Titans win: No, not those Titans
Frankly, I wasn't all that excited about ESPN's 24 straight hours of college basketball...until my Cal State Fullerton Titans upset UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in last night's double-overtime midnight matchup. I'm still yawning after staying up until nearly 3 a.m. to see the end.
Got to wonder about UCLA. The Titans were picked to finish seventh in their conference and UCLA got just about every call from the Pac-10 offciating crew and still couldn't outlast one of their cannon fodder preseason opponents. The Bruins are in a rebuilding year, but that still shouldn't happen to a program of that magnitude.
I'm not whining after a victory, but Fullerton was smothered under the rim down the stretch and UCLA did not get called for a single personal foul for the first 15 1/2 minutes of the second half. If they were that good, they wouldn't have been behind almost the entire game.
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well, THOSE titans DID win... playoffs?
nah. still. at least they arent gonna be 1-15 *coughbrownscough*
Posted by: release Bass | November 17, 2009 10:14 PM
It's still the offseason for basketball. College hoops begin at the first mention of "bubble teams" and "at large bids." Pro hoops begin with Game Seven of the Finals.
Posted by: waspman | November 18, 2009 11:44 AM
What? Still no comments about your Trojans getting hammered for the second time this season?
As for the CSF Titans, good to see them being successful on a national stage other than Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha.
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Pete's reply: I'm still getting over the Oregon game. It was the worst performance I've seen by USC since they lost to Notre Dame, 51-0, in 1966, which was the first USC game I ever attended in person. I cried that day (I was 11) but this time I just moped. I didn't get to see the Stanford game, but I guess it was just as bad. On the brighter side, 7-3 is what passes for a rebuilding year at USC. Go Titans.
Posted by: trebort49 | November 18, 2009 2:16 PM
yay! GO TITANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: carol schoiber | November 19, 2009 5:20 PM