1/1/1880: 1-1 week. We lost at #8 Arizona by 11. I think it could be different at our place. We’ll see.
Big guy Amir Jax sprained an ankle an’ he’s out for 10 days or so, but Geer has been getting most of his minutes anyway.
It’s an election year. Too soon for anything to be happenin’ with that, but it’s clear that Hayes won’t keep his job. Nor should he.
1/15: 13-4, 4-2. #16, RPI #19. Lost at home to USC. That should not have happened an’ the guys knew how unhappy I was about it. Puts us in 4th place. We shot 27%; missed a lotta open shots an’ took some stupid shots.
We’re givin’ Geer some of Swat’s minutes. They’ll play about the same number for now. 3 a the nex’ 4 are on the road. That ain;t usually good. We want ta go 3-1 for the set.
Maude an’ I have decided we want to try to become parents again. Neither of us is completely sure about it but the truth is that in this day an’ age it’s a hard thing to get a child past the infant stage. If ya can keep ‘em ‘til their 5 or so the odds improve a lot, but ya gotta steel yerself that ya can lose them before that. Let’s see what happens.
1/29: 16-5, 7-3, #17, RPI #22. Tied for 3rd place. #1 an’ #2 both come ta town in the nex’ 2 weeks.
Geer’s gonna start for Swat. He’s a better defender, a better rebounder, an’ almos’ as good a scorer.
As we knew, that recruit didn’t hit our SAT score. The guy we most had our eye on didn’t either. We offer ta a PF who did.
It’s always a nice surprise when dad gets assigned ta the train we’re usin’. It don’t happen often but it did for this road trip so I got ta spen’ time with him, an’ he got ta see 3 games. Wish I saw more of mama.
I just read that they’re gonna try ta build some kinda canal ta connect the Atlantic an’ Pacific down in Panama, wherever that is. Seems impossible ta me.
2/12: We beat both a them ranked teams- #16 UCLA by 13, an’ #8 Arizona by 26; there’s no place like home! 20-5, 11-3, #14, RPI #13. Still 1 back a #8 Arizona, alone in 2nd. Somebody else’s have ta beat ‘em ta get us ta 1st. 12.1
TOs per, the best a team a mine has ever done.
2/26: We end up 22-7, 13-5, #16, RPI #18. Not happy with the way we ended the regular season, 2 losses in 4 games, but we’re alone in 2nd place. +7.7 PPG, +3.2 RBs, +4.1 TOs (12.0). 5 guys averagin’ 10.2 or more, and the 6th at 9.4.