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Well it will be OD and PA most of the season. I can swap to OD this week no problem.

SINGAPORE DODGES A BULLET

Singapore came into the game as a 22 point favorite but the upstart U-21 team from Nippon had other ideas. After keeping the game close in the 1st Q, Singapore's players started to look a little distraught. The players must have been thinking this was going to be a scrimmage or an easy game but as halftime rolled around and the team from Nippon was still hanging in there. The home team( Singapore is hosting the tournament) kept on grinding and finally took the lead up over 10 and lead at the end of the 3rd Q by 12 points. And then it happened.....At the 7:53 minute mark in the 4th and down by 14, Kawagichi started yelling at the bench,"Refuse to lose" Refuse to lose" and then soon after the crowd started in as Nippon came all the way back and even led the game with 20 seconds left on the clock. Even when the game went to OT and Singapore went on a 7-0 run...Nippon kept on fighting and even know it wasn't to be, mainly because of 21 missed FT's(12-33), the team left the gym on a high note.
They can compete with anybody!!!
Game ball.....very difficult but Amori was great down the stretch. Wakatsuki was huge. When Matsumoto fouled out, he kept on getting rebound after rebound. Kanausuku led all scorers and he wasn't even going to be the starter(Kentaro had bad GS).
My only mistake was using SIT THEM for foul trouble. When Amori left the game in the first half, Ikouga didn't play very well at all...6 T/Os and 7 missed FTs...So he gets the OUCH!! Award.
Stay tuned next week..

Last edited by Yellow cake at 5/28/2012 9:21:14 AM

Ah so it wasn't a blank lineup? Cause some things did look a bit odd. But awesome work taking the #22 team at home to OT. What a great team we have this season!

Last edited by Lord Toranaga at 5/29/2012 10:33:09 AM

Hell NO!!! I will not use a Blank Line up....And Ikouga is going to get demoted for his bad game...I had him backing up the PG and SG spots....Next game I will have Amori at PG and Kawagichi at SG and have Ikouga come in at SG and have Kawagichi slide into the PG spot..

But awesome work taking the #22 team at home to OT. What a great team we have this season!

I really wish we could have won that game against the host nation..But it wasn't to be...
Now I will be waiting for the POPs this Friday....Thanks Nippon Nation!!

No way that game is that close with a Blank line up. Kanausuka would never have been chosen as a starter. I scouted the new manager and how he likes to set his line ups..And I knew Kanausuka would dominate the glass at SF and I got the extra bonus of him scoring. And also, The only reason I lost was due to 21 missed FT's. For me...I would rather be the pilot instead of the Co-pilot...that is just how I roll.

On a personal note, the day I think it's appropriate to use a blank line-up will be the day I quit BB.

YC has decided he too isn't going to sink to that cop-out, and he has made that pretty clear.
He has my (for one) complete support on that.

Please don't take this the wrong way Wolph, but perhaps let him make his own decisions now that he's the manager?

Second round a or BUST baby!!! That is my motto. I will say this...With the 19/20yr olds, I know I will make the knockout stages of the consolation cup next season(32 or better).