This will be my basketball thread for the season - mostly NCAA, with maybe an NBA success here and there.
11/05/07: NCAA Basketball - Seattle Pacific Falcons @ Washington Huskies
Hec Edmunson Pavilion - Seattle, WA
Another season of college basketball has begun! The UW Huskies are the nearest D-1 school to me, which is nice because this season the Pac 10 is loaded. Since later on this season I will be focusing my college hoops efforts on the visiting team, I wanted to get a head start on the Huskies so I don't have to worry about them later on. An exhibition tilt against crosstown Seattle Pacific was a good way to do it. I watched as UW won by 12, but not without some fight from the D-2 school.
The arena has a bunch of different exits and players use them all, so my best bet was going to the tunnel by the court after the game and hoping that players would come back - this is common in other arenas. I was able to get about half the team this way, including Jon Brockman, Ryan Appleby, and coach Romar. Also got former NBA and UW player Eldridge Recasner on an index after someone pointed him out to me. Detlef Schrempf was also in the house but I found out too late. I didn't see Quincy Pondexter or Justin Dentmon, who are both on basketball annuals I was hoping to get done. Not a bad start to the season - I will try to come back a couple more times if possible for non-conference.
Washington
Ryan Appleby 2/2 Sports Illustrated, team sheet
Jon Brockman 4/4 Sports Illustrated, Lindy's magazine, S&S magazine, team sheet
Matthew Bryan-Amaning 1/1 team sheet
Venoy Overton 1/1 team sheet
Joel Smith 1/1 team sheet
Artem Wallace 1/1 team sheet
Joe Wolfinger 1/1 team sheet
Lorenzo Romar 1/1 Pac-10 Coaches 8x10
Eldridge Recasner 1/1 index
Next up: Gonzaga home opener (11/11)