"THE" Official Game Day Thread VU vs. UOA 3/01/08! GO HOGS GO.

[babywhiz]

YAY!

[31to6]

This is me eating my words when I said we would lose if it was close. Great finish. The technical helped, but the way they executed in the last minute I don't think it was necessary.

[Ouachihog]

What's that do for our Real Time RPI?

Not updated yet from what I can see.  I'm sure we'll have a thread about it soon though. 

[31to6]

Sonny was clutch on the free throw line down the stretch.  That is how close games are won my friends!  Great win Coach Pel.  Ride the momentum hogs!

That defensive stand was awesome. Clutch free-throw shooting is how you ice the win, but too many times we have collapsed defensively and let the other team's playmakers beat us in the last two minutes.

The close of the game was pretty much perfectly executed.

[ke2743]

Today felt good.  Almost takes away the pain from the Alabama loss..

[SteveInArk]

This is me eating my words when I said we would lose if it was close. Great finish. The technical helped, but the way they executed in the last minute I don't think it was necessary.

That's no problem.... the late wins this year are something we are only now beginning to expect.... feels good though!

[jgphillips3]

Vanderbilt made me sweat.  I bet my brother-in-law (and posted on here I think) that we would go 3-2 in our final five games splitting Kentucky and Vanderbilt and losing to Bama.  If they can keep that intensity, my money may be safe. 

[UltimateHog]

Now can we win a road game against a very sub .500 SEC team on National Television(ESPN)?

[booogaga]

Today felt good.  Almost takes away the pain from the Alabama loss..

almost

[SteveInArk]

Pel crediting BWA and the crowd today......  said team played with great heart....

[booogaga]

Pel crediting BWA and the crowd today......  said team played with great heart....

how large was the crowd

[SteveInArk]

Post game words for difference from Ala game to today's game, per Pel....  "staggering!"

[hogtheball]

This game shouldn't have been as close as it was.  Vandy is a pretty good team but outside of Foster they are nothing special and mostly slow.  Backcourt is small.  Unbelievable how good Foster is and the impact he has.  He is what our program has been missing since Joe.

They sure looked "special" three days ago when they beat the #1 team in the country.  I would say Ogilvy - a 6'11" freshman averaging 17 a games is fairly special as well.  this was a big win for us.

[SteveInArk]

20 pts Weems, 17 pts Bev, 13 pts Townes, 13 pts Ervin (and 7 assists and only 1 turnover)...

[SteveInArk]

how large was the crowd

Didn' t hear that yet...

[TexHog188]

GREAT Day, Hogs Win, TexASS loses to TT.

[SteelShot]

You dont want to get into a free throw shooting contest with Vandy.

Signed,

      Bruce Pearl

[booogaga]

They sure looked "special" three days ago when they beat the #1 team in the country.  I would say Ogilvy - a 6'11" freshman averaging 17 a games is fairly special as well.  this was a big win for us.

vandy will be a heck of a tourney team. they can feed the ball down low and shoot from the perimeter. plus the fact that they shoot 78% as a team from the line. they will be an elite 8 team for sure. i am confident in saying this.

[Breems]

Hats off to Ervin.

They played like Seniors today, closing out that game.

Weems... nuf' said

Beverly... Time to step out of that slump and you did! Great job!

[booogaga]

arkansas moved up to 37 on the rpi after the win.

[Wildhog]

Great game.

[artyhog]

Hogs played a great game today.  They never gave up.  I am very proud of how the Hogs did not let the Cores get the last laugh.
WPS :razorback:

[PorkBrainz]

That's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I LIKE IT!! UH HUH, UH HUH!!!!!

Great game guys!!!!! Wooo Pig Soooooooieeeeee!!!!!

[hogtheball]

Different team away from Memorial. 

All SEC teams are "different" away from home.   Vanderbilt hadn't lost a game in over a month before today's game.  How many of these "not so special" teams you were talking about win 7 in a row in the SEC?  Again, this was a very good win for us.  Any team in the conference would be extremely happy with a W over Vandy right now!

[Smokehouse]

how large was the crowd

just got back from the game, I'm not too good at estimating crowd sizes but there was a lot of empty seats today.

[reddogjcss]

Way to go team; now so us you can do it on the road!!!!!!!!

[31to6]

20 pts Weems, 17 pts Bev, 13 pts Townes, 13 pts Ervin (and 7 assists and only 1 turnover)...

Ervin was only stuffed simultaneously by the entire other team once that I saw. That is the most important stat in the game. LOL.

Seriously, something clicked in Gary tonight because he seemed to be thinking more when he penetrated--more evasion and passing and fewer kamikaze runs.

[Phenomenal One]

just got back from the game, I'm not too good at estimating crowd sizes but there was a lot of empty seats today.

Yes there were.  This was the first game that I have ever been to at BWA.  Our seats were at the top of the upper deck but before the game started we moved down to about 10 rows up from center court and sat there the entire time.  I amazes me that people have tickets with those great seats and don't bother coming to the games