by Wayne23 » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:43 am
12/26: 76-67 at Hartford to start conf. play. Daws only had 2 points but he had 10 RBs, for the 2nd game in a row, 8 assists, and 3 steals. 24 for Leep, 15, 4, 4 for Rae. +6 RBs, +7 TOs. Good game!
Demonstrations and protests continue across the country. Again, people now have enough to eat, or most do, but there is no disposable income for most people. They live paycheck to paycheck and hand to mouth. No one knows how many homeless there are but the number is clearly in the millions. Almost no one has health care, and the law no longer mandates that hospitals treat people who cannot pay.
Our military is holding onto what they’ve gained and they seem to be consolidating resources. There are no signs of an attack on Mexico or anyone else.
12/29: 85-67 over Stony Brook here. It was close for about 30 minutes, and then we got it together. 16, 6, 3, 3 for Fowl, 13, 6, 6 for Rae, 18 for Hart. +8 TOs but it was a sloppy game. We had 16 TOs, they had 24. We shot 51.9% to their 42.9%.
1/2/3: Tough loss, 70-71, at New Hampshire. Never more than 7 points separated the 2 teams. At the end they had the last possession and hit a 17 footer. 16, 3, 4 for Leep, 10, 6, 3, 3 for Fowl. They took 16 more free throws.
1/5: 89-52 over Binghamton here. 27, 1, 8 for Leep, 17, 6, 3 for Hart, 14, 4, 2 for Rae, 9, 3, 3 for Price. So our guards scored 67 of our 89. 31 RBs though, and 8 TOs.
1/9: 88-80 in OT at UMBC. Great road win. They tied it at the end of regulation with a luck shot- a 30 footer, but we controlled the OT. 22, 5 for Rae, 19, 2, 2 for Price, 12, 6, 2 for Leep, 14, 3 for Hart.
1/12: 84-56 over Albany here. We had a total of 4 TOs! +16. 21, 4, 2 for Hart, 9, 10, 7, 5 for Daws, 15, 2, 3 for Rae, 14, 4 for Leep.
Sid Mann hurt his leg. Day to day.
We’re alone in 1st.
1/15: 14-4, 5-1, RPI #88.
Protests continue on a 24/7 basis in most major cities. This administration came in with less than 50% popular support. They immediately privatized both Social Security and Medicare, ended welfare, made both abortion and birth control illegal, set up conditions where most jobs in the country became the equivalent of part time entry level jobs, ended any regulations protecting the water supply, the environment, and the like, privatized education and set up a situation in which most schools became religious schools- and on and on. But they made it clear from the first that they would rule with an iron fist and brook no dissent. Curfews were put in place, as well as the ID booklet system. Travel was restricted. Then conscription put most young people in the military.
People are very unhappy with the administration. The final straw was a law which made it illegal for citizens to own weapons. The manufacture and sale of all weapons and ammunition to anyone except the police and the military was made illegal. There has not been a formal confiscation of weapons, but with gun ranges gone, and hunting only allowed via permit, and with a weapon housed by the hunting “escort” weapons are disappearing.
It appears that while, as I said, there has been no confiscation program put in place, whenever the police become aware of guns in a home, those guns are taken.
People expected to vote the administration supporters out in the midterm election, but that election was cancelled, and it appears very likely that this November’s Presidential election will not take place.
The military continues to consolidate, and there are no signs of an attack on Mexico or anywhere else.
1/19: 61-70 at 2nd place Vermont. We expected a tough game and we got one. They shot 51.2%, we shot 34%, and that was the story; the other stats were all about equal. 12, 6, 4, 2 for Jin Worr, our 6th man, and 11, 3, 3 for Kareem Price, our 7th man. Daws played 9 minutes due to fouls, and Hart played 12, for the same reason. The # of calls was about even, but key players picked up our fouls.
We’re still 1 up in the loss column- over 4 teams.
1/23: 79-68 over Maine here. 21, 6, 3 for Leep, 12, 8, 6 for Daws. All 5 starters in double figures. +10 RBs.
1/26: 75-56 over Hartford here. 25, 2, 4 for Leep, 10, 8, 3, 4 for Daws, 14, 6 for Fowl. +13 TOs, +6 RBs.
1/29: 16-5, 7-2, RPI #81. 1 up on Vermont, 2 or more on the rest. +9.1 PPG, -0.8 RBs, +6.5 TOs.
Our troops are advancing on Mexico from both the north and the south.