49er Blackouts are known to cause this in opponents.
It feels like it’s been a month, but it’s finally gameday again! Even better, it’s a home game in Halton Arena! The Niners are set to take on the Pirates of East Carolina University, a school known as EZU and recognized more for its baseball and STDs than it’s basketball program. Any other time we take on ECU, it’s a “big deal” type of game, because traditionally, ECU sucks, bad. But there’s still a bad taste in our mouths from January ’05, when some guy named Mouse gave us our third loss and sent Niners fans home dejected and in an ice storm. Everything about the day sucked. Greenville sucked, Curtis Withers sucked, our team sucked, their crowd sucked, and losing sucked. The only way to help us forget that day is for the Niners to destroy ECU, just as they should’ve years ago.
Spears should dominate these guys, and it won’t be pretty. For many Niners, he’s the first consistent low-post scorer we’ve ever been able to see in person, and it’s a wonderful sight to see. But what if he gets in foul trouble? This is a question that needs to be solved as soon as possible if we’re going to be any good this year. We can’t expect Spears to dominate the other team’s big men from the bench, though it’s definitely a possibility versus ECU. Put on your Green Tinted Glasses people, FIVE AND ONE is basically here, it’s ECU, it’s Halton Arena, it’s Shamari Spears, and it’s ECU. Hell, even dogs on youtube hate the Pirates…
Predictions are below, add your own in the comments, and the winner will receive one free memory wipe of that ECU game and all of March ’05 as well.
J Felt – Charlotte 84, ECU 63. Niners run away in the second half as ECU can’t hang with Spears, Phil Jones has a block party while wearing an eye patch just for kicks.
HP – Pirates wash away in the rain storm as 49ers roll, 86-68.
D-Fo – The Pirates will leave Halton with a true peg-legged limp after Dijuan and Derrio finish breaking their ankles all night. Spears goes for 25, Bowden gets hot again and goes off for 5 or 6 three-pointers. At the end of the night, the Pirates walk the plank back to Greenville to the tune of an 89-75 loss.
Bust – Charlotte 84, EZU 71. Niners take the week off of gold mining as the pirates bring the treasure to them. Pirates walk the plank (with one pirate scoring his personal best)
NLP – Charlotte 73 EZU 68. Shiver me timbers. All hope abandon, ye who enters Halton Arena!
letsgoNINERS11 – EZU steps into the black hole that will be Halton Arena and Shamari feasts for 30. Sharpshooter Shamarr Bowden is gonna go Navy Seals on the Pirates from long distance for 18 and Chris Braswell chips in 15-10. 81 – 65 Niners FTW.
JRitchie – Ian Andersen single handedly defeats that Pirates after they black out… Niners win 93-68