THIS
And also why we don’t exploit a short bench with full court presses early? Not necessarily every possession, but mix it in early to disrupt and exhaust the opposition. In the first half, LMU’s FG% was quite high and they looked VERY comfortable.
Even the announcers (who probably were seeing us for the first time this season) last night mentioned that we are much better in transition…so, shouldn’t we try to force transition opportunities by playing aggressively on defense?
The more you can disrupt the opponent into getting into their offense, obviously the better! It grinds down the shot clock so when they do get into something resembling their offensive set, they are running out of time.
As an aside, I watch a lot of Mountain West hoops, and the intensity during each possession is off the charts. Constant ball pressure - not so much full court, but the defense generally grinds each possession.
They are projected to send 6 teams to the tourney.
I wonder if Bal was trying to cut down on his dancing, which made him think about what he’s doing, which took away his instincts, which led to 0 for 8 for the night?
Every time the commercial comes on I have a 90 second mental fog where I try and fail to recall the gal’s name. If I am thinking of the correct commercial.
Yeah, it’s time for an upgrade.
Whichever gal you’re thinking of, she’s likely entering into middle management and married and potentially a homeowner at this point.
I love our class, but let’s get fresh faces in there with a commercial that doesn’t feel totally flattened by Silicon Valley sterility. Most of us actually don’t want to have similar emotional responses to our university community and our smartphones.
I’m not expecting a university commercial to win any Emmys. But something with a bit more soul would be nice.
Here’s an old ND commercial that has stuck with me that is much closer to what I would want for SCU:
Agree on the commercial. How about our sponsors?
Santa Clara based Nvidia just crossed the $2 Trillion mark in valuation.
We’re in Silicon Valley, and yet we have the mom & pop business on the corner as lead sponsor.
I am literally laughing out loud. I do the same thing. But I came up with it. TK are her initials. 
Hard to entice sponsors when it doesn’t do much for your ROI.
I disagree - its a wholesale recalibration of thinking that needs to happen within the marketing department. We need to partner with what we have today and then go up-market with Silicon Valley brands to let folks know where we are. Its a differentiator.
I suspect that is why when you seen the SJSU’s court (as painful as it may be), it has a micro chip center court - they want to let folks know their geographic.
If Alan Frame DDS is willing to throw a few bucks our way, I’m sure we could fetch a few from Adobe.