Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
It was an exciting day and night of college basketball and we thus learned a great deal. Here are a few notes….
(1) For all the excitement, energy and enthusiasm Bruce Pearl has injected into the Tennessee basketball program, ultimately they are still not ready for primetime. I generally consider a team to have a successful season on an elite level by either (1) winning the conference title, (2) winning the conference tournament title or (3) making the Elite Eight. Pearl got one of those done (to his credit), but postseason success still eludes him. Ultimately I think for Pearl to ever really win a big game in the postseason, he has to get a team that isnt reliant totally on three pointers and he MUST learn to play defense. His teams play the worst transition defense in basketball and they got killed tonight on the defensive end of the court. For all of the success Pearl has brought to the program, when it comes to Xs and Os and the big game, he is simply not an elite coach. Rick Pitino took him to school tonight and showed that Pearl has a lot of work to do to hang with the big boys. A good season for Pearl….but not a great one. Let the IU speculation begin….
(2): Louisville is really good. I thought the lock bet of the century was Louisville (-3) over Tennessee and it panned out. The reason….the Cards are a lot better than people think and Tennessee was overrated. But the way Louisville played was impressive. Yes, they turned the ball over a great deal, but they got the ball inside, didnt jack up too many threes and played GREAT defense in the half court. They will lose to UNC next round and not make the Final 4….but they are one of the four best teams in the country right now.
(3): UCLA is still my pick to win it all. Western gave a valiant effort to stay in the game and cut the big early lead to four, but ultimately UCLA simply has too many weapons. They could have lost round and they will get a run from Xavier. But they do what they need to do when it counts. They have had the easiest road to the Final Four and they will complete it on Saturday.
(4): Xavier is good, but we dont yet know how good. A great win tonight for the Musketeers and a great game by former UK recruit Josh Duncan. I like the way Xavier is playing and the way they dont ever give up. However they still havent beaten a team in the tournament at this point ranked higher than a #6 seed. West Virginia should have won with the Joe Alexander free throw, but the 2nd leading free throw shooter in the Big East choked and the Musketeers showed great heart in overtime. I still expect to see Xavier go down to UCLA, but you have to give these guys credit for beating three good major conference teams in their first three games. Now they must beat an elite one….and it aint happening.
(5): UNC is still the team of the tournament. While I may still pick UCLA to win the title, UNC is clearly the best team so far. When guys like Danny Green can help the Heels while playing bad, still take a double digit lead, you know you are onto something. They are clicking on all cylinders and look like a freight train to San Antonio. The only problem they have is that they have to play one of the best four teams in the next round. I expect them to beat Louisville, but it will be very close.
(6) As I wrote about earlier today, Bill Keightley makes too little money. Sure, maybe he doesnt look like he is doing too much….but he is an icon of the program….he should at least make more than Ryan Seacrest earns for one episode of American Idol.
More throughout Friday, including our continued work to find out the name of a big man for 2008 that is apparently catching the Cats’ eyes. We will keep digging and try to have a name soon…..
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March 28th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Pearl Sucks!
March 28th, 2008 at 12:52 am
The poor guy looked absolutely lost out there. I felt sorry for his players.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:53 am
How good is Xavier? Elite Eight good.
Purdue alone should’ve convinced you, Matt.
You’re basically saying they have to beat UCLA, one of the best 2 or 3 teams in teh country, in order to prove anything.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Caption for pic above: HMMM……..I wonder what I’ll look like with IU red suspenders.
UT Sucks
March 28th, 2008 at 12:57 am
He’ll never go to UT. It really wouldn’t be much of a step up at this point. But watch out for a Vandy coaching vacancy. I don’t really think IU is looking at Stallings but they should be. Maryland as well.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Sorry, I meant he’ll never to to IU.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:59 am
I think the Birds have a better chance of beating the blue goats than the TN trailer parks did.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Hey everyone:
Lofton’s gone.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:02 am
I KNOW UT FANS FILL REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE LOSS
WHAT UNTIL THEY WAKE UP TOMORROW AND REALIZE THAT SMITH/LOFTON/HOWELL ARE GONE AND MIGHT NOT BE LONG BEFORE TYLER SMITH FOLLOWS
A REGULAR SEASON SEC TITLE/IN A DOWN YEAR FOR THE SEC - IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR PEARL AND HIS NO DEFENSE UT TEAM
March 28th, 2008 at 1:04 am
I’m thinking X’s Sean Miller will be wearing Hoosier Red next year.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:05 am
Paggett and Character will give Psycho T all he wants. But, Green is the X-factor. He carries their team especially when Ellington is off. However, I see another Roy Williams Post Season Choke in the Tea Leaves. His winning multiple National Championships will happened as often as an extinction asteroid/comet hits the Earth, i.e. every 380M years.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:05 am
(10) doesn’t want to coach against Matta. He might jump to Pitt someday, but never a Big 10 school while Matta is at OSU.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:07 am
I thought IU might be after Pearl but after the last 3-4 weeks, IU wouldn’t even think about taking Pearl
Does Pearl even coach defense?
