Friday, January 23, 2008 THIS SPORTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 Behrend Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field travel to Case Western Reserve for their first meet of the 2009 indoor season at 10 a.m. l'he Lion' s Swim team faces Washington & Jefferson at 1 p.m. in the Junker Center for a televised meet. I'he Women's (7-8) and Men's 110-6) Basketball team play a double-header against AMCC opponent, Frostburg State. at the Junker Center. The women's game starts at I p.m. followed by the men's at 3:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 lite Women's Basketball team has an ilk\ 'LIN, game against Mt AloNsius at 6 p.m. The Behrend Lion's Men's Basketball team also travels to Mt. Aloysius and plays after the women's game at 8 p.m. home games in hold LAST WEEK'S FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 Behrend 96 Gannon 114 Swim Behrend 66 Gannon 120 Swim Be/n•encl 124 Penn St. Altoona 85 Swim W. Swim: Behrend 109 Penn St Altoona 89 Al. Basketball: Behrend 72 Franciscan 50 W. Basketball: Behrend 65 Franciscan 29 MONDAY, JANUARY 19 M. Basketball: Behrend 53 Pitt-Bradford 63 W. Basketball: Behrend 65 Pitt-Bradford 78 hit,:kl Inns Spttl Lail:Ml.ll' arid 111(11%1(1(1A 1,',1111 r)a.tlC .1)“1; t• not listed and vt 1t tL I ind It ,Intukt he. contact After the first week of the new start, there is a three-way tie for first place by Connor, Rachel, and Nick. Christine fol lows closely behind while Matt was not off to a good start as he is one win below the .500 mark. Want to play? Email censos6@psu. edu for a list of next week's games to see if you can "beat the experts". WEEK' S KIN:1111111110 SPORTS ins in lialn te.ti SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 p,u cdu NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL #1 Wake Forest (a //2 Duke Wake #3 UConn. (ft' #I9 Notre Dame UConn West Virginia taJ #4 Pitt DePaul (a #ll Marquette #I3 UCLA (4 Washington St. UCLA #23 Gonzaga (a) Loy. Marymount Indiana State (q , Bradley Ind. St Drake (a Creighton New Hampshire (w Vennont Vermont NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL #1 UConn. (a' Cincinnati # l 4 R uwers c« DePaul #4 Notre Dame.ta Villanova Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame N. D Pittsburgh (w Syracuse Dayton (a' Charlotte #2l Xavier (a Rhode Island Xavier #2 N. Carolina (a) #l3 Maryland N.O #6 Auburn (a #l5 Tennessee Tenn L.S.U. Kentucky Season Totals: Beat The Experts Connor Gonza2,l UConn R utgers Syracuse Dayton L.S.U. Kentucky 12-5 8-9 SPORTS INTRAMURALS INFO EACH YEAR, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE EXTENSIVE BEHREND INTRAMURALS PROGRAM. HERE'S WHAT'S BEING OFFERED NOW: INTRAMURAL SPORTS: FRIDAY NIGHT SOCCER: SEASON STARTS: JAN. 16. Friday nights from 6-8 p.m., an indoor soccer night for all skill levels. Pick-up games, may involve ladder play. SUNDAY NIGHT LEAGUES: SEASON STARTS: JAN. 18. Will include several different events. Each Sunday will feature a new sport. No registration required, just show up and bring friends. INTRAMURAL SWIMMING: SEASON STARTS: FEB 3. DEADLINE: JAN. 23 Tuesday, Feb. 3 in the Junker Center pool. Meet begins at 8:15 p.m. Check-ins begin at 7:45. There will be nine different events, each with a champion. 