Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Pres Day
I've completely neglected this blog for about five months, so I figured today was a good day to get back to posting.
On to Ultimate.
Wasabi is flying to San Diego on Wednesday afternoon for the Pres Day Classic hosted by the UCSD Air Squids on Saturday, Sunday, Monday. I'm hoping for a great tournament. There are 20 open teams playing, so we'll have some really good competition. Right now, we're in a pool with Oregon, UCSD, Texas, and Chico State. I haven't heard much in terms of scouting reports on any teams, but word is that after their incredible regular season last year and their almost collapse and subsequent salvaging of Nationals, Oregon is reloading, not so much rebuilding. They're seeded first in our pool, obviously respecting their strength from last year. UCSD is the second seed, probably deservedly so. I don't know the score, but I know we lost to them at Southwest Regionals last year. Third seed goes to Texas, who after making a run to semis at Nationals two years ago have been fairly quiet, so I'm excited for that game.
CU-Boulder will always be a force in the Region and will probably get a bid to Nationals based on strength and history even if they don't win the Region out-right. So assuming Mamabird is one of the top two teams in the region (honestly, probably the top team, not by much though), Texas, Air Force, and us will be in a dogfight to get a second bid out of the region. We've beaten Air Force three times already this year, so if we play well and don't get into our own heads, we should be able to handle them. Texas will be a tough game though. They have the advantage of having 30,000 kids at their school, so they can basically have their pick of players, whereas we have to work with whoever comes in as freshmen. IMHO, having to work with what you've got eventually makes for a better team because you're forced to play as a team and adjust as you go, but that's just me.
Back to Pres Day, we're the fourth seed in the pool, which I guess is probably fairly accurate. The fifth seed is Chico State, who I honestly have never even heard of.
All things considered, this weekend will be awesome. We've got two full days in San Diego to chill before the tournament starts. It'll be warm, sunny, and the fields hopefully won't be baked into rock like Arizona or Colorado.
I'll try to update the blog a little more often too. And by a little more often, I mean more than once every five months.
On to Ultimate.
Wasabi is flying to San Diego on Wednesday afternoon for the Pres Day Classic hosted by the UCSD Air Squids on Saturday, Sunday, Monday. I'm hoping for a great tournament. There are 20 open teams playing, so we'll have some really good competition. Right now, we're in a pool with Oregon, UCSD, Texas, and Chico State. I haven't heard much in terms of scouting reports on any teams, but word is that after their incredible regular season last year and their almost collapse and subsequent salvaging of Nationals, Oregon is reloading, not so much rebuilding. They're seeded first in our pool, obviously respecting their strength from last year. UCSD is the second seed, probably deservedly so. I don't know the score, but I know we lost to them at Southwest Regionals last year. Third seed goes to Texas, who after making a run to semis at Nationals two years ago have been fairly quiet, so I'm excited for that game.
CU-Boulder will always be a force in the Region and will probably get a bid to Nationals based on strength and history even if they don't win the Region out-right. So assuming Mamabird is one of the top two teams in the region (honestly, probably the top team, not by much though), Texas, Air Force, and us will be in a dogfight to get a second bid out of the region. We've beaten Air Force three times already this year, so if we play well and don't get into our own heads, we should be able to handle them. Texas will be a tough game though. They have the advantage of having 30,000 kids at their school, so they can basically have their pick of players, whereas we have to work with whoever comes in as freshmen. IMHO, having to work with what you've got eventually makes for a better team because you're forced to play as a team and adjust as you go, but that's just me.
Back to Pres Day, we're the fourth seed in the pool, which I guess is probably fairly accurate. The fifth seed is Chico State, who I honestly have never even heard of.
All things considered, this weekend will be awesome. We've got two full days in San Diego to chill before the tournament starts. It'll be warm, sunny, and the fields hopefully won't be baked into rock like Arizona or Colorado.
I'll try to update the blog a little more often too. And by a little more often, I mean more than once every five months.
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