At times, I've cracked jokes about which looks worse, the Economy or the Salukis, but that is highly unfair. It's definitely the Economy. The Salukis are still showing occasional positives and greener pastures are much closer for the Dawgs than for the Dollar.
For example, last night the Salukis lost to Indiana State 78-72 at the Arena. The loss virtually locks up a Thursday night spot in the MVC tourney and removes nearly all chances of a post-season tournament for this year's club. In addition, this will be the first sub-.500 conference mark for the Salukis since the 1998 season and possibly the first sub-.500 overall mark since that same campaign.
However, Anthony Booker had a great game. He notched his first career double-double and it appears that he has supplanted Tony Boyle as the #1 big-man on Chris Lowery's depth chart. In addition, this year's freshman class (including Bocot) has been the most prolific freshman class in the program's history, in terms of offensive contributions.
In contrast, close to 600,000 jobs were cut in January, there is no end in sight for the monetary bloodletting on Wall Street, and we as Americans got collectively poorer by $877 billion with a few strokes of the pen earlier this week.
Personally, I think my investment in this program is a much safer bet. Let's finish the season strong.
It's time to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.
