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Sunday, January 16, 2005
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OH, AND ONE MORE
"SNAPSHOTS FROM HOME" THING ... 'PUGS TRADING OVERHAND RIGHTS' GW’s basketball team, though it lost its last game, continues to be a big story. Here’s some pretty obscure language from a Washington Post article about the loss: "The whole affair was wild. Out of rhythm for much of the afternoon, the Colonials could not buy a basket in their half-court offense before deciding to embark on a 17-0 binge and knot the score with 7 1/2 minutes left. U-Mass.'s Chris Chadwick and GW's T.J. Thompson traded huge baskets in the final 28 seconds of regulation like pugs trading overhand rights. There was also that battle of diminutive coaches frantically working the sideline, GW's Hobbs vs. U-Mass.'s Steve Lappas, a genuine beggar for calls. They played a no-harm, no-ambulance game approved by a liberal officiating crew. As a whole, when neither their vertical leap nor their jumpers worked, the Colonials finally started to move their feet laterally, cutting off angles and lanes. That's why they came back. " |