Gonzaga Basketball

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NCAA Basketball – Gonzaga Preview
Key players added – Marquise Carter, Hyland Keegan, Olynyk, Kelly
Key player’s lost-Matt Bouldin

Last season, Gonzaga did not roll through the West Coast Conference as they are accustomed to, but they still won the championship. They were somewhat overshadowed by the conference foe St. Mary’s that made the Sweet 16 in the Big Dance last season while Gonzaga only has he done for the second round. However, the Bulldogs might be better this season and they are favorites to win their 11th straight WCC title.

The Zags return 4 starters, but the one they lost is a great PG in Matt Bouldin, who was the WCC player of the year. Gonzaga’s head coach Mark Few said recently, “It will be difficult because we ran everything by Matt (Bouldin). We probably are more of a team inside out. ”

F Elias Harris (14.9 ppg 7.1 rpg last season) is the first candidate to win the conference player of the year this season and is a very athletic player and will probably be a difficult choice of first round NBA when he left school.

The Bulldogs also return G Steven Gray (13 ppg last season) and 7-foot C Robert Sacre (10.3 points per game 5.4 rebounds per game), and these guys with Harris gave the Zags a formidable trio who can score from inside and outside. Coronation is about to become one of the best big men in the country and the score may Gray, but he was inconsistent in its long-range shooting last season and will find its range for the Bulldogs to go far in the big dance. Both Gray and Harris have been selected to the list of pre-season wooden top 50 players in the nation.

The fourth starter is returning Demetri Goodson (6.4 ppg last season), which is an outsourcer perfect for the Zags, as it is a great defensive player who does not seek a lot of shots. It’s a good thing, because it is not a good outside shooter.

Even those who return the key guy this season may be juco transfer Marquise Carter, who takes over the position for Bouldin PG. Carter will be counted to produce right away, especially the distribution of the ball to the trio above. It will also be helped by real rookie David Stockton, who is the son of another decent Gonzaga PG John Stockton.

The Bulldogs are deep inside this season, not only with Harris and the Sacred, but with more contributions from 7-footer Kelly Olynyk and 6’9 “redshirt rookie Sat Dower. However, a major weakness of the Bulldogs Last season was their 3-point shooting. If they fight again shooting teams will stack deep inside to stop the big men to dominate the paint. Last season, the Bulldogs shot only 35.3% beyond the 3-pt arc and they shot 66.4% from the foul line. Shooting charity band may be even worse this season since he left and Bouldin was the best free-throw shooter this season last.

Gonzaga is stacked and they play a very unselfish type of basketball. The MLS is a big issue, but Carter has the skills and Stockton has the pedigree.

The Bulldogs play a schedule of the season very difficult at first to face three teams ranked in the top 25 in the State of Kansas # 3, # 16 Illinois and # 14 Baylor and difficult tests at Notre Dame Xavier, Oklahoma State, Wake Forrest.

Surprising stat: Gonzaga has won 10 straight conference titles, which is the longest active sequence in the nation.
Strengths: Depth, team play, the size and number of marking options.
Weaknesses: 3-point shooting, free throws, a situation unknown PG.
Big Dance? Certainly

Gonzaga Win forecast for 2010-11 total

Last season, the Bulldogs have won 27 games and their players back they will increase this season and be within 30 total victories.

Robbie Hummel

Robbie Hummel, Toughtest This is the news of the college basketball fans could digest this morning. Fresh from the Midnight Madness Festivitas throughout the country, the current season in some regard and felt it was time to size up the competition. But today FoxSports.com ‘s Jeff Goodman reported that studies Robbie Hummel Purdue broke the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during practice this morning …. yes, the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee itself, which began in Februray 24. Is the platform for the entire 2010-2011 season.

Goodman piece went on to say just how awful this is for a disinterested child a lot of talent who do not have the opportunity to compete ”

Since I broke into this business, I have always tried to be objective. He grew up in Boston, was never a towel-waver of any of the local teams. I took lots of photos at my alma mater, Arizona, in recent years.

