EVENSVILLE, Ind. — Well, it's 3 a.m., getoffus.com is finally all updated after tonight's activity and I'm tired.

The Sugar Bears played a good game tonight, probably the best 9-point loss I've ever seen and I mean it. The score was a little misleading.

It looks like the Sugar Bears are starting to jel, and now's the time to do it. One more huge road trip to Phoenix for three games and then it's time for conference play.

It seems to me that if your team is good and jelled heading into conference play, good things will happen. Of course the jelling needs to continue so that they're playing their best ball come March.

But I think despite the loss tonight Sugar Bear fans should be pleased in the heart and effort displayed by the team. It's not like Evansville is some NAIA school or something. The Sugar Bears just hung in with a Division I school and one little thing here, one little thing there – UCA walks out of the gym the victors.

But now it's time to go home. The Sugar Bears get a few days off and Echo Sports most likely gets the rest of the month off.

It's time to enjoy the holidays and kick back for a little while.

Unfortunatley I'll be kicking back for like nine hours on a bus here in about three hours.