Bison advance, face Iowa State in final
Not a lot of coverage available on Bucknell's 62-49 win over Stephen F. Austin in the first round of Iowa State's tournament. If you click on The Daily Item's story, you will find the same wrap that appears on Bucknell's Web site. We point that out only because it offends our sense of journalistic ethics to see The Daily Item taking credit for it with that "By The Daily Item" byline instead of a staff reports type tag.
Anyhow, here's the box (it is corrected now, the one posted last night had some errors), and also the play-by-play. Also, here's another wrap, this from SFA's site. Neither the Ames nor the Des Moines papers bothered to run any story on the opening round game.
One quick note: Bucknell point guard Abe Badmus, who has been slowed by a hip flexor problem, returned to the starting lineup last night and posted nine points in 28 minutes. More significant: Badmus had 4 assists, 4 steals and only 1 turnover. Freshman John Griffin played well filling in for Badmus at the point in Bucknell's first four games, but you can't help but wonder if the Bison might not have knocked off Princeton in their opener if Badmus had been healthy.
They did both have coverage of the nightcap (Here's the Ames Tribune story, and one from the Des Moines Register), which saw the host Cyclones shrug off a sluggish first half to knock off Northern Colorado. We will see tonight whether this result bodes well for Bucknell, which handled NC easily in the Coaches Vs. Cancer consolation game in Syracuse a few weeks ago, when they meet ISU in tonight's final.
On the one hand, Iowa State's shooting woes against a poor defensive team make us think the Bison, who play tough defense night in, night out, ought to be able to hang in there against ISU. While the match-up zone Flannery likes to mix in with straight man is not Temple's version, it does tend to confuse teams, especially those who do not see it often.
On the other hand, ISU's poor showing against NC could give the Cyclones a sort of wake-up call, and prevent them from taking Bucknell for granted.
Certainly ISU is still the favorite,
Anyhow, here's the box (it is corrected now, the one posted last night had some errors), and also the play-by-play. Also, here's another wrap, this from SFA's site. Neither the Ames nor the Des Moines papers bothered to run any story on the opening round game.
One quick note: Bucknell point guard Abe Badmus, who has been slowed by a hip flexor problem, returned to the starting lineup last night and posted nine points in 28 minutes. More significant: Badmus had 4 assists, 4 steals and only 1 turnover. Freshman John Griffin played well filling in for Badmus at the point in Bucknell's first four games, but you can't help but wonder if the Bison might not have knocked off Princeton in their opener if Badmus had been healthy.
They did both have coverage of the nightcap (Here's the Ames Tribune story, and one from the Des Moines Register), which saw the host Cyclones shrug off a sluggish first half to knock off Northern Colorado. We will see tonight whether this result bodes well for Bucknell, which handled NC easily in the Coaches Vs. Cancer consolation game in Syracuse a few weeks ago, when they meet ISU in tonight's final.
On the one hand, Iowa State's shooting woes against a poor defensive team make us think the Bison, who play tough defense night in, night out, ought to be able to hang in there against ISU. While the match-up zone Flannery likes to mix in with straight man is not Temple's version, it does tend to confuse teams, especially those who do not see it often.
On the other hand, ISU's poor showing against NC could give the Cyclones a sort of wake-up call, and prevent them from taking Bucknell for granted.
Certainly ISU is still the favorite,
