Scavs SIU

[brianwspencer]

I had mostly done reading about the Salukis this year, and not that much actual watching. I was so impressed with them tonight, because the things I had read about them were not just superlatives. Every kid on that team was all out for the entire game. Their defense swarming and put a team like Kansas to the test.

On paper, and just raw talent, Kansas is the kind of team that should take care of a team like SIU, but like Scavs said -- that intensity will par them up to talent every time.

It's funny looking back, I'm not saying that the calls would have changed the outcome per se -- but two 24 second violations were called totally wrong. The 'Hawks got two points on one where he was clearly holding on to the ball when the clock ran out...and later, the Salukis lost a violation in the 2nd half that shouldn't have been one. The guy who got the offensive board seemed to know it, but the clock never got changed.

Who knows how those few points would have affected the outcome, but in a game like this, every point counts.

I thought they played great. Even in a loss, I thought they were wildly impressive and nothing to hang their heads about.