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Shot this from our "courtside" seats tonight at the Wayne State game. This was from the early minutes of the game. Joe Jakubowski, screen right, is cleaning his shoes, something he is rather compulsive about. I wonder if his apartment is that clean.

As you can kind of see in the background, we haven't brought the fans back. Tonight's game was played before an intimate gathering of 1,066.

But let us not be deterred. I believe that sunny days are ahead and that we will, someday soon, walk up to that arena and literally feel it shaking from the outside.

Tonight, the Falcons overwhelmed an outmatched Wayne State team, 80-48. With 8:00 left in the first half, BG was up by 3, but the Falcons gained ten more by halftime, and then blew it open in the second half with some really nice D . Wayne shot only 28% in the second half. The lead eventually got as high as 37, and we got the easy win we really should have gotten against this club.

Its hard to learn too much from a game like that. You do feel better dominating them, I will say that. I thought we had nice pace, ran the ball well, and got some close in baskets. Miller and Knight didn't start, and Knight, in fact, played only 13 minutes, even with the blow out.

We got some nice minutes out of a bunch of guys, but, again, they were playing against guys they were better than. You can check the box score out here.

A few notes....

• It was great to be back. I love that place.
• I think Dee Brown looks like a ballplayer, very solid with the ball.
• I like the looks of Scott Thomas, too. He certainly isn't afraid to shoot.
• Erik Marschall is making some real progress. He will be a big contributor.
• Is it my imagination, or are we just a heck of a lot more energetic and effective man to man than in the vaunted 2-3?

Finally, the news was that Cameron Madlock is still suspended, or suspended again...anyway, he didn't play. With Au'ston Calhoun on some kind of similar thing, we're down a couple of bodies.

And, Ryan Sims is going to transfer. He's not getting minutes, and Brown is ahead of him on the depth chart. We wish him well.

Next is the Buckeyes at the Schott. I am feeling like we might be able to see the corner and where we need to turn.....