Category Archives: Pioneer Pulse

New masthead?

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I mentioned in my introductory post that The Pioneer Post’s masthead was most likely temporary. Well, I now have several different possibilities, and I haven’t decided yet which one to use. Thoughts, anyone? Here are my options; click to blow up to full size: By the way, about that second one down… yes, that’s DU BALLZ sitting on press row… Read more »

Pioneers go “back to the drawing board” after 0-3 start in Oregon tourney

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Appearing on his weekly radio show Monday night, Denver head coach Joe Scott took responsibility for veering off track in his team’s preparation for the BTI Invitational in Eugene, which saw the Pioneers’ promising season get off to a disastrous 0-3 start with losses to UC-Santa Barbara, Oregon and North Dakota State on consecutive nights. “Our preparation for these three… Read more »

DU loses again; Scott vows not to #PANIC

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The Denver Pioneers came up empty on their trip to Oregon for the BTI Invitational, falling to 0-3 on the season as they blew a 26-16 first-half lead and lost 65-54 to North Dakota State. The Bison, 2 1/2-point underdogs to DU, went from 10 points behind to 6 points ahead on the strength of a 20-4 run at the… Read more »

Can Pioneers avoid an 0-3 start?

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Late last night, Denver lost its second straight game at historic, soon-to-be-replaced Mac Court, to BTI Tournament host Oregon, 68-56. It was a frustrating game, one that DU led 32-28 at halftime and 43-41 around the midway point of the second half — only to succumb to turnovers, missed opportunities, foul trouble, and a seemingly endless parade of Ducks going… Read more »

Denver drops opener to UCSB

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DU opened its 2010-11 season with a loss Friday, falling 65-49 in Eugene, Oregon to defending Big West double-champion UC-Santa Barbara. The Pioneers trailed by just 2 at halftime, 32-30, and the game was tied 37-37 with 14:58 left. But the Gauchos closed the game on a 28-12 run, which included a nearly seven-minute scoreless drought for the Pioneers. Here… Read more »

Schrödinger’s BALLZ

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Kyle Whelliston, the Jack Kerouac of the mid-majors, the talented, cerebral, and at times ornery sportswriting iconoclast/bubblefighter/philosopher whose Mid-Majority is the inspiration for my own humble effort at college basketball citizen-journalism, wrote earlier this week about the state of being in transit:

Great expectations

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Denver head coach Joe Scott knows a little bit about Northern Iowa. And he’s not afraid to tell you that he’d like to follow in their footsteps. Last season, Scott’s Pioneers opened their season by hosting the Panthers. I was at that game, and I watched DU lose a close contest, 71-65. The Pioneers wouldn’t lose again at Magness Arena… Read more »