I was at the game last night and sat right behind the Griz bench. Some stuff I noticed:
-To start, Davidson is a pompous prick. I haven't liked him since the first time is saw him on the court two years ago. He was talking the whole game and Pridgett finally got sick of it towards the end. I loved it when Pridgett walked over the top of him after getting fouled.
-I was worried the score was going to be the other way around because against the common opponent of Nebraska Omaha the outcomes were opposite. EWU beat them by 40 and we lost. Davidson, Peatling, and Aiken were pretty much non-factors. Davidson got most of his points when the game was already decided. Peatling was good when he got the ball but EWU didn't look to get the ball to him too much when he posted up and the Griz took away the pick and roll which they seemed to want to run a majority of the time. Pridgett took Aiken out of the game from the beginning and didn't allow him to get many open shots.
-Decuire was upset when we were up by 20 midway in the second half because EWU wouldn't keep their mouths shut. He called a time out and was yelling at the team to not let up and bury them. He wasn't at all upset at his team.
-When Mac fouled out the pep band was yelling at him to sit down because he couldn't play anymore. Mac pointed to the scoreboard and said "you play in the band." Made me laugh and the guy didn't say another word.
- EWU had nice jersey's. Above the EWU there was stitching of the Spokane skyline. It would be cool if Griz did that with the mountains around campus. Their coaches show is at a restaurant in Spokane too. I think EWU is really trying to tie into Spokane to get more fans. It makes sense since it is only a 10 or 15 minute drive to campus.
-Great crowd at the beginning of the game. The student section was full but by the middle of the second half very sparse.
-Had no issues with fans. I think their basketball fans are much more polite than the ones for football. A guy sitting behind me was very impressed with DJ. He said he is going to enjoy watching him play the next few years.
-It was nice to see a dominant W in Cheney since we have lost there the last two years.