ColonelJohn,

DeSales actually has many fans.  But unlike many (on this board) we don't make a habit of shooting our mouths about a really nice conference win that happens in December.  Last time I checked trophies were handed out in February.

In the meantime we'll sit on top of the standings over the Christmas holidays and hope that when the New Year hits, the Bulldogs can continue its strong play and reverse the theory that we can't get it done in February.  I certainly can't argue about that fact, but we'll continue to work hard at raising a banner in Billera.

And one more thing...Solitaire is what Wilkes students play, we at DeSales have upgraded to the more challenging Spider Solitaire offered on most Windows XP computers.

Happy Holidays to all!

I wonder if Dave Januzzi ever lost to Marywood and Keystone in back-to-back games.

Heck I wonder if a Januzzi team ever lost back-to-back games period.

Chalk up another point for Januzzi in the ever popular poll "Who's better, Januzzi or Shovlin".

Must have been too much Egg Nog in the Wilkes water cooler over the break.

Naismith,

As an outsider who is old enough to have seen both Januzzi play and Shovlin play a few times last season, can we please stop with the "Shovlin is the greatest player since sliced bread" talk.

Is he a good player?
Maybe if you consider shooting and offense to be the measure of a good player cause I witnessed him shooting a lot and playing lots of offense.

But for me, I'd like to see a "prime time player" at least care about playing defense...you don't have to be a great defender...but at least act like you want to play on the other end.  And don't give me the "He averages 600 steals per game" talk.

Steals are an overrated stat...I'd rather see how many charges a guy takes, how many points the guy he was guarding had and how many times he helped on defense instead of asking for help after he goes for and misses the steal.

Also don't do your former Colonel (Januzzi) an injustice and compare him to a player who has played 1/2 of a year and lost his only playoff game.  Januzzi was a clutch player who knew how to take over a game and at the same time keep his teammates involved and he won in February/March when the real season starts.

Shovlin has many mountains to climb before we start naming him the next coming.