December 27th, 2009 by Dusty Rychart

Now that Christmas is over we have to get back to business and finish the season stronger and make a real push for the playoffs. Coming off of three straight wins at home has kept our hopes alive and this is business end of the season. We either buckle down and make something happen or we just lay down and accept not making the playoffs.

The three wins at home has definitely given us some confidence heading into the back end of the season. Our next two games are against the Tigers who are coming off of a nice win over the Hawks on Boxing day. Adding a player such as Chris Anstey certainly gives them new hope in finishing the season strong. Many have written off the Tigers but we all know that Anstey is the kind of player that can carry a team if needed and has proven that over the years. These two games are going to be tough for us but I think that we can get them both. Right now anyone can beat anyone on any given night. The league leaders a few weeks ago were the Hawks and now they have dropped 3-4 straight games.

The New Years eve game looks like it’s going t be a sell out and should be a positive for us. I haven’t played in front of a sell out crowd yet this year but hoping this next game will be my first.

I hope that you all can make it out to the game New Years because it’s a huge game for us and we need all the support we can get.

See you at the game

December 21st, 2009 by Dusty Rychart

Just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Be safe and see you at the games.

December 11th, 2009 by Dusty Rychart

Tonight is the first of 3 straight home games for us and it starts against the Melbourne Tigers and the return of Chris Anstey from hip surgery. They have been struggling like us so far this year but are coming off a great emotional win in Adelaide that saw Julius Hodge stomping all over Brett Maher’s name on his court. Very controversial and disrespectful. It’s going to be one of those ugly games with both team having their backs against the wall and equally needing this win to stay in the playoff hunt.

It’s going to take all we got to get this one. The Gold Coast game hurt but we played our best ball of the year and I think we can build from that but we first have to minimize errors and get this chemistry working to pull off a nice winning streak.

I remember with the Bullets we started the year off 3-3 with a talented squad then all of a sudden we found our chemistry and took off to 21 wins in a row. Not saying we can get 21 but 5-7 wins in a row would be nice and realistic.

Cairns fans get out their tonight and support us with a full house! We won’t disappoint!

December 9th, 2009 by Dusty Rychart

Golden Gopher All-Decade Team 2000-2009