January 2012
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WatchBack on December 7, when Iona beat Denver in an overtime thriller, I was intensely frustrated when a video I’d taken of the Gaels’ game-winner and Chase Hallam’s Gordon Hayward-like attempted buzzer-beater that rimmed out — which I thought was going to be a pretty compelling movie — mysteriously never showed up in my iPhone’s Photo Library. I couldn’t...
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CSU edges DU for Colorado state championship
Here’s my 800 Games Project write-up of Wednesday’s contest at Moby Arena, which I made a last-minute decision to attend.
As is typical and encouraged in 800GP write-ups, it’s a first-person account with a lot of experiential, non-basketball content. It’s also very long. :) But it does go through how Denver came out sluggish, fell behind badly in the first half, fought...
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After roller-coaster Sun Belt start, Denver visits...
After going 10-2 against its tough non-conference schedule and earning itself an unlikely place on the bubble, Denver has been on soemthing of a roller-coaster ride over the last two weeks as it opened Sun Belt play.
On December 29, the Pioneers beat Troy in a perfectly serviceable 79-62 win that was pretty much exactly what you’d want to see against a lowly opponent.
But then, two days...
