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Gameday vs George Washington – Predictions – Bayonet those Bastard Colonials!

J Felt — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:15:41 +0000

An image from today's game.

As you may have been able to figure out, GreenTintedGlasses.net has started to let loose a little bit. Things were so stodgy around here for awhile there, but with this new brave world of At-Larges and Top Four in Conference, we figured it’s time to change things up a bit.

But one thing hasn’t changed, we still HATE George Washington. You should too. Until we beat them by 30 points one day, I will continue to despise the school named after one of our Founding Fathers.

“You guys really need to get over that game in ’06. Leemire DID throw an elbow, you know.”

You know what? Screw you. I’m still pissed about that.

In other words, we HATE George Washington, and the first game this year just made it worse, despite our victory. George Washington led for most of the game by playing tough, physical ball and taking us out of our game plan. And when I say, “tough, physical ball” I mean “beat the shit out of DiJuan if he had the ball.” We still won though, which shows the character of this team. We really have a way of pulling out the close ones, Duquesne excluded. We have always found a way to get that key steal, basket, or defensive stand if the game was close near the end. Look at the Saint Joseph’s game, we hit about 100 key baskets.

You ask “will we win this game?” and to be honest, I don’t know. This has FAIL written all over it, just follow the equation…

Heated Rivalry + Away Game + Tough Physical Defense + MASN = Niners FAIL

But here’s the deal, we’re still going to win. We finally broke the MASN curse with Fordham, and Derrio is due for a big game, and that’ll be today. Our predictions are below, leave yours in the comments.

J Felt – Charlotte 81, GW 74. Derrio goes off, that’s all you need to know.

letsgoNINERS11 – A pretty heated rivalry is starting to form, and a good ole fashioned Niner beatdown in Foggy Bottom becomes the next chapter. Charlotte 75 – GW 67

D-Fo – Last game, Martelli said the Hawks came into Halton and played an “angry” team. Wrong. That’s not anger. That’s Swagger, homes. Charlotte 80, GW 70.

HP – Wolf Blitzer sits in his seat and is amazed at the 49ers’ rediscovered prowess, Good Guys 75, Foggy Bottoms 63.

JRitchie – Charlotte’s finally realized that NCAA hopes are slipping away, the Niners use that desperation in Foggy Bottom for a big win Charlotte 85-GW 68

Niners head to Beltwayland to take on Foggy Bottom Colonials

NLP — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:00:15 +0000

GW's backcourt handing out another mugging.

Part II of perhaps the most intense on-court rivalry the Niners have had since joining the A10 is set to renew again Saturday night at 6 PM in Charles Dump Arena in Washington against the George Washington Colonials. The Niners find themselves again in a must-win situation if they want to maintain any hopes of an at-large NCAA bid, a goal that seemed to be a distant memory until Ian Andersen and Gokhan Sirin erupted for 30 points as the Niners thrashed the Saint Joseph’s Hawks Wednesday in Halton Arena. MASN, our favorite network to lose on, will provide TV coverage.

The last time these two teams met earlier this month it was a hard fought contest which left DiJuan Harris searching for one of CMPD’s finest to press charges for assault and battery. The intense GW defense, which at times bordered on dirty, frustrated the Niners and had the game all but secured at the 1:25 mark leading by 5. The Niner backcourt would have none of that, forcing a pair of turnovers and hitting clutch foul shots to secure a well-deserved 72-68 victory.

In the rematch, the key for the Niners is going to be pretty simple -contain Damian Hollis. He’s an absolute Niner-killer and was certainly a handful scoring 23 points including 4 for 5 from 3 point land. He’ll be a difficult matchup for whoever guards him, as he’s a bit too athletic for Braswell, Spears, and Jones, and a bit too tall for Wilderness and Dewhurst. I would expect Lutz to again dare him to shoot from outside, although that’s increasingly becoming a bad idea has Hollis recently hit 6 of 10 from outside against Fordham.

Freshmen. Lasan Kromah and Dwayne Smith will also merit considerable attention as both appear to be improving their play as the season progresses, looking more like Sophomores than first years. Smith in particular has steadily improved his scoring, hitting double figures in 5 of his last 8 games including 21 points against a depleted La Salle squad.

For more on the GW squad, visit the previous pre-game.

Looking at the Niners offensively, it’s a question of which team will show up. The team dazzled fans with their shooting against an inferior Saint Joseph’s squad to reverse a trend of awful shooting recently. Even Ian Andersen, who’s struggled throughout the season found the range. Hopefully that will continue as the Niners absolutely need scoring off the bench, particularly from outside. Though Ian’s struggles on defense are well-documented, he does know the offense well and if he’s hitting his shots, it’s worth having him out there.

This game is going to be war. A lot will depend on how closely the refs call it. The Niners will prefer to score at the charity stripe and get calls for all the bumps and handchecks DiJuan Harris will undoubtedly receive. For vets of the CUSA days, the Colonials play us a lot like UAB used to play us. Constant bumping and reaching for the ball. It also seemed that the refs would swallow their whistles and let our players get mugged. Honestly I’m expecting nothing different. It will be interesting to see if the zest for the game the team showed Wednesday against the Hawks can survive the physical and down-right dirty play of GW. If it does, expect the Niners to gut out another victory.

Gameday vs George Washington – Predictions – I HATE GEORGE WASHINGTON

J Felt — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:51:52 +0000

Derrio destroyed Minutemen, the rest of the Colonials are next.

Wow, that felt good to say. Having been a Sophomore during the 05-06 season and watching that asshole Hall grab Leemire’s jersey at the end of the regular season, it’s really easy to hate George Washington.

And I mean it too, when they beat us in OT to finish undefeated in conference play, a seed of hatred was planted so deep in my heart that it cannot be removed. After I die from some strange accident involving a bobsled and chopsticks, they’ll perform an autopsy and find a small black capsule in heart. That is my hatred for GW. Right there. It’s not even a rational hatred really, considering they haven’t been that good since, but there are some things that can’t change. This isn’t like hating Davidson, where you really don’t care that much, this is just straight-on hate. A hate fest if you will.

Lutz doesn’t seem to like Hobbs, which is perfect. This is one of those games where we could be up 20 with 3 to go and Bobby would send in Sirin and tell him to make it 30. Maybe after 4 years of that, I might eventually lose some of that hate, but I doubt it.

What can we expect from this game? Well, according to NLP, GW is “unremarkable.” Unlike Derrio, who is remarkable. We can all fully expect a win here. And this won’t be like a Guilford Courthouse victory over the Colonials, this will be more like Camden. A full on rout. Don’t get me wrong, I love the USA, but I wouldn’t mind if Charlotte came out in Redcoats for this one. Bayonet the Colonials. George Washington was overrated anyway.

Predictions are below. Leave yours in the comments. If yours is the closest, you’ll win a guest column on greentintedglasses.net!

D-Fo – The Niners are back on the Swaggerwagon. A bunch of 18th-Century townies in funny hats won’t change that. Charlotte wins decisively. 78-66.

J Felt – Charlotte 81, GW 67. If General Cornwallis had this much swagger, the Colonials would’ve lost long ago.

JRitchie – Charlotte 77 GW 59 – the Niners keep their spot squarely on the bubble and defend Halton to finally state emphatically that an elbow dealt is an elbow felt

letsgoNINERS11 – Every game we play now is the most important game of the year, and we aren’t losing at home to Karl’s Clowns. Charlotte 84 – GW 72

HP – Father of our country is one thing but Niners show the Colonials who’s their daddy, Charlotte 80, GW 66

NLP – Shamari is too much to handle for the GW Colonoscopies. Niners 85 – GW 69