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22,17, 3 & 3

ronniemccollum — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:43:24 +0000

Yesterday we played Antwerp the team that beat us earlier in the year 79-72. Yesterday’s game was nothing like the first we were up 24-19 at the end of the 1st quarter and up 45-37 at halftime. We held them to 5 that’s right 5 points in the 3rd quarter and eventually winning 85-69. I finished with 22 points, 17 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 assists. The cadets (the team I coach) won also 96-66.

WEBSITE ERROR

ronniemccollum — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:47:25 +0000

Sorry for the delay in posts but their has been some problems with the blog that I couldn’t post anything. I reposted the last blog I wrote. I wanted to tell everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year but I couldn’t until now. First game of the was Friday night and we won 93-72 I finished with 13 points and 5 rebounds. The team I coach the cadets won 91-59 we were winning 50-19 at the half. We want to keep this going for the rest of the season.

5 vs 7

ronniemccollum — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:39:42 +0000

This past saturday we played the first place team (we are 2nd) at their place. They beat us the first game of the season. So we were well prepared for everything that they could throw at us. What we were not prepared for were the refs. They were the worse I had ever seen and I mean EVER. Fouls were 42-27. They shot 41 free throws that’s right 41. We had 5 flagrant fouls( 4 of them were flops) and 2 technicals. Before you think i am just saying this because you think I am upset about losing here is one for you the director of officials step-son plays for the other team. Amazingly we were up at halftime but they took the lead in the 3rd and kept it thru the 4th and were up 4 with 1:46 to go and they call an over the back foul on our 4 man(which was not foul) he had the ball is his hand bounces it, he didn’t kick, throw, cuss nothing towards the ref and she gives him a tech. A tech with 1:46 to go in a four point game with the top two teams playing. So they get the 2 free throws from the foul and 2 from the tech to push it to an 8 point game. They get 2 more free throws on the next possession on another non foul to push the lead to 10. Our coach takes the starters out to calm the situation and the refs call a flagrant foul because their guard acted like he had been shot then like a coward runs behind their post player talking trash dancing on his toes like a boxer, at this point both benches clear no punches thrown not even close to being a fight. But the ref (the same ref who called 4 of the 5 flagrant fouls and both technical) writes a report after the game that 5 people (3 from our team) were fighting. Those two refs were the worse I had ever seen but I at least thought they would know the difference between fighting and not. The next time we play a game and the refs determine we will not win let us know before the game so we don’t have to show up…

A WIN IN A DUMP

ronniemccollum — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:23:23 +0000

Sunday we played the last place team in the league. We knew going into the game it would not be easy. For some reason every team we play plays their best game vs us. The game itself was no surprise but the gym was. The guys on the team told me the gym was bad but i was still surprised on how bad it was. It had only one entrance/exit it was colder inside than out. The people sitting at the scorers table had jackets, scarfs, and gloves on. The concession/bar stand was 2 feet from the court with 6 foot tall portable heaters. The locker rooms had 1 toilet for both teams and you could not flush it so you can only imagine how bad the smell was. The floor was rubber and the basket were from 1985 they didn’t even have break-away rims. During the 3rd quarter the lights went out and the guy from the scorers table calmly gets up and goes to the fuse box and flips the switch and like it happens all the time. In the 4th quarter the floor became so slick that our coach took out all the starters with 2 minutes left with a 8 point lead so no more players would get hurt. That team will renovate the gym for 26 million dollars( they need 40 million). We won 92-85 I finished with 22 points 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

TO CATCH YOU UP

ronniemccollum — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:02:02 +0000