But this does not require objectivity.

The calls and texts arrived at a furious pace after the news around noon on Saturday – their rival Big Ten coach and head and assistant coaches around the country.

Pick your adjective.

Unfair. Devastating. Horrible.

It is even difficult to Google “Robbie Hummel” at the moment and I feel horrible, like the senior boilermaker was officially approved to return to action just a week ago. Amazing how a news source can turn sour so quickly.

Hummel is likely to redshirt and get a fifth year of eligibility for 2011-2012. But this was the year for the club Matt Painter. The trio of Hummel, JaJuan Johnson and Moore E’Taun should develop their games together and fight for a national title when they became seniors. They have had two years to get together, but both have been derailed by injuries.

Do not try to convince me of the Boilermakers will be fine. Without Hummel, who is a sweet 16 in the better team. The whole thing is really disappointing.

Robbie Hummel

Robbie Hummel, Purdue’s basketball team received good news when Robbie Hummel announced that he had been allowed to return to court.

Hummel, a senior, has spent the last few months recovering from a torn ACL he suffered in February during a game against Minnesota.Purdue senior Robbie Hummel has been allowed to return to court for any activity that he continues his rehab after tearing his ACL in February.
CAPTIONBy Brian Spurlock, U.S. Presswire

“I’m better jump, I’m able to dunk again, and I’m moving well,” Hummel said in a speech at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County in Indiana, according to La Tribune Post. “I feel very good where I am. I’m ready for the season begins, as is everything else.”

Hummel had surgery on his knee on March 8 and was still limited in what he could do when individual team workouts began in late August.

“I can do whatever I want,” said Hummel. “I was allowed to (play five against five), but I have not yet done. I think it will probably be next week. A few days ago, when (Shelbourne) said: “You C is off, I give you the OK to play,” it does not go there tomorrow and play open gym. I think that means starting to play some one-on-one, two against two, three on three, and become familiar with it. Because now it still feels almost foreign to the race and move because I have not done for so long. I have put my feet back under me. But I feel good where I m. ”

Post-Tribune also reported that Hummel since he could only lift weights for a while during his recovery, he added 10-15 pounds of muscle to his frame of 230 pounds.

Now, he hopes that all work during the offseason will pay off with a trip to the Final Four for a Boilermakers team that is one of the most talented of the nation.

“This is our last go-around,” he said. “Me, E’Twaun (Moore) and Jajuan (Johnson) to realize that. We want to do something special, we want to do together. That’s why these guys decided to come back (after having declared for the NBA Draft but not hiring an agent). “

Ecu Football

Ecu Football, The football team of the Central University has rarely left a feeling of loss as good about his future as the Tigers did after dropping a 20-7 decision Saturday to the sixth ranked Texas A & M-Kingsville. But this week’s opponent, the fifth-ranked Abilene Christian, has become a way of feeling good to bad in a hurry.

“We’re playing another great team,” said ECU head coach Tim McCarty, whose 0-2 team will face the 2-0 Wildcats at 6 pm Saturday at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene. “It’s a computer that has a lot of weaknesses.”

As the Tigers did not pass his first two events of the season, falling 45-23 at Fort Hays State before losing to TAMUK, took a big step forward – especially on defense – last week against a team coming off a season Opening discomfort former No. 1 Division II Northwest Missouri State. McCarty said he hopes to build on that momentum this week against an opponent in order of the Lone Star Conference South Division.

“We see it as an opportunity,” said McCarty. “We are very close.

“I like our team, and I like the future of Central Timor football a lot,” he said. “Once we have the pleasure of winning, I do not think we’re going backwards.”

ECU has not won a football game since Week 8 of the 2008 season and has not won in 17 away games dating back to 2007, but Tiger – passed 202-33 in the first four games of a season 0 – 11 in 2009 – at least competitive in its first two outings this fall.

