Comments on: Basketball: Washington game thread

By: H8sRed

H8sRed — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:51:32 +0000

Nice to see that we were able to beat UW at something this week.

By: rob bear

rob bear — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:51:44 +0000

A fun game to watch and WHAT A WIN! Buried behind the Thurman Arrival and the fact that the entire team played with confidence and pushed the ball to create mismatches and easy dunks was the play of Allen Crabbe! Crabbe-Cakes was the co-leading scorer for the Bears and was a monster on the boards. The young man racked up another Double-Double and kept UW from doing what they do best, reap second opportunity points because of offensive rebounds. Nice work guys! Nice work Monty! What a game plan! And it WORKED! Beat the Cougars with EXTREME PREJUDICE!

By: Uh Huh!

Uh Huh! — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:43:46 +0000

Blake:
I’m also encouraged.
At the same time, I wonder why we haven’t seen this sooner – similar to the wonder I felt about why Monty was so slow to transition to Cobbs from Smith. Whatever the reasons, these Bears are getting better as the season goes along, and its somewhat funny to see Monty be the MVP in win after win.

Great wins. Free throws the reason! Helped by 2 freebies from Romar.

By: BlakeStreetBear

BlakeStreetBear — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:52:19 +0000

Uh Huh!, I think Thurman can do this at least once a weekend and this should not be an isolated incident. Didn’t he just go off on somebody last weekend too? Jorge and Cobbs are such good drive and dish guys that he should have 2-3 dunks per game just as long as catches the ball, which he does. Add a couple of jumpers and fts and he could get double figures each game. He was a beast on the euro-trip, why not in this weakened version of the pac12?

By: Uh Huh!

Uh Huh! — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:45:01 +0000

Monty: Please sign Robert Thurman’s yearbook this way.

“Robert:
January 19, 2012
Cal 69, UW 66
This will always be your game.
Thanks,
Coach Montgomery”

By: BlakeStreetBear

BlakeStreetBear — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:33:01 +0000

Robert Thurman’s attempt to dunk over TWO huskies was absolutely AWESOME! And then he buried the two free throws. His intensity and willingness to be PHYSICAL adds another dimension to this team. Jorge and Harper already have that dimension of physical toughness that can really define a basketball team and lead to a championship. Adding another big, physical scoring presence down low might not only win the bears the pac12 but also lead to a nice NCAA run. It is very bad we lost Solomon, but Thurman’s 16 points were more than Solomon had ever scored in a game for the Bears.

I saw the away game at uduh as a probable loss before the season began. The fact that the Bears won makes me think they can run the table, seriously. Monty is that good and Jorge/Harper are that much of leaders. Add Crabbe as an absolutely dead-eye shooter, Cobbs as a very, very good scorer/pg and Kravish as a highly effective center (it was his perfect block-out/rebound that led to the 4-point T tonight) and you’ve got a VERY GOOD group of players. And MIKE MONTGOMERY – every time he calls a timeout I get happy because I KNOW WITH CERTITUDE that a brilliant play was drawn up in the huddle. Go Bears! The pac12 is ours for the taking!

By: Uh Huh!

Uh Huh! — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:19:55 +0000

The T was against Coach Romar of UW for complaining to the ref. Really DUMB. Quite possibly ended up costing them the game, as it turned out. That was with maybe 4 min to go.

Can we say that we probably should have lost this game? Or at least we didn’t look so great that we should have won? I don’t know how we won, other than we simply made a ton of FT’s. Wow. So happy. Sometimes you lose games and it is decisive and you go home bummed. Other times you lose and go home feeling crushed, like somebody robbed you, an injustice was done, confused…. I bet that’s how UW feels tonight.

The key? FT’s, and Monty, again! His teams play cleaner than others, despite the TO’s at the end (ugh).

By: Uh Huh!

Uh Huh! — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:16:17 +0000

Jorge did make a 3. But they called a foul on UW on the pass, just before he buried the shot. So it didn’t count.

By: DaveintheHills

DaveintheHills — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:14:31 +0000

Ken beat me to it! First place, baby!

1 of 4 really important games in a row complete. @UW, @Wazzu, Stanford, Arizona stretch will go a long way in deciding our season.

Good start thus far!

By: Uh Huh!

Uh Huh! — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:14:29 +0000

You know, I’ve been wrong about a good number of things while posting on this board. However, tonight I’m feeling good in knowing that I’m in good company:

(paraphrasing)
“Don’t get too excited. Thurman will likely be (only) a solid practice contributor.”
“Cal/Monty doesn’t want a player like Josh Smith since he’s only going to be in college for one year, two at the most!”

Fortunately for Cal fans, these are good misses. Thurman outscored Smith, 16-10, outrebounded Smith 7-5, had fewer fouls and turnovers in 21 minutes vs just 19 for Smith.

And, oh, Cal won and Ucla lost. “Wiiiiinnn-ing!!!”
Ha ha ha ha !!!!!!! I love it. I love it.