A Sea Of Red

Can not wait for Sunday afternoon. My favorite college athletics memory is attending the Big South Championship game in the Vines in 2004 against High Point. I had never heard the Vines so loud and I don't think I have heard the Vines that loud since. I hope the place is packed in rockin and that was close out the Vines Center.

Bring the discussion here and we will ensure to have more content in the coming days.

$15 for GA? Yeeeesh.

How about seniors ?

It is a conference championship, 15 for general admission seems really cheap to me but maybe that is because I am use to DMV prices for everything.

Our last three games (Lipscomb, NJIT and Stetson) all have the same theme-dreadfully slow start offensively. We cannot afford to have that happen Sunday. IMHO, the missing ingredient in all those games has been the lack of Pacheo-Ortiz as an offensive threat in the first half. He is our best outside shooter-our best free throw shooter and our best decision maker. When he drives the lane things happen. He's deadly from 12-15 feet and can finish at the rim as well. We will be very difficult to beat if he gets going early. Then Lipscomb will have 4 legitimate threats to defend. (Pacheo-Ortiz, Holmesley, Mcghee, and the two post players)

jbock13 wrote: ↑March 6th, 2020, 8:43 am $15 for GA? Yeeeesh.

Cost is set by ASUN. It's a conference championship game. It's a Lipscomb rematch. It's the last game in Vines. This place needs to be packed. Why can't we just show up and support our team for once?

The key will be stopping Assadulah who is averaging 33.5 ppg and 18.5 rpg in tournament. Another key will be to get Cuffee produce offensively. We need a cup of Cuffee!

jbock13 wrote: ↑March 6th, 2020, 8:43 am $15 for GA? Yeeeesh.

That’s cheap.

Chippy wrote: ↑March 6th, 2020, 12:02 pm The key will be stopping Assadulah who is averaging 33.5 ppg and 18.5 rpg in tournament. Another key will be to get Cuffee produce offensively. We need a cup of Cuffee!

If Assadulah were just a scorer, I wouldn't be particularly worried. We have shown we can contain him in that area, and even though he appears to be a man on a mission over the perceived "snub" in the POY voting and has been unstoppable so far in the tourney, I will be if he scores like that against us. Problem is, he is also their best passer, and had 8 assists in our last game, setting up most of the early 3s that killed us. Lipscomb is only a decent 3 point shooting team on the year (.344). I don't see them torching us like that again.

The legendary Jamie Hall took this photo. This seems like a lifetime ago. My favorite LU sports memory, by far, is the Big South Championship in 2004 beating the crap out of High Point. The place was so incredibly loud.

Also, Manson just pointed out that he is right next to me in this picture. I didn't know him.

So students, alumni and all fans. Be loud on Sunday. make us proud and let's close out the Vines on a winning note!

I'll be there. I'm probably going to take my ear plugs too. I don't need my tinnitus to act up.

jbock13 wrote: ↑March 6th, 2020, 8:43 am $15 for GA? Yeeeesh.

Suck it up buttercup. I will be driving 3 hours one way, with four others to attend the game. Hope it is a good, wild, loud time.

I know we’re apparently supposed to hate Lipscomb, but they’re doing a really cool thing this weekend. One of the largest churches in Nashville lost their building in the tornado last week and Lipscomb is hosting them this weekend in their arena.

That is really cool!

I don't have any hatred towards them. I just want to beat them. A lot of the bantering back and forth I have seen on social media has been pretty friendly. Their fan base seems a lot like ours. The good and the bad...

Have my tickets and am bringing my two older boys.

One last go round at the Vines. A trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line. ASUN Championship game rematch. Liberty vs Lipscomb.
You couldn't script it any better.

https://www.aseaofred.com/you-couldnt-s ... ny-better/

Current status of the reserved sections at Vines.

Well that is a cool development

Im guessing the red circles are the seats still available?

Cider Jim will be happy to know I purchased a ticket online and printed it.

Im getting there early to try get in the same seat i sat in in 04. Hard to believe 16 years have come and gone since then. Lots of memories in the vines. Thankfully mckay gave us a few good memories and one more! There for a while it was lots of heartbreak and beatdowns.

Our game preview:

https://www.aseaofred.com/championship- ... -lipscomb/

I'm ready! I'm on call and I swear if my work phone rings this afternoon, I'm going to lose it.

I predict a Vines Center basketball attendance record today.

Anybody on or around campus...what's it looking like with a few hours until the game?