Hello Fans and Bloggers,

Sorry I haven't been able to get back to you for a while here.  As it so happens we were victorious in our home opener against St. John's, winning handily 97-70.  Senior Pete Rortvedt and Bryan Beamish led us with 22 and 18 points.

After celebrating our win we got back at it on Monday to prepare for our Wednesday evening game at Wisconsin Lutheran in Milwaukee.  Focusing in and not letting this game slip away from us has been the motto for us from right after our home win.  I say "focus" because after the game we are traveling to San Antonio, Texas for a holiday tournament.  Focus we did as we got the win 71-59 in a rag tag kind of game.  Our first half defense was superb but overall the game was a little sloppy.  We didn't really shoot the 3 well, which is usually our forte.  Petey Rortvedt was off his shot but Junior Evan Sweeney hit 2 big treys down the stretch for us.  The play of the game was Junior Matt Moses' thunderous 2-handed slam dunk in traffic over a couple of unfortunate Lutheran Warriors.  Being only 6'2, Matty Mo really got up there and sparked all of the Pointers.  I was in pure shock...it would've made ESPN's top 10 plays for sure!

Did I mention San Antonio?  I am actually writing to you now from the lobby computer at the Fairfield Inn & Suites in San Antonio.  Just got done with practice and we're all ready to chow down!  It's been a pretty physically draining day for all of us with the plane ride and all.  We'll tough 'er out though!  We'll be sleeping like babies tonight I'm sure.

Game tomorrow and Saturday against Southwestern and Trinity.

I'll keep you posted...

Remember the Alamo! 

Hello Basketball Fans!

My name is Louis Hurd and I am currently a sophomore forward for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers.  I have been asked to blog our basketball season and am greatly honored to do so.  Over the next few months I will be blogging regularly about basketball and basically anything else that I think will be positive and informational to you bloggers out there, whether it be  useless trivia, humor, entertainment, or even politics if I'm hard up for material!  I will also allow you to accompany me and the rest of my fellow Pointers on our journey to capture the NCAA Division III Mens Basketball Championship!

The preseason has been one of ups and downs already.  We couldn't even wait until the regular season to run into some obstacles!  A few of us players have already battled injuries of which I am one.  I have a stress fracture in my right foot and will hopefully get cleared to play in a couple of weeks.  Three of our four seniors all got injured in our first scrimmage of the year against UW-Parkside.  Khalif El-Amin, our captain, hyperextended his knee.  Bryan Beamish, our other captain, dislocated his pinky finger.  Pete Rortvedt went down with a badly sprained ankle.  We did manage to get through the scrimmage and came out on top!

Parkside was our first of three scrimmages.  We traveled up to Michigan Tech the following week.  I say up because it is in the UP of Michigan.  What a drive!  Four and a half hours in four vans can take a toll on a team, but the lengthy drive didn't phase us as we swept the Huskies in three 20 minute segments of scrimmage.  We had to be on our toes on the way home, though.  It's best to be on the lookout for deer up here this time of the year!

The last exhibition is our Purple-Gold game.  The intersquad scrimmage is the most heated in my opinion.  The Gold team consisted of juniors & seniors while the Purp squad was held down by the freshmen & sophomores.  It ended up being a surprisingly close game but the old guys came out on top, winning 78-68.  I helped coach the Purple team and was proud of their effort to hang with the big dawgs.

We open up our regular season this Saturday at home against the Johnnies of St. John's University out of Minnesota.  I will not be cleared to play because of the bum foot so hopefully I will be able to give you an account of the game from a coach's point of view!  We're all pretty excited to get this baby underway.  We've waited a long time to get back in front of our fans in Quandt Gym.

And so our season begins...hopefully this season "points" to Salem, VA and the National Championship!

Until next time...

God Bless and Go Pointers!