- On a social media related note. I have decided after posting updates about BU Terriers Basketball on my personal facebook and twitter accounts to create dedicated accounts for each. For facebook follow "Terriers Basketball Dot Com" and for twitter @Terriers_Hoops. And if you have not joined twitter, please do it's one of the coolest things ever I promise, especially if you have smartphone.
- Sometimes in the future, I might write a post specifically to friends of mine or people who know me and don't read the blog. There really is no excuse not read this blog. Even if you don't like Basketball or BU I think there is some good material in here. All of us have been a close to die hard fan of some team. If you have not I dare you to tell me you don't like some kind of sports.
- I listened to Mark "The Shark" Titus on his blog today. He recorded a podcast with his friend the Electric Wolf. One of the topics was nicknames. Which got me to thinking I need a badass nickname. "The Jimmy C" is not badass enough anymore. Maybe something that rhymes with my given name or my family name. Any ideas?
- Also, after listening to his podcast and several other ESPN podcasts I think it would be cool to have a podcast of my own. I could have my own theme song and maybe I could add some cool sound bites of me getting really heated. I could add a Coach Chambers sound board with a recording of him saying something like "We're getting better." But the common theme I have noticed with podcasts is that it is usually a conversation between two people. Usually they are just shooting the breeze trying to make each other laugh. So I am keeping this idea on hiatus until I can find a color commentator. If you are interested in becoming my color man please let me know.
- And also as much as I bashed Coach Chambers for being boring, I think he has picked it up a little bit recently. He is giving us the inside look. I like his behind-the-scenes videos, even if they are kind of short.
- On a news related note: as decided by the powers that be (ESPN), BU will travel to the University of Delaware on 2/20 (story) to take on the Blue Hens, again. This will mark the third year in a row the two have played. The Blue Hens have won the past nine meetings. I want to know, why does ESPN decide that the Terriers play the Blue Hens if they are not even going to televise the game? Television networks have way too much power over the NCAA, this is just a really glaring example. No one from Boston is looking forward to traveling to Delaware. I wonder if I know anyone who went to UD...
2/4 - Boston U v. UNH Wildcats - Agganis Arena - 7 PM
This needs to be the turning point of the Terriers season. That moment that everyone looks to and says, "that is when things turned around for Coach Chambers and the Terriers." There are six games left and five of them are at home. The Terriers beat UNH before and they should beat them again. The Terriers really need a win here to bring them out of their recent funk.
Most of the previews and recaps that I have read on the BU Athletic site and elsewhere have all had one thing in common: they have all mentioned BU as being the number one scoring offense in the conference with 69.2 points per game. That is no exception in the preview for this game. This is the king of meaningless statistics, it only tells half the story. Sure the Terriers have a good offense but where is the defense? And more importantly where are the wins? The last two losses were against better teams and the Terriers scored under 60 points. Versus worse teams, the Terriers scored over 70 points and blew out the other team. The story all year has been beat the bad teams and blow them out and lose to the equal and better teams in games where you are not mentally prepared.
Thankfully this is one of those bad teams, so I think the Terriers can take this one easily, especially at home on military appreciation day. Do it for the troops!
Game Notes:
- Show up early because the first 1,000 fans receive a camouflage BU t-shirt.
- The game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet and ESPN360.com.
- The game will be radio broadcast on 1510 the zone.
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