This has been a great week!

What do you know! UCLA football gets a Bowl win, and UCLA Basketball beats ASU by 2! Right now, the revenue sports are on the right track going into 2010, Happy New Years to all!

Urban Meyer Steps Down as Florida Head Coach

Due to stress related problems, Urban Meyer stepped down as the UF head coach this evening. This is one of the most shell-shocking bits of news that has hit the college football season.

Updates here and here

After being the only coach in history to win 2 BCS Championships outright (Haha Peter) and the most innovative Hybrid-Offensive Coach in the game, I wish him a swift recovery and a great remainder of his life in and out of football.

OV Gets Some Regional Exposure

Ocean View and Anthony Brown were showcased during the half time of the Crenshaw-De La Salle State Championship. This is a huge step up for Ocean View’s program… video to come.

Just Some Base Sets

Random right?

(Don’t look at that last one, or just carry over the last guy to the end

BN Podcast – Bowl Edition

Go and check out the Bruinsnation Podcast that Ryan and I put together, we discuss a variety of things including “The Wall” and expansion theories. It’s a few posts down on bruinsnation.com

Can’t Handle the Press? OV trails Serra 33-30 at the Half

The 2-3 Full-Court Zone is killing the Hawks right now, they’ll need to clean up their act if they want to stay undefeated. BK looks rusty coming back into the swing of things… Let’s see how OV responds to adversity (for once)

Pregame Check In: OV vs. Serra

Leave your predictions here if you got some!

73-44, OV is going for the title

A Billy Keller-less OV took on LB-Jordan and it was a while before things smoothed out. Early in the 2nd, OV took off on a massive 3 point tear and didn’t stop until the final buzzer sounded.

The talent and depth of the team showed itself in true force tonight as Steven Yoon, Chris Martinez, and Christian Rivera all played significant minutes tonight. Ryan Okwudibonye also had an impressive game showing versatility on the face up, and some pretty good low post moves.

Anthony and Avery… What to say about these guys. I’ve said it earlier, and I’ll most likely say it again: they are simply in another league when it comes to Basketball. There was no one, and I mean no one that could guard either of these guys for a full 32 minutes, let alone a quarter. The duo hooked up on alley-oops, pushed opponents on the fast break, shot the lights out, and finished off what their teammates couldn’t. They were in CHAMPIONSHIP MODE tonight, and if you were ever a doubter, this game and this performance by both of them are just previews of what they can do when the game actually matters.

Steven Yoon and Aaron Delgado had great games tonight, filling in for Billy Keller. Their perimeter defense and shooting turned out to be the catalyst for the big run in the second quarter.

On a side note, the Gym is starting to look a little more lively as an early student section forged it’s way into OV’s gym tonight. It’s a start right?

OV plays Serra tomorrow night at 6:30 PM for the TOC championship.

Go Hawks!

Scouting the Panthers: TOC Semis- OV vs. LB-Jordan

The rally today got the entire school pumped up for the game tonight and I expect a few more people to come out to the gym tonight for the semis.

Alright, so the Semis are tonight, and Ocean View’s opponent, Long Beach Jordan is thinking upset. If “J-Town” (wait, isn’t it L town, or LB Town?) has any chance at keeping it close, they’ll need Raynard Tyler, their star senior guard to have a legendary game. Tyler has had multiple 20+ point games this year, and his teammates Jesse Jones and Samuel Jones to step up as well.

On the other side of the court, Anthony Brown, Avery Johnson, and Billy Keller are going to have quite an easy night. The Panthers have given up 20+ to guards in each of their tournament games, and it seems like it would be similar suit tonight.

Keep your eye on Ryan Okwudibonye, he had his best game of the season so far last time around, and if he keeps it up, he might make his case for some sort of accolade later on in the year.

OV advances to Semis, outruns Lakewood, 75-64

After a slow, if not sleepy opening, the Seahawks beat up Lakewood, 75-64

The best part of tonight’s game was how Ryan O just dominated tonight. I called him out last night, and he looked like a new man tonight. The official stats haven’t been released yet, but I’m sure he had a double double tonight. If he keeps this improvement up, and stays relatively consistent, he’ll be just fine, and this team will be practically unstoppable heading into league play.

I’d like to mention one last thing; while the Florida Gators are an exception, championship mode is something that most teams dream about, but for once… Maybe in this century, Ocean View has that ability. We saw flashes of it tonight… and as if they were conserving it, waiting for that chance to show it while someone is watching.

Well there is someone watching, and I can see it already.

OV plays again Friday. ovtoc.com