3-POINT SHOOTOUT: GAME DAY: JAN. 26, 27. DEADLINE: JAN. 26 Starts at 8:45 p.m. both nights. The tournament will be conducted in rounds until a champion is found. THURSDAY NIGHT BOWLING: SEASON STARTS: JAN. 29. DEADLINE: JAN. 29 Four bowlers per team. Teans will be ,fotwd for individuals or partial teams Games will be held at Eastway lanes on Buffalo rd. EUCHRE TOURNAMENT: SEASON STARTS: FEB 2-15 Number of entries determines type of tournament. Various Monday through Thursday nights. Pre registration preferred, but walk-ins will be allowed. UC jinn UCLA GontaLa Ind. St Vermont UCimn Rutgers Charlotte Auburn Christine Nick Rachel UConn UConn UCLA UCLA UCLA Gonzaga GOlliaga Bradley Ind. St Creighton Vermont N . H UConn UConn Rutgers Rutgers Charlotte Dayton Xavier Xavier Auburn L.S.U. L.S.O 12-5 11-6 "Off the Wall" Every once in a while, a thought comes along that you need to keep in your head. When former sports editor Connor Sattely gets one of those about the NFL, he writes this column. .ice Qualel - hacks' Kurt Warner (left) rizona (Ind Ben Roethlishemer will mach up on Feb. I when the into leans meet in Tonpa. El. for Super Bowl X LIII. Championships? Being a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. I get particularly tired of hearing the phrase "Defense wins championships" thrown around, especially this time of year. I don't mind it Pittsburgh usually has a great defense but its accuracy is debatable. So I set out to check the data. Do mat defenses w. in championships. or is it an offense that makes the most difference? Frankly, looking at the past eight year's Super Bowls, it seems to he tipped in the direc tion of ()dense. The average Super Bowl \vinners post-sea son defense ranking is 4th out of 12, while the average loser rolls in at an average 5.5 out of 12. For offense, though, it's backwards: teams that won ranked, on average. 7.5 out of 12, while the losers milked sth. Only two teams (the 2005 Steelers and the 2006 Colts) even ranked in the top 5 of offenses during the post-season in which they won the champi onship. UConn Gonzaga So, it seems that we have Bradley our answer: teams with better defenses can outweigh their own offense and tip the cham pionship in their favor. Something wasn't sitting right, though: teams with bet ter defenses \vent 4-4 in the past 8 years (2000-2008). UConn So, is it offense or defense? Or, perhaps, could it be bal ance? Rutgers That, too, doesn't match up: many teams have great defens es while their offenses sputter: other teams simply aim to outscore opponents while their defense watches from the side- N.C. I lines. Charlotte Xavier The simple conclusion that one must come to for any game in the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl, is that oft uttered phrase, "This is the playoffs. Anything can hap- The Behrend Beacon I 7 Does Defense Really Win By Connor Sattely Spoll S allol cP,50611 ,, psu edu COM - RIM - 11-D 11101( ) (ONTR HUI D PHOTO When I was just starting out as a sports lan. at the age of six. in) dad remarked. "On any Sunday. any team can beat any team." NoN‘ I see \‘hat he meant. Can a 6th seed Steelers team ‘‘in three straight road games to take the Super 13ok‘l? Yes. Can the Ne\\ York Giants come out of no \\ here. sneak into the playoffs. and &feat trguahlv the hest regular-sea- son team in the histor) ()I football? Yes. As we Lio towards this very intereNting "Cinderella "Delenske juggernaut." dim . ' let yourself he drawn in 1 - , general rules and vague pnqn- ISO. Defenses (10 \kin cham pionships. Offenses dn't \\ in championships. Nor do special teams, teat omches, or it corn- hinat ion thereat This year and any Near. the Super Bow I \ iI l he decided h who plays better on that gig en 44‘' —ll4v ..tee l* S lers ++) CONTRIBUTED PHOTO day. That's the beauty of the system. If the worst team in the league plays good enough on one day, they can beat the best team in the league. Who will win the Super Bowl, the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Arizona Cardinals'? Whichever team plays better on February Ist will walk away with a ring: ckm't let any one else tell you differentl‘. Submissions should be mailed to censos6@psir.edu and should contain no less than 250 words. All sub missions will be consid ered for publication. up ot
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