I finally was able to watch the thrilling Lobo
victory over
New Mexico State in The Pan-Am Center today and had some thoughts I
wanted to
get off my chest as the Lobos sweep the hated Aggies 68-66 in a game
that was a
nail biter but really shouldn’t have been.
I
put this on a post on our message board, but wanted to put
it on up here as well. Is this Lobo team the most tenacious group of
rebounders
you have ever seen? Maybe because it is fresh but these guys just keep
going
and going, they don’t stop and led by Daniel Faris’ 11 boards (7
offensive) and
Roman Martinez’s 6 I have to say that during the game I was enjoying
watching
the Lobos board up more than I did watching them score.
The "Tenacious" Roman Martinez
There
is something about the Lobos rebounding skills and why
I enjoy it so much. They aren’t the biggest players on the floor, might
not be
the most athletic players on the floor, but they are just persistent
and refuse
to give the ball up, and this attitude is catching like a disease as
Will Brown
and Chad Toppert started getting into the act! For the record the Lobo
rebound
crew out hustled the Aggies 37 to 32 with 17 offensive boards!
The
lost art form
Is it just me, or do the Lobos love that bounce
pass?
Seriously, I don’t remember seeing a hoops team utilize the bounce pass
like
this Lobo team. While we do see teams using the bounce pass the Lobos
have
really re instituted the bounce pass it into an art form as I see 1-2 a
possession and the defenses aren’t catching up.
Oh those nasty turnovers! I don’t want to get all
cliché
here and go to the “bakery truck” rant, but like I said the Lobos were
and
should have blown out the Aggies but the Lobos fell victim to serious
self-inflicted wounds as they ended up with a 20-12 turnover to rebound
ratio.
The Aggies did it by leaving a spy defender on every Lobo inbound pass
after an
Aggie made field goal. For some reason the Lobos never adapted to this
“spy”,
but knowing Coach Alford and Neal… That will be a changing this week in
practice as the Lobos prepare for UNLV.
Chants by Section
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I was thinking today watching the game, now I know
it was in
Loss Cruces but whatever happened to the chanting of a player’s name?
Does
anyone recall a few years ago the chants of Daniel Faris! Daniel Faris!
Daniel
Faris! I’m thinking maybe when a player is having a huge game they
should bring
those chants back!
Player of the game
Well when it comes
to sweeps you have to look at the guy
that was sweeping the floor with Aggie players and cleaning the glass.
Daniel
Faris. The senior has really become a force to be reckoned with down
low!