UCLA/WSU game for the ages

[Russ Smith]

Unreal, UCLA wins 50-30, yes WSU scored THIRTY points in 40 minutes!

Unreal, it was 18-2 UCLA when I got home, they scored 2 points in the next 6minutes but WSU only scored 6 in that same time. WSU had 14 FG's for the game, 2-5 on FT's, most of the game they couldn't get near the basket. They had 2 accidental bank shots go in or they would have scored under 30.

Just surreal, I know UCLA plays good defense but there was a whole lot of bad shooting going on in this game. Farmar had 20 playing on 2 sprained ankles. With about 5 minutes to go I said to my girlfriend, UCLA could pull 3 players off the court and play 2 on 5 the rest of the way and they'd still probably win the game. All time record for fewest points by a UCLA opponent, ever, not just in the shotclock era. I gotta wonder if it's some sort of record since the inception of the shotclock?

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

You gotta love Bennett-ball. Every Pac-10 fan will breathe a huge sigh of relief when he retires.

 

[Russ Smith]

Turns out it's not the record, they gave up 25 to oregon in 1967, the guy that posted on bruinzone last night that it was the record was wrong. It's the shotclock era record for UCLA opponent but not all time.

Just amazing, UCLA broke out 18-2 in the first 8 1/2 minutes and then scored only 32 points in the 31 1/2 minutes(and allowed 28). Farmar and Afflalo combined to score 32 and outscore WSU by themselves.

One of those games that you couldn't turn off because you had to see just how few points WSU would score.

 

[Dback Jon]

You gotta love Bennett-ball. Every Pac-10 fan will breathe a huge sigh of relief when he retires.

Yup - when I heard that score last night, I thought, Dick Bennett strikes again!

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Dick Bennett strikes again!

At halftime -

Wazzu 20
USC 20

 

[Dback Jon]

At halftime -

Wazzu 20
USC 20

Final was 60-47 Wazzu

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Yup - when I heard that score last night, I thought, Dick Bennett strikes again!

You'll love this one.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200602250632

 

[Dback Jon]

You'll love this one.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200602250632

What, is that score from 1940?

 

[Dback Jon]

Cougars coach to retire; son to succeed himAssociated Press


SPOKANE, Wash. -- Dick Bennett will retire as Washington State's basketball coach after the season and turn over the team to son Tony Bennett.

"I did what I set out to do. What I wanted to do might have been a little more," Bennett said in a Pac-10 coaches conference call. "The best way I could put it is: We got what we expected, not necessarily what we hoped for."

The 62-year-old Bennett was hired in March 2003 to rebuild the Cougars and has said recently he most likely would retire after this season. With two games remaining, WSU has an 11-14 record (4-12 Pac-10). Bennett has a 36-46 record in three years at WSU.

"He brought respectability back to the program," said Jim Sterk, the athletic director who recruited Bennett out of retirement.

Bennett, who stepped down three games after taking Wisconsin to the NCAA Final Four in 2000, came out of retirement partly to help his son, a former Wisconsin and NBA player, get a head coaching job.

Terms of Tony Bennett's contract are still being discussed, Jim Sterk said. Dick Bennett is paid about $300,000 a year in base salary, endorsements and incentives. Tony Bennett, an associate coach and the team's primary recruiter, makes a little over $100,000 a year.

Although he described his three-year tenure as difficult, "it was three years that had to be served," Dick Bennett said. His teams were notable for their youth and tough defenses, including this season's sweep of cross-state rival Washington for the first time in 12 years.

"I think I did what I expected to do," he said. "If you ask me, 'Is that what you wanted?' No, I wanted more."

The elder Bennett -- who built a reputation for turning around struggling programs in Wisconsin -- said he will wait until after the season ends to look back on a 40-year coaching career, which likely will end at the Pac-10 tournament in Los Angeles.

"I coached my first game in 1965 in a junior high gym in West Bend, Wis., and likely, my last game will be in the Staples Center," Bennett said. "That in itself, I've got to figure out what happened in between, that's the story."

Tony Bennett was selected last summer to succeed his father, whose career record as a head coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin and Washington State is 490-303.

"I am very thankful for this opportunity," Tony Bennett said. "It is a privilege and honor for me to follow in the footsteps of my father. Everywhere he's gone, he's been full of integrity and passion. That's what I want to carry on."

The younger Bennett is one of three sons groomed to succeed their father.

At Oklahoma State, Sean Sutton is the designated heir to his father Eddie, who is currently on medical leave after he was injured in a car accident. Eddie Sutton was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding and driving left of center. He will face those charges after completing treatment for alcoholism.

At Texas Tech, Pat Knight was named coach-designate to his father. Bob Knight, 64, is under contract through May 2009.