normally, we will post these blogs every other day or so, but with no game until friday and a game last night and this morning, it seems the right time to blog.

After beating two over-matched opponents, the Bows ran into a very competitive Northern Colorado squad last night. I thou gt it would be the first real test for this year's team, and it was. After playing evenly for the first 30 minutes, Northern Colorado went on a 17-0 and seemed to be in control until the Rainbows fought back in the final 3 minutes to pull within a bucket, but it was too little, too late.

Once again, lack of depth, particularly inside, hurt, along with the three quick fouls on Thompson which kept him out for most of the first half and on and off the bench in the second. New guards williams and lay showed potential, with Lay making several threes down the stretch and doing a solid job at the point. Williams, who started on fire, allowed his emotions to get the best of him later in the game, and took some poor shots. He needs to learn to work within the system. But it is clear that the steady hand of Hiram will be required to keep this team competitive.

The bigs struggled again, but did show some improvement on the offensive glass with several put-back baskets. Campbell again played only a few minutes, but Balocka, until he injured his ankle, Mayen, and Flemings had solid games, although Rod has not shown an ability so far to create spacing when he is doubled down low nor much shot creativity

Northern Colorado is picked to finish in the middle of their conference, usually a one bid conference, so as well as they looked here, lets not get too crazy about how good they are. They were a team that the Bows had to beat to stay on track for the magic 18 wins as the schedule gets substantially tougher the next two weeks with BYU, picked to win the Mountain West, and New Mexico, a middle of the Mountain West conference team, at home, and a road game at Irvine ( winnable, but  remember on the road), before returning home for three relatively easy games going into the Diamond Head Classic.

one final thought. The atmosphere in the arena last night was electric with many of the season ticket holders staying home and the lower bowl filled with students who got in free. An idea. Why not let the students into all the remaining games for free. They can sit upstairs where hardly anyone sits anyway, and they add so much to the game. You know the team would love that student support.

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