3/9/13, 7:30pm - ESPNU: Green Bay @ Valpo HL Tournament Game Thread

[valpo04]

Let's do this.

[vu72]

A little less than two hours till tip.  How's the weather?  The ticket site is shut down.  When I checked earlier I would guess close to 4000.  CC as an example was filled except the top 5 or 6 rows.  A good walk up/drive up will get it to a very good crowd.

[agibson]

Weather' fine; partly cloudy, 42 degrees, snow melting (but still inches deep), roads clear. 

Chairbacks less than half full for the Detroit game, but definitely some VU fans in evidence.

18-18 with 7:22 to go.  Wright State really struggled in the early going, but Detroit didn't capitalize and Detroit trailed by as many as.. 5?  A little more?

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Detroit on a 5-0 run to tie.

WSU already has run 9 players out there.  Detroit has 6.

[insert my autotext repetitive trope about detroit bench or lack thereof]

[agibson]

Wright State shoots ~60% for the first half, while committing ten turnovers.  Detroit without many fast break points, however.

Ray 0-1 on the half.

29-29.

[LaPorteAveApostle]

HL POY @ the half:  0-3, 1 reb, 0 ast, 3 steals

er...make that four stolen things in a week.

[valpotx]

Let's go WSU!

I see us beating GB handily again, as Sykes can't handle Buggs:

Valpo 78
GB 65

[vuweathernerd]

regretfully friends, i won't be able to join you all in the chat tonight as i'm stuck at work. but rest assured i'll be watching, and may be in this thread a little bit.

[grad66]

Me as well, Go Crusaders!

[FWalum]

Eerily silent.

[FWalum]

Until Broekhoff brings the roof down!!!

[valpotx]

I cannot think of a time I have yelled that loud  .  Fiancee had to come running in from across the house to watch what I was yelling 'OOOOOOOOOOOOOO' for.  Clutch 3 by Kenney when it seemed like it wouldn't matter...and Broekhoff...nothing you can say but 'wow' on that shot.  That is a primetime player, and I loved watching the faces of GB's players as it went in, especially Sykes  .

Different tournament, but how about winning 70-69 15 years from the shot? 

[agibson]

Wow!  My goodness.  What a game.  Way more competitive than I wanted.  Way more drama.  Sykyes playing way better than I'd have liked.  I could have done without the injury (ice bath, now!, how will he play Tuesday?!).

More so than any game I remember, Broekhoff seemed to force the offense through him in the last ten minutes.  Not all the time (see Kenney miss, and key redemptive make), note too excess, but he was taking significantly tougher shots than usual.

And, that last shot, my goodness!  Good thing he had time to check his momentum, get back behind the line, and a lot of contest on that shot!  Was he fouled as well? 

My goodness.

Great game - great finish.  Enormous heart from Kevin.  Rest!  Get better!  Play Tuesday.

[govalpogo]

  Ryan Brokeoven.    Words cannot describe the level of pumped up I am right now.

[jloose128]

UNBELIEVABLE!

I just ran around my house screaming my lungs off like an absolute madman for a good 30 seconds before my father calmed me down.

Ryan Broekhoff.... Wow.

[atkins]

Wow.  Thanks to Ryan.  Great game despite our poor free throw shooting and generally soft defense.  At least our turnovers were down. 

Although Brown missed an obviously key shot, how good would Valpo be if we had him inside?  Only a junior, and we had no answer to him. During the entire second half, he made our big guys look like high school kids. 

[grad66]

Well done. Both teams left it on the floor tonight.  Our best just got hotter at the right time!  Way to go Rowdy! And every one of the Crusaders for
giving it all.  Now  rest a little, before we really finish business Tuesday night!  (Almost a mini-Pacer , coach Drew!).

[rink]

Yeehaw! I was seconds away from a nepotism-related rant about squandering the most experienced team in the nation and yada yada yada.  Glad I don't have to make that post. What a bloody amazing ending! In Broekhoff we trust. GO VALPO.

[valpospartan]

UNBELIEVABLE!

I just ran around my house screaming my lungs off like an absolute madman for a good 30 seconds before my father calmed me down.

Ryan Broekhoff.... Wow.

And not voted POY???

[govalpogo]

After tonight's game...I think the voters are aware of their mistake!

[rink]

And instead of a scathing rant, time for a victory shot of whiskey. Hot friggin damn, thank you Ryan.  I might write a check to Valpo athletics tonight. Woot woot.

[KL31NY]

After a quick look at the World Baseball Classic or something like that, Marquette-Wright St-Valpo-Alabama buzzer beaters to lead SportsCenter

[Smj]

Very exciting games in the horizon league....   

Way to go Ryan - that ending rocked!!!   I totally think you deserved POY and you just showed everyone why.

[valpotx]

That has to be #1.  This is a conference tournament, and a completely contested off balance 3. 

Also, good to see that the US has taken a 6-2 lead on Italy in the WBC  .  They were down 2-1 when I last cared to check

[crusaderjoe]

Hell of a shot by Ryan, but without Kenney's three just before, that ending probably never happens.

Hell of a job by all the guys tonight.  Win this damn thing!