While I completely agree Bandoo is a valuable weapon off the bench, being old enough to remember Vinnie Johnson at BU, I really don't get the comparison between the two. First of all VJ was a starter at BU that played as many minutes as possible because at the time he was the only legit star on the team. The whole "microwave" thing developed later when he was a potent sixth man for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA. Also, when VJ played it was of course a completely different era with no three point shot and a lot of his game was the ability to shake and bake and create an open 10 to 12 foot shot for himself, or a drive to the rim for a dunk. Putting up a lot of 10 to 12 foot shots became obsolete with the advent of the three-point line. Bandoo is no doubt an outstanding sixth man for this team and is mainly valuable as a three point shooter with some respectable dribble drive capabilities as well. Glad we have him and he fills that role well (for one thing we'd have a bad loss to OSU right now without him) but I don't see or think of Vinnie Johnson when watching him play - in spite of what Fran Frischilla thinks (and I have a lot of respect for Fran Friscilla's opinions).

Towards the end of the game last night, I kept looking at the stats on display in the Ferrell Center and noticed that the Sooners had better numbers in most categories. It was disappointing on the one hand that we were having such an off day (I think the pressure of being #1 was having an impact). Also, as noted, Butler had an off day. On the other hand, the Bears out rebounded the Sooners by a sizable margin. And the fact that they kept grinding and worked through adversity means something. They won despite it all.

We definitely a championship caliber team capable of winning many more games this season.

Sic Florida!