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Friday, January 13, 2006
Thanks dudes
Big thanks to a pair of e-mailers this evening.

Justin (his last name shows in his e-mail address but he doesn't put it on the feedback form so we won't post it here) from Plymouth, Mass. has been named to the Hoop Time staff as a proof reader after twice this week catching our mistakes.

The latest was this afternoon when he noticed I wrote Kevin Hurley when I meant Kevin Hyland in the HC-BU preview.

Says Justin:
For the purposes of tomorrow's game, I wish Kevin Hyland had
as much "Hurley" in him as you give him credit for!
He's the same guy who caught the math mistake in the recap of the Lehigh-Navy game earlier this week.

Thanks, dude.

The other e-mail worth sharing this afternoon comes from Eric Thomas, who writes for the Shamokin News-Item. Some of you might have read his old blog -- ET on sports -- which he no longer updates.

The News-Item is a small paper in Pa. coal country with a Web site that never updates until late in the day. That is why we seldom link to E's stuff on Bucknell.

He was kind enough to send us some quotes from an interview he did with Ralph Willard for a preview of tomorrow's game. E also says the paper's site usually updates around midnight on weekends, so check it in the morning for his whole story.

Here's what Ralph has to say:
"With all of the things that have happened to us this year, we just dedicated the rest of the season to getting better under the circumstances we're in. We're in a situation where wehave one point guard on the team and he can't get into foul trouble, he can't get hurt."

"Keith is a little tired right, other than that, he's not cramping anymore, and overall, other than that we're pretty good. We're right around where we should be right now (with all that has happened)."

"Ever since we got back from George Mason we're looking at every opportunity to find a way to win. We've got to come around and be ready to play and keep on improving as we head on into March."

"I think biggest thing is we have a short rotation, 10 out of our first 13 games we're on road, and certainly it is difficult but that is the way it is. The team looking at it like we're victims rather than accepting it as a challenge. From George Mason on,we said we're going to look at the rest of the season as a challenge, forget what has happened to us, we're going to find a way to win."

On BU's Charles Lee: "I think Charles is one of key reasons why Bucknell is so good. There are so many things does well that don't show up in the box score. He's the type of guy that even if he is not the one scoring the basket he is reason basket is being scored. He's also one of the best clutch players in the league. In watching film on them I see them run a bunch of plays at end of games, and sometimes he's not making the shot but made the play to get the shot."

On Bucknell's tough win on Wednesday: "It just shows their toughness. They just played two straight road games. Right now we know each other so well, execution is not as difficult.....but you're going to have tough games and the fact they won that game and found a way to win the game, to me, that's the key. You have to find ways to win especially on the road."
Thanks Eric.
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