Sorry I have been Gone

  I was here, but I wasn't here. My apologies for not getting on the blog sooner. Its a long story for which you will have no interest I'm sure, so lets get to it!!!!


  Where is the Air Force Mens Basketball team going? I don't mean in terms of what tournament. I mean what direction. Having lost 5 of their last 7 the Falcons are playing their worst basketball at the worst time to do so, at the end of the regular season. 2 weeks ago some people mentioned Air Force as a bubble team in the NCAA tournament. But after disheartening losses to Nevada, Boise St, and Fresno St, all on the road,
the Falcons are giving the appearance of a team that's wants to finish the season and go home. What Dave Pilipovich and his squad have done this year has been amazing. They have spent much of conference play in the upper half of the division. They have beaten UNLV, San Diego St, Wyoming twice, and Boise State, all quality and tournament teams of one sort or another. They have won in the toughest conference in America this year. But their play on the road the last 3 weeks has been a mystery. No effort, no passion, no urgency, no "Want To." The clock is ticking on 5 seniors who will end their careers one way or another in 4 weeks or less. Pilipovich has done a marvelous job managing practice and giving his team as much rest as he can. But he can't make shots, He's can't dive on the floor for loose balls. He can't play with urgency. His team needs to do that.
   Now, 2 games remain in the regular season...Wednesday night at San Diego State, and home Saturday against 12th ranked New Mexico. Beat both teams and you have 18 wins, some momentum, and a chance to win a first round MWC Tournament game against a good opponent. And, the attention of the NCAA Selection Committee. Win 1 of the 2 and get an opening round tournament win, and you have some mojo back. The Falcons have it in them, and as tough as the Mountain West has been this year the Falcons COULD play for an automatic NCAA Tourney berth a week from Saturday. But it has to come from them, the passion, the urgency, the desperation, the "Want-To." Do they want it?