Remember Jarvis Varnado?
You know, the guy Jon Brockman wouldn’t be able to handle.
The Mississippi State forward who was unlike anyone any of us out here on the West Coast had ever seen before.
The guy who once flashed gang signs at Venoy Overton.
The second coming of Jesus, Himself, who was the subject of a special Seattle Sportsnet feature back in March.
Well, his team just lost. Again.
In fact, you might say that Varnado’s Mississippi State team is on a losing streak.
The 19th-ranked Bulldogs lost their first game of the year Friday night to unranked Rider. They also lost their last game of last year to the mighty Washington Huskies. That’s two losses in a row. That’s called a losing streak.
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Thank you, Scott Suggs.
I’ve been saying good things about you all offseason and in the first game of the year you go off. Well, kind of.
Suggs, who scored all of 24 points (total) a season ago, chipped in nine points in the team’s 74-69 win over Wright State on Friday. He finished the evening as the Huskies’ third-highest scorer, behind Isaiah Thomas (30) and Quincy Pondexter (12).
Displaying a silky smooth jumper that was rarely put on display in his freshman year, Suggs shot an impressive 3-4 from the field, including 1-2 from three-point range. He also converted two free throws on his only trip to the line.
The lanky 6’6″ sophomore endured a trying first season in 2008-2009 that was plagued by injury and inconsistency. A former Mr. Basketball award winner during his prep days in Missouri, Suggs considered transferring during the offseason before ultimately deciding that he belonged at Washington.
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Final score: Washington 74, Wright State 69.
Nothing pretty about this one, save for a 30-point performance from Isaiah Thomas.
More to follow.
Last March, Florida State basketball player Toney Douglas became my new favorite athlete when I found out he was a pimp. Not a pimp in the literal sense, mind you, but more the cerebral state of mind.
How did I know Toney Douglas was a pimp, you ask? Simple. Florida State fans would display small, homemade 8.5″x11″ signs that read “IT’S TONEY DOUGLAS TIME.” Awesome.
Douglas was the all-around best player on what was more or less an average Florida State team, and the fans knew it. They embraced him like a God and knew that any time could be Toney Douglas time. What a great effing time.
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