Uptown Y Summer League, Point Guard Skills, Whalen vs Bird

#3 posting 6.19.2008
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UPTOWN YWCA COLLEGE SUMMER LEAGUE
5:55 Games
Minnesota St. (Purple) 64, Carleton 29
Northern St. 46,St. Cloud/Mankato Alumni 40
6:50 Games
St. Thomas #2 55, Anoka-Ramsey 38
St. Ben's 66, Bethel 35
7:45 Games
St. Kate's 33, St. Mary's 28
UW River Falls 58, Gustavus #2 45
there were games scheduled at 8:40 and 9:35 but no word on those contests.

Next week the league plays on a rare Tuesday night and the regular Wednesday night.

POINT GUARDS, AND WHALEN VS BIRD
The Rethinking Basketball blog has a post on Point Guards and what makes one great. It looks at the skills involved, it has a heavy dose of numbers for stat heads, and it looks at Lindsay Whalen vs Sue Bird.
Also RB looks at how a point guard can influence a game even with a shooting slump.

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