Games 683-684: From Tennessee to Texas

684 - Temple at Houston
January 31 at Fertitta Center in Houston, TX
ESPN

Color commentator Mark Wise:

"from bonus land" (3)
"rim protectors"
"smash mouth hoops"
"defense doesn't happen by accident, it happens because of your culture"
"effort plays" (2)
"Temple just trying to be the hang-around team"
"the help the helper defense...it's not necessarily the helper, but who is helping the helper"
"blow by"
"that was a basketball play"
"he comes at you with all these arms and legs, he's like Inspector Gadget!"
"degree of difficulty...10!"
"we talk about resume builder, this was a resume protector for Houston"

683 - Western Carolina women at Chattanooga
January 31 at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, TN
ESPN +

Game 110 - Harvard at Princeton

February 5 at Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, NJ
ESPNU

So much more to this game - an 83-62 Princeton win - than just one sentence about free throw shooting, and yet, I found it to be the best part of my viewing experience.

Mark Wise, are you available for comment?

"It's like a virus....Harvard has a free throw virus!"


* Couple other gems from Mr. Wise (Wisegems ? Nah.):

"He's an absolute basketball magnet"

"At times they can be a crooked shooting group"


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