Big Ten Hoops: It’s FAN-Tastic!
By Cecilio's Scribe on Feb 19, 2009 with Comments 3
It’s a Shame I Missed ItOnce in awhile you run across a box score that causes your jaw to drop and a glassy stare to creep across your face. The numbers elicit a momentary loss of speech and ability to communicate with others. Last night’s Penn State/Illinois contest would be a solid example of one of those box scores.
Unfortunately, I missed out on the sheer joy of viewing this sporting “event,” so my apologies for jumping to any ill-founded conclusions. As I’ve mentioned before, I’d rather do most anything than subject myself to regular-season Big Ten hoops. So, I am admittedly making some general assumptions based sheerly on the numbers — which are staggering.
Here’s a taste of the misery based on a format we’ve employed a few times before when such analysis was warranted. Murder by numbers courtesy of the Nittany Lions and Fightin’ Illini!
0 Free throws attempted by Illinois on the evening. Now, if that’s not a recipe for sucess we don’t know what is…
1 Player who scored in double figures. Penn State’s Taylor Battle lit up the scoreboard for 11.
6 Assists doled out by Penn St. Powerful stuff.
15 Points scored in the first half by the #16 team in the country, your Fightin’ Illini! You can read that again, if you’d like. We understand.
17 Penn State’s first half offensive output. 17-15. I’ve seen third-grade girls rec league games with higher scores than this. I can imagine fans were rushing back from the concessions stands to make sure they didn’t miss a moment of the second half action!
28.3 Percentage from the field for your victorious Nittany Lions
71 Total points in what is sure to be an instant classic
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Wow. What a game. My niece’s Junior High School team had a school like that a couple of weeks back. Might have been more fun to watch.
I can’t agree you more. unfortunately, I am an Illinois grad !!!!
You know someone out there bet the over on this game.