Friday, December 28, 2007

Game Day: North Carolina A&T

North Carolina A&T Aggies at #4 Washington State Cougars, 7 p.m., No TV

Time for one last tuneup before Pac-10 play. One more chance to get the kinks worked out before facing the rival Huskies. A chance to match the best start since 1991-92, 12-0, with a win over the Aggies. With a win tonight, odds are the Cougars finish 2007 ranked in the Top 5. Who'd a thunk it?

The 5-7 Aggies will have played 3 of the remaining 9 undefeated Division 1 teams after tonight (Pittsburgh, Miami, WSU). They've also played Tennessee, so you can't expect them to be star-struck with the #4 team in the nation, unlike The Citadel last week. All in all, this game should be an easy 20-25 point victory for the Cougs, a great way to end the non-conference schedule, and give them 7 days to prepare for those guys in the purple jerseys. Cougar Nation wants 6 in-a-row!!!

Things to watch for tonight:
-Kyle Weaver seems to be going through the motions. Maybe it's because of the lack of competition, but we would like to see him step-up his game.


-How will Tony Bennett use his bench? With Daven Harmeling out at least 3 weeks, will he use this game to tinker with the rotation to see which guys work best with each other? If Low and Weaver are forced to play 30 minutes a game now, by February they will be wore out.

-Like to see Low continue his hot shooting the last few games. The team won't play another game till January 5, 7 days, so let's get the shooting stroke going tonight and keep it going into January.

North Carolina A&T Starters:
F Jason Wills - Best player on the team, Weaver should guard him
F Trahem Chaplin
C James Porter
G Steven Rush
G Austin Ewing