NCAA Basketball 10 Media & Info

Thanks, Mike.  It has been a lot of fun so far.

We're going back home to host Washington State after a successful road trip.  We beat UCLA 74-67 in the 13th toughest place to play.  Those tough arenas are absolute nightmares to shoot free throws in.  We took a 16 point lead midway through the 2nd half, but they clawed back to within 8 and then started fouling and picked and pecked to stay close.  We just outlasted them.  Then we defeated USC 68-61 after tying the game with 3 minutes left and making a couple of threes to seal the deal.  This game should have been a blowout as USC shot very poorly and we killed them on rebounds.  However, we only shot 28% from the floor and trailed 27-22 after the first half.  We regrouped and scored a fantastic 46 points in the second half and despite poor free throw shooting again (the road) we were able to overcome the late fouling and preserve the win.  UCLA and USC are at the bottom of the conference standings and we have moved up from 8th to tied for 3rd (5 way tie).

15-4 (4-4) and #16 in the polls. 

Our current tournament outlook is, according to the game, thus:  "Polls can lie, but Washington has been playing well lately and deserves a bid at the moment."

WSU is struggling this season and we're at home so hoping to keep the momentum going.  I've learned that you can't take any conference game lightly with this game.

Another tough loss.  We faced #10 Cal and went from 7 up in the first half to 12 down with 12 minutes to go in the game.  Worked our way to within 3 points, but ultimately couldn't catch them and lost 78-70.  Coming into the game Cal was averaging 85 points a game so I knew they would be tough.  We just couldn't get the stops when we needed them.

Cal moves to #8 and we fall to #18.  On the road to southern California to face UCLA and then USC.

Well that is not too bad, regarding the freezing.  I might just start and OU dynasty with made up players.

Suffered my first loss of the season to Oregon 87-78.  Was a see-saw game with about 8 lead changes.  I came back from trailing by eight to lead by five, but eventually couldn't keep up with their hot 3 point shooting (44%).  They also out rebounded me 47-26.

I've slipped two spots in the polls to #7 at 12-1 (1-1)

The sad part is due to the Elite screwup they are going to keep updating NBA Live 2010 until they get Elite released (assuming that actually happens).

At least I can play conference tourneys and when march comes around edit a bracket to play next years tourney with generic names (only one guy working on rosters for this years teams so I am not holding out too much hope for that).