A few Wednesday notes and links

It seems like a number of WAC teams -- at least very early on -- aren't getting much from the reserves (the cavalry is what we call them), plus a number of the teams haven't been playing the reserves all that much. Call this a case of the former creating the latter. Let's be patient and see how this plays out in the latter part of conference action. Chris Murray has some Nevada numbers and more here.

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Let's also see how Utah State responds when Hawaii comes to town next Monday Shawn Harrison has a report on the recent Aggie past and the present here.

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Chris Murray has a post on who is more important to the team: Armon Johnson or Luke Babbitt? That's a great question and one actually impossible to decide. We can't even determine the appropriate criteria in order to make such a decision.

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Not WAC-related but fascinating is Kyle Whelliston ruminating on the film "Rocky" and connecting it to hoops. By no means a 'great' film, we still loved "Rocky" because it was an underdog (yes, us) fighting (no pun intended) against the fixed system, giving his all and actually also landing the girl who 'gets' him. These memes spoke to the vast majority, allowing any flaws or faults in the film to be contentedly overlooked. But the series should have been limited to two movies at most, the opener and its sequel. After that, any identifiable 'underdoggedness' was lost because it became just a money-making product period.