That is the best offensive scheme Pearl had to bring at UL and Pitino? I guess Pearl missed the memo that Pitino has been here before and you better bring something a little better to a sweet 16 than a flex aka “And1″ offense.
Pearl made it to easy for Pitino to out coach him.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:07 am
You think someone make an offer to WKU’s Horn after his run?
March 28th, 2008 at 1:09 am
LAVIN JUST CALLED VITALE “AN ACC HOMER”!!!!!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:10 am
I won’t be surprised to hear someone like South Carolina going after Horn.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:11 am
13) The answer to your question: No, Pearl doesn’t coach any D , as indicated by tonight’s game
March 28th, 2008 at 1:13 am
#17
what does Pearl actually do, in terms of coaching, outside of being a good recruiter and promoter of UT basketball.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:14 am
#8, I don’t know if you were aware of this, but UK and UL didn’t offer him a scholly. No one mentioned that when Chris played in Knoxville…also, #9 I think UT’s future is brighter than you give us credit for, esp if Hopson finds his way to UT.
Good night all. I appreciate that many of you cheered for UT tonight!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:14 am
#15 He’s an ACC Homo.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:15 am
#18- Pearl would make an excellent Wal-Mart greeter.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:15 am
also, the part about Chris is a joke that me and Matt, Mosley, and others have. Not trying to come off like a jerk.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Screw you 20.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:16 am
14)Western has always been a stepping stone for coaches (Willard, Haskins, Keady, Felton) but I have a feeling that Horn will stick around awhile..there will be enough money from the boosters to throw at him for a contract when needed, and I don’t see another school offering him after just one NCAA appearance. I could be wrong though.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:17 am
UT looked like a chuch league team. Just run down throw up some crap shot and plays crappy D that does create some turnovers but also gives up way too many easy baskets. I am not even sure if UT even had a game plan other than score more points than they do.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:18 am
23- I think #20 was talking about Vitale.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:18 am
like a chuch league team?
March 28th, 2008 at 1:19 am
I heard that at a UT practice, Pearl walks in - rolls a basketball out on the floor - then goes and talks in front of a camera during the rest of practice
March 28th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Don’t see how you can think UCLA can win it all right now. They have squeaked by in 2 games, while Kansas and UNC look unreal right now. This UCLA team is so unlikable for me, I could not root for them against anybody. I do think someone comes after Horn, maybe South Carolina or maybe Xavier after Miller leaves,or Tenn is Pearl leaves.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:20 am
At least we don’t have to see those dumbass team head bans for the rest of he tourney.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Does anyone think Pitino charged Pearl for the coaching clinic? I was with a friend of mine whom bleeds that nasty orange and he looked at me and said you are right the guy has no clue what he is doing out there.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Anyone from Kentucky that wanted Tennessee to win that game tonight is a moron. I’d much rather see Pitino get it done, as we should always be able to take in state recruits from them. What we don’t need is UT showing any real endurance and trying to cross our border for recruits.
Regardless of your hate of Lousyville, and trust me, it’s big here… NOTHING, SUCKS LIKE AN ORANGE!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:22 am
UT’S DEFENSE WAS SO HORRIBLE I FORGOT THAT DEREK CHARACTER WAS A COLLEGE BUST
March 28th, 2008 at 1:40 am
What Tennessee does under Pearl isn’t even clever. It’s doomed to never win anything remotely close to the big one, even if they did get Hopson. You can tell that Pearl’s only way of keeping the kids happy is by stroking them all.
When you specifically recruit “It’s all about me and my points” type of kids, and have a bench full of them, and then stroke them all what you do to keep them all feeling good about themselves ends up with the 1 negative side effect - the results on the court in a big game against kids who are mind gamed by coaches like Pitino. As long as Pearl let’s his kids do “they thing” Tennessee will never win the big one with him. I really don’t see him changing as letting the kids run the program is his only recruiting tool.
The game they play is not even on Calipari’s level (at Memphis) which is pretty low in the level of basketball sophistication.
