Kind of a misnomer since neither installment was a challenge for our Hoyas. Maryland was destroyed by our balanced, perfectly executed JTIII offense (improved version of the Pete Carril Princeton offense) and our stifling defense. Gervaise Vasquez went 1-7 with 4 turnovers and 0 assists. He was averaging 20 points a game before playing us and scored 20 against Michigan after playing us. Maryland looked overwhelmed and lost on the court. They were either completely unprepared for our offense or just incapable of stopping it. Either way it was the final proof needed for me that our program is on the rise and theirs is a mess. Had the Terps won against us, they would have at the very least been able to jump start their local recruiting - a battle they are losing against us every year. And if those fools try to act like they aren't after the guys we recruit locally, it is common knowledge that the Terps went hard after Freeman and Wright which must have made the beating we put on them hurt even more.
As for Part II of the DC Basketball Challenge, we were up 40-12 over American. I only started taping the game at 2:00, forgetting that we started playing at 1:00. Needless to say, when I saw that American outscored us by a few points in the second half, it was clear to me that we had to have taken our collective foot off the pedal. It didn't seem worth watching the second half of that game so I didn't. I would be promising to give you a more detailed review of tonight's game against Savannah State but it is not on TV at all. We can expect to beat this team pretty badly too and to get some minutes for our back-ups. These games would be pretty worthless for the development of our young team but since they are mixed in with some tough games, I think they do serve a purpose because we need all the experience playing together as a team that we can get.
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Courtesy of BK (and edited to protect the innocent)
Simply put, it was like us playing against kids in a game of Nerf basketball. Sure, the girl has a good handle, but she just can't battle inside. The best thing about last night is that we did not let up. We just kept on running our game until they were broken and battered. Nikita still looks awful, even against this competition.
The best part was watching DeJuan and some fool from SSU get into a verbal battle over a hard foul. DaJuan scored and was fouled. He calmly walked back to the free throw line and the fouler did a PE Jr. move and "accidently" walked right into DaJuan, causing a collision. A few words were exchanged, and then DaJuan verbally lit him up, but with no swear words. Then, that guy from SSU drops an audible F-U on DaJuan. The SSU guy immediately looks around like a dog that just crapped the rug, fearful of a technical. The ref heard it, but did not T him up because we were already winning 40-12. DaJuan just looks at the SSU guy and raises his prominent eyebrows, as if to say "I got you, you dumb bastard." DaJuan just baited him into losing his cool. DaJuan then calmly sinks the free throw and then goes and plays stifling D on the guy for the rest of the game.
I don't think this game signifies much, except that we did not lose our tenacity. We just kept running our offense, and playing good D.
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