I am sorry for the two weeks in between the blogs but i have a good reason. Last weeks game was a disaster we lost to one of the worst teams in the league. It was typical trap game it was at 11 am Sunday morning and the floor was like playing ice hockey because the floor was that slippery. 3 guys on my team said i am scared of this floor I don’t won’t to get hurt so we shot all jumpshots not a good thing when you only get 15 minutes to warmup. We were tied with about 3 minutes to go when our leader scorer slips and hurts his knee followed by our staring center slips and hurts his calf and then followed by our starting 4 man slipping and hurting his ankle. After that we could not recover and lost 74-65 I finished with 6 points. This past Saturday we played the 3rd place team at home without 3 of our key guys. In the first quarter I drove to the basket got bumped and did something weird to my knee. The pain was their for the game but once you are going it is not that bad. It was painful but not as bad as it was Sunday I went to the ER and I was seen in 2 minutes which is like an all time record. I got an ultrasound a xray and saw the doctor and went home in less than hour (wow). I have a strained tendon on the outside of my knee which is NOT BAD at all I will be out of action 5-7 days and be back at full strength in one week….

WEEKEND SPLIT

ronniemccollum — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:06:58 +0000

The team I coach the “cadets” we played the first place team. This team is undefeated and had been winning games by 40 points. I had never seen this team so I was concerned because you have to play the best team in the league without as scouting report can be very scary. And to top things of our leading scorer and center are hurt leaving us with 7 players. We started off well taking the lead 22-21 in the 1st quarter but we were down 12 points at halftime. We went zone in the second half and cut the lead to 2 points with 2:35 to go in the 4th we had 3 chances to tie or take the lead but every shot we took went half way down and out. They came down and hit a 25 footer and put us away we lost 68-61 we played well and had a chance to win.

My game Sunday we played a very athletic team they gave us a lot problems because their center was a 2 guard so we played 5 guards and we have a very big older team. The game was close the whole way we were down 51-50 at halftime. In the fourth quarter we were up 2 points with 1:30 to go at the free throw line we missed the free throw and we go for the rebound the ball hits the refs leg our center picks it passes to our 4 man he hits a 3 to put us up 5 and that sealed the game for us. We won 97-95 I finished with 17 points 7 rebounds and 3 assists…

2 GAMES 1 DAY

ronniemccollum — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:08:21 +0000

Saturday I had 2 games, 1 to play and 1 to coach. I coach the cadets which 15-17 year olds so it’s basicily like a high school team. The team was 1-6 and had not won a game since September 24th. So it has been a long time since they won. We won 88-73 they played so well they did a great job of moving the ball and playing defense.

The cadets game was at 5 p.m. and my game was at 8:45. As soon as I was finished coaching I had to go on the road to play my game, luckily it was only 25 minutes away so I could make it in plenty of time. We started off so slow and they played well they leading us 27-13 mid-way though the 1st quarter. We fought back and were up 53-51 at halftime. The game went back and forth all night but we pulled it off 92-86 I finished with 33 points and 5 rebounds.

BLOWOUT

ronniemccollum — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:06:16 +0000

After a week off we played yesterday vs the last place team and we smashed them. We were down 7-0 in the first 2 minutes with 5 turnovers but took the lead and never looked back. We won 109-80, I finished with 15 points and 5 rebounds.

HOME WIN

ronniemccollum — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:27:28 +0000

On Saturday we played at home and won. The final score was 111-96. A ton of points scored. If you like offense this was the game for you. We scored 41 points in the first period. These games are fun to play in but it was driving our coach crazy. We moved into second place with a Cup game on Thursday vs the first place team. A Cup game is like a tournament during the season it doesn’t count towards the records for the regular season. I finished with 37 points and 10 rebounds on to the next game…..

25, 7, 7, AND 3

ronniemccollum — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:12:40 +0000

Yesterday we played a game at 11:15 in the morning. For those who know me, know I don’t function till noon sometimes later. So the early tip was on my mind the whole week good thing I have 2 kids now who are early risers so the 11:15 tip wasn’t so bad. What was bad was the gym oh my it looked like a war fort that was converted into a gym and the floor was hard as concrete. It only had four rows of bleachers on one side and 4 rows behind one basket. To make matters worse a net separated the basketball court from the indoor soccer team practice. We won 97-85 i finished with 25 points 7 rebounds 7 assists and 3 steals we are 4-2 right now and in 2nd place with 20 games to go…