Good ole’ Rocky Bottom, Rocky Bottom Tennessee!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:44 am
34) You r correct.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Pearl is as good as the talent he brings in. Might look good in a down year for the SEC but it sure doesn’t slide in the NCAA tournament
March 28th, 2008 at 2:22 am
OMG, just checked the stats of the game…
Tennessee was out rebounded 42 to 24. Blocked Shots 7 to 1.
If Pitino would only share the deflections stat YOU KNOW one his assitant coaches keeps for every game. Pure ownage, ole’ Kentucky style.
Anyone rooting for the Tar Heels over Pitino needs to understand what a UL win does for our state in the eyes of the media. More Bluegrass bragging rights vs. the Tobacco Road Clogged Throats.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:47 am
#37- meh. anyone rooting for the tar heels over pitino needs to understand that a louisville final four appearance makes life miserable for every single UK fan living in louisville. screw what the media says… i’d rather have espn blowing the acc for another year (because they’re going to do that regardless of what happens on saturday betwen UL & UNC) than listen to all the UL fans’ garbage.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:02 am
I don’t think Bill Keightley makes too little money. What does he do? He gets paid $53,765 to hear all of the inside information on the University of Kentucky basketball team, a seat beside the coach every game, public appearances, is idolized by the Kentucky fanbase, and many other things the average Kentucky fan wishes they could do. Considering he is getting paid this for doing everything I listed above, I’d say he is pulling down a pretty penny. Not to mention all of the free food and things he probably gets just from being such an icon to our university.
It is foolish to say he needs a raise. I think we have thanked him enough for being who he is by letting him do everything any Kentucky fan wants to do, and paying him to do it.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:20 am
#38 Slappy - Now why would anyone who’s a Kentucky fan live in Lousyville? It’s clear your not too bright IF UL fan smack talk gets under your skin.
I want to feel sorry for you, seriously I do… it’s just not happening. Sometimes the success of your state is bigger than the success of your team. This is one of them.
Every win NC get from now on in the Turny put them one closer to them taking our all time NCAA wins record. even though all Kentucky fans are on the fence on who they should pull for in this game, it is a no brainer. I think the rest of Kentucky thinks your just going to have to pay the price for the team.
Down with Tobacco Road!
March 28th, 2008 at 4:35 am
Matt,
note (1), yes! Pearl is lacking and it is all the more glaring when getting
clobbered by a primetime coach who also doesn’t know X’s and O’s like tonight. The appearance of pitino and Pearl in the same building tonight actually caused ego vacuums in other parts of the world.
note (2): Louisville is weak and their coach is loathesome. Tonight’s game was some of the worst “big time” basketball I have ever seen… I wanted to poke my eyes out. And the Cards are a bunch of
goonish hackers who should have been called for a foul every other UT possession. Not that it would have mattered with UT shooting about 2% FG. Just would have made it not a blow out and would have even made the game more unwatchable.
note (3): UCLA is overrated and is lucky again. The Charlestown Chief’s Hanson brothers are officially members of the Love fanclub.
notes (4),(5): Yep. UNC is playing the best, but then again, remember ‘93 when UK was looking as if they were going to steamroll everybody?
note (6): have to think about that one.
As always, thanks KSR. I appreciate the posts even when I disagree (i.e. y’all are wrong).
I’m starting to hope the MSU-Memphis winner takes it all, but I doubt it will happen.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:35 am
UCLA is FAR from over-rated!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 7:09 am
True to from, Tennessee petered out in the post season (SEC and NCAA). It doesn’t matter who their coach is - it happens every time. I think you’ll start to hear grumblings from their fan base about Pearl and this team’s apparent “underachieving”. Maybe they weren’t that good after all. And, obviously, Pearl is not one of the elite coaches in the college game — he is a sideshow (and a Sweathog).
Prediction: Jamie Dixon to Indiana and Sean Miller to Pittsburgh. Pearl will continue to slop the hogs, I mean, Vols.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:11 am
^^ form (not from)
March 28th, 2008 at 7:56 am
I hate to root for UNC, but no way do I want “The Traitor” back in the final four. By the way,nice game Cris Lofton. Forget about the NBA. UK doesn’t play in that league.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:16 am
19 Hopson will be wearing blue next year.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:27 am
I’m pulling for UofL over our closest competition (UNC) in a BIG way!
March 28th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Is IU a better job then Pitt is right now? I do not think so, the Big East is for real and Dixon has made a name for himself there & has deep ties to the school! IU has tradition, but it isn’t the job it once was!
