update from courtside

All settled in as the postseason begins (as does my favorite time of year). I'm just to the left of the midcourt line between the circles on the "hard camera side", which means you'll see the back of my head on TV since I'm facing the same way as the camera that films much of the game.

Some quick observations. We're still 24 minutes away from tip as I type this, but it's not a big house. The people that are here seem to be predominantly from Central, which has its section behind the bench filling up. At least the Herald's readers are here, because the Pioneer students are not. (UPDATE: NOT 10 MINUTES AFTER I WROTE THIS, THE CROWD BEGAN TO FILE IN).

The consensus at courtside is that Sacred Heart turns up the defensive pressure tonight and forces Central to dribble. That means we could see a lot of Dannie tonight. Central has shot tremendously well here in the recent past, and has gotten off to very quick starts the last two times it has played here, now would be a good time to keep the trend going, especially with a young team. The Blue Devils can avoid getting deflated with a quick lead.

3 keys: Poise on the road, quick start, low turnover total.

Time to play the tourney.

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