VCU vs Purdue - In Game Thread

If VCU beats Purdue tonight they will become the second team from the Richmond area to end up in the San Antonio regional later this week joining the Spiders of Richmond.  That's crazy if you think about it.

VCU has been able to make this an up tempo game so far.  Their 3 point shots haven't been falling and as a result the lead has gone back and forth.  They are pressing on their makes and it's causing some trouble for Purdue.

Uh oh Boilermaker fans, the Rams are on a 13-0 run.  The 3's are starting to drop and the lead is up to 12.

Rodriguez has been making good decisions for the most part.  The few bad passes he has thrown have been on breaks and his teammates have bailed him out by saving the would-be turnover.

Halftime VCU 42 Purdue 32

The Rams were up 11 on Georgetown.  It's a little bit more of a high scoring game at this point.  VCU has made 18 field goals at the break.  By comparison they made 18 field goals against Georgetown in the entire game.  They just haven't hit as many 3's or free throws (yet).

United Center Observations 3/20 - Third Round


I hope the Florida State radio guy is getting paid a lot because he has been working his tail off to get his operation ready for the next game.

I love how they announce scores that have been a final for hours inside to the public as if it's the 1960's and everybody is lost without a paper the next morning in their driveway.

The VCU band is tremendous.  They have been the musical class of the Chicago site and it's not even close.

Well John Thompson Jr. is still here.  Unfortunately that's about the only familiar face today.

The guys from something called WarChant.com are sitting next to me.

It's almost halftime and the FSU radio guy is still trying to connect all of the cables and wires that he needs to get on the air.  It's exhuasting to watch.

It's really hard to turn the channel on the TV down here.  TNT HD is on ch 61.6 and it takes forever to get there.  I went with SD for awhile.  So, yeah, that's how hard it is.

Just got my one minute "conversation" out of the way with JT2.  If he didn't favor one of his legs and he could walk faster, they would be more 15 second "conversations".

Peace brah