Sean Miller signed an extension last year and received a raise, I doubt he is gone either!!!!! Same question, Xavier is probably better off than IU at this point! Miller should reap the benefits of what he has done at X!!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 8:31 am
(48) they’re going to throw bags of cash at Miller to keep him. Xavier does NOT want to be viewed as a stepping-stone indefinitely.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:35 am
I bet UCLA will take squeaking by over the alternative!! Ask Georgetown and dUKe how they feel? Or UCONN or Vandy! Maybe they are just EXECUTING more down the stretch then their opponent! It is a novel concept!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 8:36 am
They should throw the cash @ him, he is worth it and very deserving!!!!!!!!! He can coach!
March 28th, 2008 at 8:37 am
#25 and 27…My church league team plays better transition D than Tenn.
#39 Would you work for a company for 40+ years and only make what he makes? He deserves more greenbacks…if for no other
reason than loyalty…
March 28th, 2008 at 8:45 am
remember, Bill Keightly also receives Social Security!!
March 28th, 2008 at 8:58 am
(53) so does sundiata gaines.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:12 am
48, Pitt is a joke. They haven’t lived up to their preseason hype since Brevin Knight was there and not one team in the Big East fears them.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:20 am
I may have to speak to some of the boosters at IU. I do not want Bruce Pearl in the Big Ten. I love Kentucky, but I hate the SEC. They can keep Pearl. The Big Ten has too much class and dignity to bring in a snake oil salesman like Bruce. Sampson was bad enough.
The Big Ten has great classy coaches like Matta, Tubby and Izzo. I wish UK would join the Big Ten. Pearl can stay in a conference that encourages his boorish behavior.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Can’t believe you didn’t write more about the UCLA-Western game. You obviously didn’t watch it b/c if you had you would have seen:
1) WKU lay a total egg in the first half (19% FG%…Seattle anyone?) and still come back.
2) Darrin Horn completely outcoach Ben Howland (Western just missed, UCLA didn’t stop them).
3) Kevin Love is definitely a pro prospect.
4) UCLA will not win it all because they don’t have the horses. I’m sorry, but when your PG fouls out and the rest of your team almost fouls out against Western you’ve been outcoached and you’re not going far.
If Western could have done anything on the glass or make anything inside 5 feet, they would have won by 10.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:24 am
My personal favorite coaching move last night was the offensive plan to have the person with the ball drive in amongst three UL defenders and throw up a prayer. I have never seen a larger collection of horrible shot selection in my life.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Guys, pearl didn’t even recruit his 4 best players. He isn’t the whiz recruiter you all meke him out to be.
Lofton- brought in under previous staff.
J. Smith- see above
T smith- transfered. No other school he even considered
J prince- see above.
B pearl walked into a great situation. I think a lot of you are giving him way too much credit. Hell they don’t even have a 5 star verbaled or signed this year.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I feel like Hopson will be at UT. Just seems like Pearl can easily sell immediate playing time in a system that Hopson would love, just shoot a lot and don’t worry about defense. I am hoping for Flemings, from what I have heard he says he likes playing defense but he can also score.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Bill Keightly is also retired from the USPS so he’s got tht pension too.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Brevin Knight played at Stanford if im not mistaken.
Tenn’s shot selection was worse than Tubby’s recruiting.
I believe Bennett is the perceived leader for the IU job
March 28th, 2008 at 9:35 am
62, Good call. I meant Brandon Knight.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Get it together TJ
March 28th, 2008 at 9:46 am
That’s what she said.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I hope UNC wins. I know that won’t sit well with a lot of Pitino fans out there, but I don’t care. I want to salvage what’s left of my bracket.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:54 am
#57 UCLA isn’t going far? They are already in the Elite 8. One more win and they will be in their 3rd straight Final Four.
I will be pulling for Xavier in that game, but I believe that one must give UCLA their just due. Or, how do you guys say it… their propers!
PN out
March 28th, 2008 at 9:58 am
#66, Rick once told me that success is a choice. I will be right there with you making UNC’s success over UL my choice. There are too many uncivilized brutes in Louisville for my liking. I enjoy Rick’s cut throat business style, but I cannot root for the man as long as he is coaching the Cardinals.
PN out
March 28th, 2008 at 10:03 am
#59, yet in his first year he inherited a team that didn’t qualify for the NIT and LOST its two best players (Crump and McFagdon) and took them to a (albeit overrated) 2 seed.
We do have a 4 star (Jurick) and will have 5 if Hopson signs. But let’s ask Duke how that star system works out…or Davidson….or Western Kentucky
March 28th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Does Pearl even coach.
