*** Official Viterbo vs IOWA STATE Game(day) Thread ***

[cyrocksmypants]

I tuned into this game excited to see the new players, Dejean-Jones, Custer, the Greek, and to see if there was any improvement in some of the returners like Edozie and SDW. What impressed me most of all was Naz Long's quick trigger, even when he was not completely open. He is just going to drive opponents nuts with an ability to hit threes like that even when he's guarded.

One poster commented that he saw a big drop off when the whole bench was playing. Mind you, that lineup of Custer, SDW, Edozie, the Greek and Jackson are probably players 9-13 on the depth chart (when you add Thomas, Nader and McKay), and they looked pretty darn good to me.

Custer handled the ball well, SDW showed off his athleticism and shooting (not so much his defense) and Edozie had his own highlight reel. In years past, the deep bench has looked like a circus act, but not this year. The 12th or 13th best player on this year's team can give you quality minutes, and that has never been true before.

Agreed. Jackson is a walk on. A walk on. And I think he could start for a good number of mid-major or small conference schools. He's not ever going to be a world beater, but he's a solid player we're not even spending a scholie on.

 

[LindenCy]

While reading this thread I think: How can such joy and sorrow coexist on the same message board....only a few more weeks...

 

[CycloneErik]

Just about jumped out of my chair a few minutes ago. Finishing a chapter of a book on Wisconsin history, as the author talked about teacher training in the 1920s and 1930s, suddenly Viterbo College showed up, as they apparently took that name in 1932.

More than likely, no other reader has been that excited about that page, but there it was.


Cool story, me.

 

[sadam]

Is it pronounced vit-er-bo or vi-turbo? I thought it was pronounced the first way then watched the replay of the game and Walters pronounced it the second way, who's the dummy here?

 

[Sigmapolis]

Is it pronounced vit-er-bo or vi-turbo? I thought it was pronounced the first way then watched the replay of the game and Walters pronounced it the second way, who's the dummy here?

I'm pretty sure it's supposed to have a "turbo" in there.