<div align="center"> <font color=""DarkOrchid"">Washington Huskies</font> @ <font color=""Blue"">Gonzaga Bulldogs</font> Date? December 4, 2005 When? 10:30 PM EST Where? Foxsports</div> <font color=""Blue""><div align="center">Gonzaga Bulldogs Starters:</div></font> <div align="center"> (Pierre Marie Altidor-Cespedes, Derek Raivio,Adam Morrison,Sean Mallon,J.P. Batista) </div> Gonzaga is one of the best teams on the west coast if not the best. Led by Adam Morrison, they got 2nd in the Maui Open in a heartbreaking loss to UConn in the championship. Their key is to get Adam Morrison going early, and keep the U-Dub crowd out of it. Raivio needs to drain a couple of those three point shots early to give Gonzaga a spark to get their heart pumping early. A key player off the bench is the freshman, Jeremy Pargo, he needs to knock down shots and run the offense against this team. He can't let this crowd get under his skin early, so he better play good in the beginning. They also need to establish J.P. Bautista early, and get the Freshman, Brockman, in foul trouble early. <div align="center"><font color=""DarkOrchid"">Washington Huskies Starters:</font> </div> <div align="center">(Brandon Roy,Justin Dentmon,Bobby Jones Jr.,Jon Brockman,Jamaal Williams)</div> The key to the game is stopping Adam Morrison, therefore they'll most likely place their shut-down defender, Bobby Jones on Morrison. I think they can win this game if they hold him under 15 points. Then they need the McDonald's All-American, Jon Brockman, to dominate the paint early. If he can be effective against J.P. Bautista, then U-Dub will control the game. Brandon Roy also needs to be the Senior Leader he is and control the team. If he gets dishes to his open teammates and scores 14 points, I think they'll run away with this one. Prediction: 78-71 Gonzaga, I think Morrison is just too much for Bobby Jones to shut-down or even contain. Morrison is an elite player nation-wide, he's a leader that won't let Washington beat the Zags in this one. I think J.P. Bautista will own the paint, and won't let Brockman be a factor. Side note: I get to go watch Adrian Oliver this week and it should be fun because he's against some good competiton and several good players out of the Sacramento region!
Nice preview J_ray, I'm picking Washington in this one only because they have the tools to shutdown or contain Adam Morrison. Bobby Jones is a very good defender and I do not expect Morrison to have that big of a day.
Bobby Jones, one of the best defenders in the nation going up against Adam Morrison, one of the best shooters in the nation should be one heck of a matchup. I believe Gonzaga's gameplan will be to feed the big man J.P Batista and I like his chances of having a big game against the smaller Jamaal Williams. So therefore, i'm picking Gonzaga to win this one by at least 10. It's unfortunate that this game won't come on until 10:30 ET; I'm going to try my best to stay up and watch at least the first half...
I called it, Washington wins by four and keeps their home winning streak up to 29 games, wow. Another impressive game by Morrision though...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting J_Ray:</div><div class="quote_post">Did anyone but maybe me and Shard actually watch the game </div> Me.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting STCBBall3:</div><div class="quote_post">Me.</div> You stayed up late as hell then
Sorry I haven't chimed in yet. Adam Morrison is unstoppable. I know a lot of people might discredit Bobby Jones for allowing 43 points from him... but a good 3/4 of Morrison's shots were incredibly contested and Jones played such a great all-around game. The Huskies have the longest home winning streak in the nation and they showed why. If these teams met an even number of times in a season, I have no doubt that the result would be 50-50. It was a great game and i'm optimistic about both teams this season. Also, Raivio missing late in the game was key.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Shard:</div><div class="quote_post">Sorry I haven't chimed in yet. Adam Morrison is unstoppable. I know a lot of people might discredit Bobby Jones for allowing 43 points from him... but a good 3/4 of Morrison's shots were incredibly contested and Jones played such a great all-around game. The Huskies have the longest home winning streak in the nation and they showed why. If these teams met an even number of times in a season, I have no doubt that the result would be 50-50. It was a great game and i'm optimistic about both teams this season. Also, Raivio missing late in the game was key.</div> Ya, Zags missed him big time, I don't think anyone in college could stop Morrison, maybe Mardy Collins could contain this guy
