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CSU in the NIT (Norris Invitational Tournament)

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1st round - 63-60 win over Vermont

- CSU raced out to a 19-12 lead, then Vermont went on a 13-2 run and lead most of the way. This is despite Vermont not having their leading scorer, who I swear looked like Ringo Starr, circa 1968.

- Aaron Pogue made his 1st 2 FTs, then made 3 of his next 12. Yes. 5-15. Also, CSU players not named Cole went 11/35 from the field. Norris had 27 pts on 17 FGA and 6 FTA.

- CSU couldn't do jack against Vermont in half court. Granted, once they saw Pogue couldn't hit a FT, they did some "hack a Pogue". But they went with a zone all night, Cole couldn't penetrate, and noone else could hit a shot.

- Luka Ndaye had 5 boards in 8 minutes. Pogue had 8 in 31, Kamczyc had 1 in 49, Latas had 0 in 9. How he doesn't play more baffles me. Whatever other deficiencies he might have, CSU is such a bad rebounding team (45-29 tonight), he has to get minutes.

- If you are of the "foul up 3 under 5 seconds left" mindset, you loved the ending. CSU up 3 with 4.4 seconds left, and Vermont's ball 94 feet from the basket, Waters calls timeout and tells his team not foul. The result was a 3 that nearly went in and forced OT. Discuss.

- CSU is now a combined 2-2 in NCAA/NIT Tourney games under Waters. Prior to Waters, they had played a total 7 postseason games, all under Kevin Mackey in a 3 year stretch.

- Next up: Hosting College of Charleston next week. Charleston handled Dayton 94-84.
 
At CSU's best, we play a very similar style to COC: up and down, up and down, no defense, don't worry about rebounding. Cole is going to be the best player on the floor, but Andrew Goudelock is one of the best scorers in NCAA. Should be a very fun match up to see Cole guarding him. Time to show why he should be Horizon DPOtY.
 
Kent State also upset 2 seed St Marys last night 71-70
 
Fuck me I was gonna place a 50 dollar bet on a parlay of Kent State/CSU victory! I fucking forgot to do it...
 

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