I'm watching the Arizona game again, and it is more impressive on the second look.<div>
</div><div>Stansbury knocked off two of the best supposed x's and o's coaches in the country on back to back nights. In the two games at MSG, the Bulldogs have rebounded and defended like the Bury teams of old. We led the conference in defense and rebounding for the majority of Bury's first ten years, and that wasn't by accident. Stans knows how to drill rebounding and defensive principles into his players heads, and that is a major credit to him.</div><div>
</div><div>I attribute our deficiencies in these areas over the past few years to "The Recruiter" not recruiting well. I don't believe that Tom Izzo could teach the likes of Ravern Johnson or Kodi Augustus to defend and rebound. "The Recruiter" lost so many recruiting battles that we were using guys like 6'3 Phil Turner, who no one else wanted, to defend the 4 spot. Riley Benock was a significant part of our gameplan. I don't think I need to say any more about that.</div><div>
</div><div>Now back to the current edition of bulldog basketball. A positive thing about this team is that we can score in a variety of ways. We did it outside against A&M, and we showed that we can do it inside or out against Arizona. I love it when we have Smith and Bost on the floor at the same time. We are explosive.</div><div>
</div><div>Like Vitale said, Deville is going to be a special player for us. But he won't be special before he makes a ton of mistakes along the way. He is going to turn the ball over and make some bad decisions. As State fans, we like to find former State players to compare him to. I've heard him compared to everyone from Chuckie Evans, to Zimmerman, to Bowers, to Gary Ervin. I hope that we as fans can remember how Zimmerman and Bowers really looked as freshman. They were not very good.</div><div></div><div>Arizona is an extremely talented team. They made run after run at us, but we had the resilience to hold off each and every one. We hit big basket after big basket when it looked like our lead was in question. Last year's team could not have done this.</div><div>
</div><div>As I am watching this, Sidney makes another amazing interior pass. Allow me to compare him to another former bulldog great who was a great interior passer in Mario Austin. Sidney to me looks like Austin plus three inches.</div><div>
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</div><div>Stansbury knocked off two of the best supposed x's and o's coaches in the country on back to back nights. In the two games at MSG, the Bulldogs have rebounded and defended like the Bury teams of old. We led the conference in defense and rebounding for the majority of Bury's first ten years, and that wasn't by accident. Stans knows how to drill rebounding and defensive principles into his players heads, and that is a major credit to him.</div><div>
</div><div>I attribute our deficiencies in these areas over the past few years to "The Recruiter" not recruiting well. I don't believe that Tom Izzo could teach the likes of Ravern Johnson or Kodi Augustus to defend and rebound. "The Recruiter" lost so many recruiting battles that we were using guys like 6'3 Phil Turner, who no one else wanted, to defend the 4 spot. Riley Benock was a significant part of our gameplan. I don't think I need to say any more about that.</div><div>
</div><div>Now back to the current edition of bulldog basketball. A positive thing about this team is that we can score in a variety of ways. We did it outside against A&M, and we showed that we can do it inside or out against Arizona. I love it when we have Smith and Bost on the floor at the same time. We are explosive.</div><div>
</div><div>Like Vitale said, Deville is going to be a special player for us. But he won't be special before he makes a ton of mistakes along the way. He is going to turn the ball over and make some bad decisions. As State fans, we like to find former State players to compare him to. I've heard him compared to everyone from Chuckie Evans, to Zimmerman, to Bowers, to Gary Ervin. I hope that we as fans can remember how Zimmerman and Bowers really looked as freshman. They were not very good.</div><div></div><div>Arizona is an extremely talented team. They made run after run at us, but we had the resilience to hold off each and every one. We hit big basket after big basket when it looked like our lead was in question. Last year's team could not have done this.</div><div>
</div><div>As I am watching this, Sidney makes another amazing interior pass. Allow me to compare him to another former bulldog great who was a great interior passer in Mario Austin. Sidney to me looks like Austin plus three inches.</div><div>
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