1/4: 90-58 at Southern Methodist to start AAC play. 24, 4, 4 for Mall, 24, 8, 3 for Pars. All 5 starters with 10 or more. 11 TOs.
And the rains have come.
1/7: 86-64 at #8 Temple. Big win! 49-30 at the half. 28, 6, 4 for Pars. +14 RBs, 11 TOs.
So many of our games are over in the first half. We need competition to get better and we're seldom getting it.
1/11: 92-55 over Uconn here. 52-24 at the half. 27, 6, 7, 5 steals for Pars, who is on fire right now. +23 RBs.
They want shops. We've never had any kind of shopping. On the hub everyone ate in cafeterias. When they needed new uniforms or other clothing they went to the commissary and got it. No real choices, everyone wore pretty much the same things. Furnishings for their living spaces? No such thing. They got a bed, a recliner, a desk and chair, a laptop, and a lamp. No choices involved.
Now they want choices. People have done research, watched videos from the long ago days on Earth, and have discovered that there are other ways to cook and eat, other ways to dress, ways to decorate their living space and work space, and so on. These aren't really new discoveries but living on a planet is different from living on a ship. There's a lot more space for one thing, so there's a lot more moving around, and there are a lot more possibilities.
The council is considering options.
1/14: 86-69 at Tulane. 20, 9, 5 for Mall, 20 for Pars, 18, 4, 8 for Bari. +24 RBs.
At #7 Tulsa next. That could be challenging.
1/18: 81-63. We're beating some really good teams easily. 30, 9, 5 for Pars, 15, 13 for Mall.
Big storm last night. Lots of thunder and lightning and high winds.
1/21: 94-59 over East Carolina. 45, 8 for Pars; what a scorer! 17, 10 for Mall. 6 TOs.
The council says it will explore the possibility of restaurants and clothing shops but not furniture or accessory shops.
19-1, 6-0. Alone in 1st in the AAC with 2 teams one back and three teams two back.
1/25: 90-62 at South Florida. 20, 6 for Pars, 17, 6 for Mall. +17 RBs.
1/28: 74-41 over Memphis. 24, 9, 3 for Pars, 22, 9 for Mall. +22 RBs.
Pars is #3, Mall #8, Whit #26 on the Norton list.
2/1: 77-45 over Southern Methodist. 27, 4, 5 for Pars, who has been just beyond belief. +11 RBs, 7 TOs.
At the halfway mark in AAC play we're 22-1, 9-0, 2 up on Tulsa, Temple, and Cincy. #1, RPI #1. +20.9 PPG, +12.4 RBs, -3.6 TOs. Pars leads in PPG with 24.6,
#2 in the nation. Aron Whit gets 10.4 RBs, #6. Conn Bari gets 5.8 assists, #11, but 4.4 TOs.
The rainy season has been as rainy as usual, but as was the case last year, no hurricanes, and no truly horrible storms, except for that one thunderstorm.