McCarty’s defense surrendered 450 yards last week in Kingsville (vs. 513 in the loss of Fort Hays), but recovered much of that total over 133 yards in returns on four interceptions. Cornerback Dontae Smith recorded two interceptions and was rewarded with North LSC Defensive Player of the Week honors, and Charlie Burks returned another selection for the only touchdown ECU.

“Dontae had a huge game,” said McCarty. “And also had 17 rushing / or visits to quarterback, and I think he had seven sacks (ECU actually had six, including two of Travis Buchanan). We had the pressure on the quarterback more or less overnight.

“Our defensive line did a great job in Kingsville offensive line,” he said. “Kingsville just had a superior ability on offense – he had a lot of good players, and fast.”

Buchanan took over the defensive end when starter Maurice Lanclos suffered a knee injury in the first half against Kingsville, and he fired a pass rush that was even more impressive considering starting other end of the defense of the Tigers Armonty Bryant, also missed missed most part of the game with leg cramps.

“When you go on defense, your job is get you off the court,” says McCarty. “It’s a battle of field position during the game. We gave up some yards, but our defense always ended with a play that has some of the backyards.”

While the defense uses big plays to back repeated threats from feral pigs, crime ECU – which had issued more than 350 yards the previous week – sputtered most of the night. Given the exceptional field position the defense on several occasions, quarterback Tyler Vanderzee and the Tiger offense could not move against TAMUK rock ribbed defense, which held ECU to 87 total yards, including the least-9 yards land.

Failed center quarterback exchange – a chronic problem after starting center Chad Roark left the game in the first half – led to several turnovers. The first was recovered by the boar in his 11 to kill only real threat from the Tigers in the first half, and also lost two fumbles, Vanderzee – not had an interception in 31 attempts at Fort Hays – was intercepted twice completing just 12-of-25 passes for 96 yards.

“Tyler was half last week,” said McCarty of Vanderzee. “Some of the lost communication problems between the center and the quarterback, but he has to do such work. He missed some reads hot, but also dropped five or six passes.

“Defense Kingsville was intended to stop after the game he had last week, and he was under pressure all night,” he added. “Overall, I would give about a B-minus.”

Vanderzee could have a slightly easier time Saturday against an ACU defense that surrendered 26 points in the 39-26 victories over No. 9 Washburn to open the season and 13 in 30-point hits the Northeast last week.

“Talent-wise, they’re very similar (defensive) of Kingsville,” McCarty said of the Wildcats, who have won six of eight previous meetings with the Tigers. “They run a different scheme. They are similar to ours (3-4) defense in terms of adaptation, and have excellent players on the defensive.

“They are a very disciplined team that does not have a lot of mistakes,” he added. “They started the season with two road wins, which is always difficult.”

Despite heavy ECU will be a loser for the third consecutive week, McCarty said he simply wants his team to continue the progress he showed in his home last Saturday.

“We’re not worried about the game the other team as much as we are with the play of our team,” he said. “Our approach is totally in the execution of the programs we use and at the same time the kind of play fast, physical football want to play.”

ESPN 360

ESPN 360, The defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints will open their season at home against their toughest opponents last year the Minnesota Vikings on September 9, 2010 at 20:30 ET. It was a rematch of one of the best games of the NFC championship as the saints are ready to show the fans that go by repetition. With its full line anchored by quarterback Drew Brees is important to note that they have the opportunity to be a contender again.

Moreover, the Minnesota Vikings are ready to dethroned by the return of all its stars quarterback Brett Favre, whose rapid recovery allows him to play tonight. The Vikings have won many important statistical categories still lose the game. They 165-68 yards rushing and 310-189 in the air but all three lost fumbles led to defeat.

This is a rivalry game that should follow as the National Football League opens with the Vikings vs Saints live ESPN360. Which team do you think will win? Can the Vikings start with a win or will the Saints who will make the first laugh? Vikings vs Saints Game TV Schedule on NBC.

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