by Wayne23 » Tue May 10, 2022 1:50 pm
12/29: We start Big 10 play with 7-3 Wisconsin here. They're favored by 2 ½. We think we can turn them over.
12/30: The conference isn't particularly strong this year. Nobody is ranked at this point.
We take a lead and then expand it. 49-30 at the half. Sarp has 20 and 7, Call has 14. 4 TOs.
78-64 but it wasn't that close. 34, 14, 6 blocks for Sarp, 16 for Call. +32 in the paint.
We are in orbit around the planet and it is clearly inhabited and the life forms are sophisticated. Our long range sensors and the probe are seeing lots of buildings, roadways or railways or something like that...
1/1/2054: 7-5, 1-1 Clemson is here. They're good outside, and they have a good bench.
1/2: We take the lead immediately. 47-31 at halftime. 16 for Call, 15 for Mott.+20 in the paint. We start the 2nd with a run and get the lead to 20.
87-79 but they got it that close in garbage time. 21, 7 for Call, 20, 4, 4 for Sarp, 20, 3, 5 for Mott. +32 in the paint.
Bench coach Greg Robb: Jed, we're really doing better than we thought possible.
Jed Clark: Well, Josh Call and Nate Mott are exceeding our expectations, that's for sure.
Robb: We didn't expect to have 5 solid starters but we do. Now if we only had a bench!
1/3: “People of the ship, the Misa welcome you. What is the reason for your visit?”
“Thank you. We come from the planet we call Earth, a very long way from here. We are on a voyage of exploration and discovery. We seek to claim no territory. We wish only to learn.”
“We invite you to send representatives to our planet to speak and to explore.”
Once again, the Captain chose a psychologist, a scientist, and me.. We made plans to shuttle down to the surface.
1/4: We are on the planet and we have met the Misa. We are able to breathe the air while wearing a filtration device in our nostrils and no other protective gear.
The Misa are … well they're almost ball shaped. Their feet, if they have them, are hidden, and they seem to glide. They move quite quickly, faster than a human can walk. They have four arms, two that are rather long compared to their height (about 4 to 4 ½ feet tall, and the other two arms are shorter but functional.
They are very accommodating and friendly. The are showing us everything we want to see and are pointing out other things we haven't asked about.
When we do ask they go into quite a lot of detail.
They have said they are interested in our way of life.
They live in small groups of varying sizes. They are very social. It seems that no Misa is ever alone.
When we explained that some humans are extroverts and some are introverts they did not understand the concept of introversion at all.
More later.
1/5: At Iowa. They have some good players, particularly their SF.
1/6: We take the lead quickly. 43-31 at the half. 11, 6 for Sarp, 12 for Mott. We keep the lead. They keep trying to get it closer and we keep fending them off.
81-70. 22, 9 for Sarp, 23 for Mott.
Greg Robb: We're sure off to a good start in the Big 10.
Clark: Definitely, but we haven't played any of the good teams yet.
Robb: Wisconsin.
Clark: That's true, and we play there in a couple of weeks. It will be interesting to see how we do with the better teams, especially on the road.
1/10: At 8-6, 1-2 Purdue. They're 2-1 vs. ranked teams. Their D is only so-so.
1/11: It takes some time but we build a lead. Then they come back. 38-45 at the break. 12, 6 for Sarp but 3 fouls. It's tied with under 7 to play.
82-91. They did it in the last 2 ½ minutes. 24, 9 for Sarp, 19, 1, 6 for Will. -13 for the bench, which was more than the difference. -7 RBs, -8 in the paint, +11 on 2nd chances. We let them shoot 55.7%.
Bench coach Greg Robb: The road is tough.
Clark: And the fact that we don't have much of a bench sure was clear tonight!
The Misa truly could not be nicer and more friendly. They have sent a party of three to our ship. They've been everywhere on board. The thing they are most interested in is the holo chambers. This is completely new to them. They asked to send their techies up to speak with ours to see if they might be able to set up holo chambers of their own. This will necessitate our techies going down to the planet, and we're working to make that happen.