NorCal Open Championship De La Salle @ Archbishop Riordan Tues Night

[jordan24]

NorCal Open Final Tuesday Night

• (#2) De La Salle @ (#1) Archbishop Riordan

The stage is set for Tuesday night at the Crusader Forum. Who you got? Why? Keys to the game?

 

[iamgearyblvd]

One decision that should not go unnoticed was Curtin yanking Emeneke early on in the 3rd after some bonehead decisions. In a super tight match up, Curtin could ill-afford to have players make mistakes and benched him pretty much for the rest of the game. What a luxury to sit your 6'10 center and bring in a 6'9 backup.

Riordan should win this one probably by 10 as I dont think DLS will find enough offense vs Riordan's relentless D. They are very few lapses on defense which was an issue on previous Riordan teams. No so this year. That will carry them IMO to Golden 1.

 

[padrewhipser]

One decision that should not go unnoticed was Curtin yanking Emeneke early on in the 3rd after some bonehead decisions. In a super tight match up, Curtin could ill-afford to have players make mistakes and benched him pretty much for the rest of the game. What a luxury to sit your 6'10 center and bring in a 6'9 backup.

Riordan should win this one probably by 10 as I dont think DLS will find enough offense vs Riordan's relentless D. They are very few lapses on defense which was an issue on previous Riordan teams. No so this year. That will carry them IMO to Golden 1.

Agree 100 Percent. The 6 "9" Back up is a better player and his defensive presence helped win that game. He just needs to learn its ok not to try and dunk everything. I have seen him miss a lot of dunks this year trying to dunk on people instead of just catching the ball and putting it the hoop. De la Salle's offense won't be able to keep up. It will be fun to watch Blair and Rencher go at it.