tourney win.  Torn apart by Tennessee.  His team shot 35% and his guards were streaky all year.  The #1 ranked Lady Bruins-still playing.

USC..Ever wonder if Eric Musselman made one too many rules, job jumping everywhere?  His season burned down to the ground with a (16-17) record.  No one came to Galen Center to see his Trojans.  His former team, Arkansas, in the power based SEC, is still playing.  The former Razorback coach is watching them on TV.

LADY TROJANS…A bit lopsided this USC win (75-25) over UNC Greensboro, a team that shot (12%) in losing.

UCONN..Gino Auriemma’s Lady Huskies destroyed Arkansas State (103-34).  That’s right a 69-point win…led by 50-at halftime…hit 13-3’s.  A bit over the top.

ST JOHN’S…Angry Rick Pitino, at his team, the refs, the media after they fell apart in their loss to Arkansas.  Barked all day at the refs.  Scowled at the media when they asked how he could bench his leading scorer Robert Luis over the final 5-minutes.  And his team shot a pathetic 28% and his team went (2-22) on 3’s.

ARKANSAS..Frantic playing style.  Lots of fouls. Yet lots of fire power.

HEY CBS…Enough with the crowd shots of John Calipari’s wife and daughter weeping  off and on during good and bad parts of the Arkansas game.  Enough, please.

NEW MEXICO-COLORADO STATE…Nice and surprising opening round wins for the last MWC teams still standing the tourney, replacing SDSU and USU who went home after opening night losses.  Then the Rams led till final (:02) in losing to Maryland.  And the Lobos had a 9-point lead vs Michigan State before depth and the clock worked against them.  None-the-less, a pretty good run..

UPSET CITY..Always happens, so St Mary’s beat Vanderbilt, Memphis got derailed by Colorado State, and Mc Neese took out Clemson.

GRAND CANYON…Welcome to big time basketball, you can go home now after a 49-point effort in losing to Maryland.

NORFOLK STATE..That’s what big time talent looks like, trailing Florida (51-19) at one point in the game.

UTAH STATE..Good season equated only to a 47-point output in their opening loss.

KANSAS..Stunning to play so bad in losing to Arkansas after playing one of the toughest and best non conference schedules in the nation.

KENTUCKY…What a truck load of talent on the roster and getting hot at the right time or the year

GONZAGA..Some opening night win over Georgia.  Just could not duplicate it in their second game, but Mark Few’s teams continue a tradition of out producing bigger teams with his talent and scheme.

OREGON-ARIZONA..Interesting atmosphere, all this booing from the fans before the game.  Not sure if it was Ducks fans booing Wildcats fans, or UA of people booing UO…or fans booing both teams for the death of the Pac 12-Conference?
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