February 1, 200521 yr First ever nationally televised D3 basketball.. Grinnell (IA) vs. Beloit (WI) I have a few friends who go to Grinnell and had a buddy that played on the team last year but blew out his knee. Grinnell plays a whacky style of basketball.. They sub in a whole new team every 2 or 3 minutes and run the hell out of the other team, shoot threes all night long and then all collapse the lane for the rebound. They've led the Nation in scoring the last 10 straight years. Last year they averaged 126.2 points a game... and they give up about just as many. I remember they played Drake (D1, MVC) a few years ago and lost 162-110.. lol Anyway, they're not as good this year but still average about 115 points a game so it's a good watch.
February 1, 200521 yr I remember reading about them in ESPN mag last year should be a fun game to watch
February 1, 200521 yr my old roomate went to grinnell he'll be pumped to see this ... interesting style of play
February 3, 200521 yr yeah i definitely plan on watching. have been wanting to see one of their games ever since I heard about them.
February 3, 200521 yr Author Grinnell will shoot about 60 3's a game and force about 30 turnovers.. it's pretty crazy.
February 3, 200521 yr Man, I've always wanted to watch Grinnel ever since some NY Times article but I'm going to the Heat game tonight.
February 4, 200521 yr sorry, these players suck I am fairly confident I could play on either squadron
February 4, 200521 yr i bet they are nervous as hell. i know i would be. lots of missed lay-ups and ish.
February 4, 200521 yr Author Yea this is pretty ugly.. no wonder they are 4-13... i remember watching them when they had winning records and when they were on, it was a thing of beauty. also, there is an abnormal amount of lesbians at grinnell, fyi
February 4, 200521 yr Yea this is pretty ugly.. no wonder they are 4-13... i remember watching them when they had winning records and when they were on, it was a thing of beauty. also, there is an abnormal amount of lesbians at grinnell, fyi 676872[/snapback] Fritz would fit right in.
February 4, 200521 yr If they were good at making threes, this would be interesting. But, as a basketball fan, this is painful to watch. Many times they have had an easy path to the lane and they throw it out for an impossible three.
February 4, 200521 yr Yea this is pretty ugly.. no wonder they are 4-13... i remember watching them when they had winning records and when they were on, it was a thing of beauty. also, there is an abnormal amount of lesbians at grinnell, fyi 676872[/snapback] Are any of them on the team?
February 4, 200521 yr If they were good at making threes, this would be interesting. But, as a basketball fan, this is painful to watch. Many times they have had an easy path to the lane and they throw it out for an impossible three. 676885[/snapback] its so painful and hearing the announcers say that Grinnell's coach will sometimes tell his team to let the other team have an open shot just so they can get the ball back
February 4, 200521 yr It's an interesting style of play, but these guys do kind of suck. The decision-making is horrible. And I can't help but wonder if that's not partly a consequence of the system...its hard to get into the flow of the game if you're coming out every 50 seconds or so. I'd like to see this tried with some better players. Also, between this and Guilford's 90 footer, this has got to be the biggest week in D3 history.
February 4, 200521 yr What was truly amazing was as bad as they were playing, they were in it the whole time. They forced a lot of turnovers and if they were on target from 3, they woulda won...I especially liked it when they said how they played this team and Beloit was 20-21 in the 1st half yet they were losing by 18.
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