2008 Woodie Awards
Is it basketball season yet?
Zack Farmer
Issue date: 9/18/07 Section: News
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As Major League Baseball is about to start their postseason and college football is well under way, I am starting to get that craving for college basketball.
I really did not appreciate college basketball until I got to college. In high school I was really big fan of the NBA. This is not to say I'm not one now but the quality of basketball fans in the NBA is not the same as college. There is no sense of true loyalty with an NBA team or player because of the age of free agency.
College is different, especially at Saint Mary's. We typically do not have NBA quality players at this school so they will tend to be at the College for four or five years, pending on red-shirt years. We do not have players leaving after one or two years like at some of the bigger universities but this creates a sense of pride in our players.
The roster has a lot of promise as well. There are only two seniors on the entire team and the Gaels have one of the most dominating front lines in the WCC.
This is why I have already marked the day on my calendar. November 9 vs. Sonoma State. It will be insane inside of the small yet hostile environment of McKeon Pavilion. These are not the only dates I have marked off since the men's basketball schedule has been released.
The house will be packed when the Ducks come into Moraga on November 20. The Pacific-10 powerhouse is definitely a daunting task but I believe that this squad will give them a run for their money. Will the crowd be a factor? It always is a factor when you have 3,500 people in the building for an ESPN televised game.
I highly doubt that to many people will be going to class the next day either with Thanksgiving Break on the horizon.
The big games that I see in the conference schedule are Santa Clara in January Term and Gonzaga. The unfortunate part of the Gonzaga game is that it will fall on the Monday of Jan Term Break.
Why do the WCC gods forsake us?
My hope is that Residence Life will allow students to stay over that break for free. Then again, last year they did so and the turnout for the Saint Mary's-Santa Clara game was lackluster at best. What kind of rivalry is it if barely half the building is full?
Students, mark your calendars now. If there is one game to go to this year, Gonzaga is it.
I can't wait. Is it basketball season yet?
I really did not appreciate college basketball until I got to college. In high school I was really big fan of the NBA. This is not to say I'm not one now but the quality of basketball fans in the NBA is not the same as college. There is no sense of true loyalty with an NBA team or player because of the age of free agency.
College is different, especially at Saint Mary's. We typically do not have NBA quality players at this school so they will tend to be at the College for four or five years, pending on red-shirt years. We do not have players leaving after one or two years like at some of the bigger universities but this creates a sense of pride in our players.
The roster has a lot of promise as well. There are only two seniors on the entire team and the Gaels have one of the most dominating front lines in the WCC.
This is why I have already marked the day on my calendar. November 9 vs. Sonoma State. It will be insane inside of the small yet hostile environment of McKeon Pavilion. These are not the only dates I have marked off since the men's basketball schedule has been released.
The house will be packed when the Ducks come into Moraga on November 20. The Pacific-10 powerhouse is definitely a daunting task but I believe that this squad will give them a run for their money. Will the crowd be a factor? It always is a factor when you have 3,500 people in the building for an ESPN televised game.
I highly doubt that to many people will be going to class the next day either with Thanksgiving Break on the horizon.
The big games that I see in the conference schedule are Santa Clara in January Term and Gonzaga. The unfortunate part of the Gonzaga game is that it will fall on the Monday of Jan Term Break.
Why do the WCC gods forsake us?
My hope is that Residence Life will allow students to stay over that break for free. Then again, last year they did so and the turnout for the Saint Mary's-Santa Clara game was lackluster at best. What kind of rivalry is it if barely half the building is full?
Students, mark your calendars now. If there is one game to go to this year, Gonzaga is it.
I can't wait. Is it basketball season yet?