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Name That Team | March 23, 2010
By Paul Gotham
****In honor of Sweet 16 week, some bonus Name That Team Posts for all to consider. It is your chance to release your inner James Joyce stream of consciousness. Try this without any researching.
This team will make its third Regional Semi-finals appearance in the last six years and ninth in school history. The school has not advanced beyond this round since 1953 when they lost in the national semi-finals. That was part of a ten-year period under three different coaches where the school reached the Elite Eight on four occasions. This year’s version scores almost 80 a game. Of the remaining teams, only two other schools score more per contest. Two players score in double digits. They combine for almost 37 points per game. This team also allows 70 per game which ranks somewhere around 200th in the nation. With a rebound margin of 4.3 this team ranks 7th among the Sweet 16. CBS ranks their strength of schedule at 60 and their RPI at 41.
Name that team.
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I am going to go with University of Washington for 100, Alex. Just a quick guess.
I agree with Smitty that it’s Washington. Thomas and Poindexter are their go-to scorers. They get a lot of coverage up here, and so I believe indeed this is the 3rd time they’ve made it to Sweet 16 since 2005. U Dub! … as they say.
Good instincts, Smitty!
I’m going with Wally and Smitty because I had no guess of my own!
Smitty was quick on the draw, and his aim was true. Wally! Once again, the man manages to add some material to the discussion. It doesn’t matter the time period, Wally has the input lately – great job coming up with the Thomas and Pondexter references. Not many on the East Coast know much about that tandem. My guess is Wally knows A LOT more about East Coast players than East Coast fans know about players on the West Coast.