Big Time!

It's hard to even explain how the guys are playing these days. One of my life motto's is: "Better late than never." That's about how I feel about this team. We've now won 7 of our last 8 including wins over Big East, ACC, SEC, and now a good Mountain West team.

Obviously Jerrells and Dunn had big games. That was as good as I've ever seen CJ play when you look at scoring, assists, rebounding, and defense. Dunn came out hot but I think he still tries to dribble through too much traffic at times.

Kevin Rodgers has played like a different person the past 3 weeks. I can't explain it. He went from being VERY soft to taking it strong to the rim when he gets an opportunity. It makes all the difference in the world for his game as well as opens up stuff for the guards.

The only concerning thing about last night's game was our bench. 0 points, 0 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 turnover. Ouch. Our bench guys played a total of 36 minutes and that was their production. This has to change to win on Thursday.

I've never seen Penn State play this season so again, no scouting report or keys to the game although one of my buddies insists that Dou's minutes is a direct correlation to our chances of winning. Being a Big 10 (11) team makes me think they are going to play super ugly and try to get us to come down to them. We'll see I guess. The reality is that if we're making our shots, we're not going to lose (how 'bout that analysis). I just think we're a team of destiny now. Maybe not the destiny we hoped for two months ago, but we'll take it now.

Murph