Thursday, February 12, 2009

Loss to Riverside, Bracketology

Long Beach lost to UCR last night in double OT despite what the AP says.

Still playing without Morris, the 'Niners came up short in the 909 and lost first place in the Big West in the process.

The freshman continue to carry the heavy load and this bodes will for next year since only one senior is starting (Freeman) and none are really seeing significant time. 

Ware, Robinson and Anderson are sure fire starters next year. Gilling will be a Senior and he will start at the two although he really needs to be more consistent. Phelps seems like a great 6th man off the bench. What the team really needs is size. Fleming and Vantrimpont are possibilites but this team really needs a big man to establish themselves as a legitimate threat.

In ESPN's Bracketology this week Joe Lunardi has Long Beach a 14 seed and matched-up against the defending national champion Kansas Jayhawks. Granted, this is a leap of faith since The Beach was in first place at the time it came out (Monday). Next week's will undoubtedly have Northridge slotted in instead but that kind of marquee first-round match-up, however daunting, would certainly be fun.

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