Dawg Pack Dirt: Cal State Northridge
Dawg Pack Dirt: Cal State Northridge
Volume 8, Issue 7, December 22, 2011
Special to Seattle Sportsnet
Written by dedicated Dawg Pack members
The game:
-Cal State Northridge Matadors (3-6) @ Washington Huskies (5-5)
-Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Wash.
-Thursday, December 22, 2011, 7:00 p.m. PST.
The team:
-Northridge is currently 3-6 on the season.
-Freshman guard Stephan Hicks leads the Matadors with 17.5 ppg and 8.5 rebounds.
-Head coach Bobby ‘Bras’ Braswell is in his 16th season at CSUN after coming from Oregon as an assistant coach.
-Braswell’s son and two former players stole over $6,000 worth of merchandise from a local Best Buy in 2009. They were released on $20,000 bail.
-CSUN’s website has not been sufficiently updated 10 games into the season. We hope their Sports Information Director sees this.
The players:
#0 G (So.) Josh Greene – Lakeview Terrace, CA
-Good to know 200-level classes still assign book reports:
-If you still need to get Josh a Christmas present, here’s a hint:
-Oh, and he apparently just turned 16:
-Lists his favorite player as Klay Thompson.
#5 G (Fr.) Aqeel Quinn G (So.) – Lawndale, CA
-So many reasons “Why Not?”
-He has “Why Not” tattooed on his wrist.
-He also has “Why Not?” listed as his favorite quotation.
-Apparently there is a #WhyNotLifestyle:
-Facebook status: “If that girl BAD, I put her on my To Do List…”
-Pretty sure this is him in this video. Things got deep…like a well.
#4 G (Fr.) Ishmael Godfrey – Hawthorne, CA
-He hates sushi.
-Played soccer growing up.
#10 F (So.) Frankie Eteuati – Los Angeles, CA
-The tallest player on CSUN at 6’10″.
-Leads the team in blocks.
-His second-favorite sports team is CSUN Basketball. His favorite is the Pittsburgh Steelers, giving us at least one reason to hate him.
-Girlfriend’s name is Melissa.
-Has two pet snakes named Doofus and Ru.
-Literally took and posted a picture of his own pee on Facebook. Caption: “I piss excellence.” We could not make this up:
-If you are a 15-year-old girl, maybe:
-Frankie on medicine:
-Member of Team Jacob to Win the World Cup 2010! on Facebook.
#11 G (RS Sr.) Vinnie McGhee – Oakland, CA
-Looks like he gave birth to a basketball.
-Yep, he did give birth to a basketball, and this is how he achieved it (it’s cool…they are in a relationship):
-This is Vinnie’s Mr. Potato Head. And, well, it looks absolutely sketch:
#12 F (So.) Thomas Jacobs – San Diego, CA
-Likes hugs:
-Can’t seem to find Ms. Right. His friends suggest RedTube.
*Editor’s note: If you don’t know what RedTube is, DO NOT GOOGLE IT AT WORK! You’ve been warned.
-Irritated by jersey-chasers:
-And yet he befriended us…
-…and here are some of our mutual friends:
-Hopefully, he’s still shaking his head:
#14 G/F (Fr.) Lonnie Watson – Paso Robles, CA
-”And you gotta blame my momma for the lil lightskinnin”
#15 G (Fr.) Justin Yeargin – Oakland, CA
-ihoop, ieat, isleep, ibechillin, oh yeah and ihoop:
#3 G/F (Fr.) Stephan Hicks – Thousand Oaks, CA
-Nickname is Steph.
-Dating Hayley B. Gurriell since November 2011.
-Made this wonderful confection:
#21 F (Fr.) Stephen Maxwell – Woodland Hills, CA
-Self-proclaimed “Stephen Mr. Sportscenter Maxwell.” Or something like that:
MR SPORTSCENTER AKA “SLEEVESWAGG” WAS IN EFFECT 2NITE WINNING THE TIMEWARNER PLAYER OF THE GAME :D
-But may have had a rough senior year of high school:
G (Fr.) Davon Potts – Cerritos, CA
-Order of Operations…
-Lies! He definitely just added us on Facebook:
#25 G (RS So.) Bryce Smith – Woodland Hills, CA
-Seems like poor form to me:
-Closing in on a three-way:
-This doesn’t look right either…
-At least he’s honest:
-Yet overconfident…
#30 F (Fr.) Trevone Williams – Los Angeles, CA
-Stays away from pork. Just because.
#32 F (Fr.) Ari Feldman – Santa Monica, CA
-Ginger. No soul:
#33 F (So.) Jordan Mitchell – Gardena, CA
- “The Chase”
#42 F (Sr.) Michael Lizarraga – Dixon, CA
-Goes by the nickname “Big Mike.”
-Not dirt, but interesting factoid: Lizarraga is the only NCAA basketball player who’s deaf and was recently given a NCAA waiver to play the final games of this season.
-Awarded a special Inspirational Award by the Big West Conference head coaches as the nation’s only deaf NCAA?Division I Men’s Basketball student-athlete.
-If anyone knows American Sign Language, it would be great to have some basketball-related signs.
-Parents are his greatest heroes.
-Recreation, Tourism and Management major.
-On October 25, 2005, at approximately 9:26 he shattered a backboard.
-Nice legs:
-Well, this is cute…
-The caption of this photo is “thats what up” — not really sure what he is pointing to…
-This is definitely a new interpretation of the traditional sorostitute bathroom picture:
#43 F (Sr.) John Hayward-Mayhew – Eugene, OR
-Born in Seattle…
-…but grew up in Eugene. Epic fail.
-”No one knows how much John loves to surf the internet.”
-Would title his autobiography John’s Life, and if a movie was made, the lead would be played by Denzel Washington.
-He likes the Huskies, so he probably won’t mind that we win:
-Apparently, he has created his own iPhone app. (john@johnsiphone.com)
-Likes Taco Bell, Popeye’s, and Dairy Queen.
-Addicted to cheese Bugles.
-Note where his hand is…
*Editor’s note: I can respect that. Sometimes you just need to put your hand down your pants. I do it all the time. It’s warmer in there.
#34 F (Fr.) Teddy Agbonwaneten – Los Angeles, CA
-Doesn’t exist on CSUN’s website. Whatever.
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