This was looking like an "O'Shea" for a while, but Jimmy won't wait until after the game to adjust. Ndour, Hall and Willis have come to play in half 2.

46 points -D-E-F-E-N-C-E-

We played well for some minutes of the 2nd half--espec at the start.  But don't underestimate how bad NIU played.

No complaints outside of starting a little slow. a wins a win. Teams often play down to the quality of opponents in all sports and this is no exception. Can't get to frustrated, it happens.

I made the trek up to DeKalb tonight. The crowd was larger than I thought it would be, but with the whole second level retracted it might have been decieving. Sitting behind the bench gives me a new appreciation for Coach Christian. He seems perpetually perturbed, but gets his point across very well. (I mentioned this in the chat at halftime, but during our lack luster first half, he just looked at the bench and said "Come on guys can we please stop doing stupid [crap]"). I also have to say this team seems to pick eachother up well. Seemed like we were getting pushed around on the glass early, and then some clicked and we got tougher. Bean really showed some flashes tonight.

This game went a lot like our last game at NIU. Ugly first half, followed by a locker room adjustment and a second half blowout.

NIU's largest home crowd of the season at 1600. Jeebus.

I didn't see the game tonight, but looking at the box score how did we only score 65 on 52% shooting and 53% from 3 point?  Maybe only 7 FT attempts and 6 offensive boards has something to do with it.

Mr Kellogg 4 of 5 from 3 and how bout Bean 3 of 6?  Not bad for a previously 25% shooter.  And Antonio 6 board and 6 points in just 8 minutes?  Damn.

Does anyone know where I can find a replay of the game? Sounds like it wasn't on ohiobobcats.com ?

this is me watching Tony Campbell-




he's improving every game, hope that continues.

I went in with the expectation it was going to be like our last trip to EMU. It was much better than that. The fans were into it in the first half. The students they did have were also pretty loud. It kinda reminded me of a high school game. With the second level (anything above row L I think) of seats pushed back it reminded me a bigger nicer JAR, right down to the track. They also had a bouncy house and basket set up for the kids to play with before the game. I'm sure honoring the football team at half time, and having the whole football team attend, certainly helped the 1600+ number. Given what they have been drawing this was definitely a step in the right direction. Now they just have to keep it up.

I also heard that they told students that arrived closer to the game that because they sold out of general admission tickets they couldn't get in for free. I can't imagine turning away students, especially when there were a lot of empty seats.