03-12-2015, 03:40 PM
Did someone mention coaching kids in hoops?!? Am finishing up, likely on Saturday, stint as all-star coach for a group of PA fourth-graders in NJB. It has been a blast, especially given that the team won their "pool" last weekend, entitling them to advance to this weekend's elimination bracket. Our prospects? Not good. If we're fortunate enough to get by first game (against team from Willow Glen), we'll play a team from Los Altos/Mountain View that won its 3 games last weekend by a combined 78 points!! [I'm not a math guy, but think that averages out to winning each game by 26 points!] The team with the next highest point differential - which was NOT our plucky little team, btw - came in at +37 . . .
Think it's safe to say that the Los Altos/Mountain View team is the "Kentucky" of fourth grade hoops in Silicon Valley!
But back to Stanford - happy for the team (and mildly impressed) that they eked out the win last night. I'll be really impressed if they find a way . . . any way . . . to beat Utah. That would, quite frankly, be shocking.Â
Think it's safe to say that the Los Altos/Mountain View team is the "Kentucky" of fourth grade hoops in Silicon Valley!
But back to Stanford - happy for the team (and mildly impressed) that they eked out the win last night. I'll be really impressed if they find a way . . . any way . . . to beat Utah. That would, quite frankly, be shocking.Â