TexasTom

Hey nobody said anything about being fair to the Aggies, much less completely fair. But congratulations to your cousin. (Even though, I personally would never admit to having an Arkansas cousin.)

The transition from truly pure point guard to the kind of combo guard Gerry has described began in earnest with the advent of the Triangle offense Phil Jackson/Tex Winter pioneered in the Chicago Bulls/Michael Jordan era.

They gave it their full effort. A lot of what-ifs and just-nearly's. Purdue was a very experienced team and their two big men were smart veterans, and that really showed.....enough to barely edge us. Tramon carried us. Swain was swarmed by the defense. We weren't going to beat the next team, even if it was Arkansas, especially being so hobbled.

Now that's just ridiculous -- Gerry could never drive to Thailand.

Yeah, well one weekend I spent a month in Trenton, and I was sad.

You nailed it -- all three of those players have something in common. We cannot defend a really quick, strong, mobile guard. Well, maybe if we played Chendall Weaver the whole game.