I know he walks the sideline, but coaching is not something he believes in.
I hope he stays at ut so Billy can beat him twice a year instead of ounce.
uofl SUCKS and so dose ut.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Can I get an “ounce” of what Hink is smoking?
March 28th, 2008 at 10:16 am
70 - just kiddin around
March 28th, 2008 at 10:18 am
#67 I said UCLA won’t win it all. They’re obviously in the Elite 8.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Pearl is smoke and mirrors. He got exposed last night. The carnival has left town.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Glad to see your a UL fan now Matt….LOL
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March 28th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Here’s what I learned from UT vs. UL: there should be more focus on players’ psychology in college coaching. Tennessee played their national championship in February against Memphis and was never the same team again. The emotional high from preparing for that game and subsequently winning it (on the road no less) left UT playing a second season afterwards without the same focus as before. Meanwhile Pitino is doing what Pitino does best: having his team ready for a late March run. Pitino spent last summer building players’ egos only to break them down all season long, only in the last few weeks to return to building them up. He has them playing together and with momentum… two things that were nonexistent on the UT side last night.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:43 am
I would disagree with the statement Pearl didnt turn Tenn around. They are nationally relevant. How or why is prettymuch obsolete, as long as hes not cheating. Hes winning tons of games. He got very lucky with Lofton turning out the way he did. You have to crawl before you can walk. That being said, I think he still has a long way to go. He needs to really reign in his guys.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:45 am
All of you guys rooting for the cards can’t be from louisville. Today is a rough day already no telling what might happen if they make the final 4. For what it’s worth Rick Boxich is with the western team. He said on the radio yesterday he heard from a western source an south carolina source both that Horn had moved to the top of south carolinas’ list. Also doesn’t think Miller will leave X because he has a 2 million dollar buyout if he leaves.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:46 am
77-that is absolutely 100% true. Tennessee never looked the same after they beat Memphis. In the UofL game it hit rock bottom and they looked like they had just started fall practice.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:46 am
^^^sorry that is 76
March 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am
#75–also, Dufresne has lost some weight! Looking good my friend!
March 28th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Plain and simple guys…Pitino flat out wooped Pearl’s a$$. He is one of the best coaches in the game, and will be a Hall of Famer before it is said and done. You may not like him because he is at UL, and that is your prerogative, but if any of you say he is not a hell of a coach, that’s just ignorant.
If the Celtics wouldn’t have opened up the vaults, and he would have stuck around in Lexington, everyone of you would have thought him to be a God right now. Mainly because we would probably have a few more banners hanging from the rafters in Rupp.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I live in Jeffersonville (right across the bridge from Louisville) and work in a VERY small office where I am outnumbered 4-1 by UofL fans. These last two weeks have been absolutely miserable, with coworkers telling me that before too long I’ll “see the light” and become a UofL fan. To me it’s like religion - I’ve got mine, you’ve got yours and it’s cool. But don’t act like you can change me over to yours when I don’t want to change. It’s only made worse by the fact that they are all “March Fans” and could care less once the tournament is over, except to rub it in the face of UK fans. When I watch their games I don’t outright root for the other team, but I do want to see Louisville lose - especially at this point when I don’t even have UK games to comfort me. All this “rooting for the state” crap is just that. I guarantee you Duke fans are NOT rooting for UNC tomorrow. I don’t talk trash to Card fans and I’ve been one of the first to admit I think they have the talent and ability to win a national championship this year. But I hope to god it doesn’t happen.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:41 am
83- Point taken Jenny, but I am not the same way. I cheer for the Cards as long as they’re not playing UK. On that day, I hate them as much as any other UK fan. Duke and UNC, on the other hand, I hate year round. I will never cheer for Duke or UNC in any game. When they play each other it is a sad day, and a pure shame that they can’t both lose. I am also really close to adding UCLA to that list as well, I can’t stand them either.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Great analogy Jenny. I feel for you having those UofL fans rubbing it in your face. My mom is from Louisville, but came to Lexington for school and never looked back. She and her cousins talk after every UK / UofL game - with one rubbing it in the other’s face.
I have UNC winning in my bracket, and while I hate to see UNC get one more game closer to UK, it is all about the cash for me….
March 28th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
i disagree with thu UCLA comment, WKU was one decent big man away from beating a lackluster ucla squad taht looked lazy and slow at times.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Sad thing is, I realized a couple seasons ago that I don’t sit down with the intention of rooting against them. It just seems to happen. Same as it does when I watch Duke or Florida. I guess everyone has that handful of teams that they feel that way about. I’ve been crazy about the Cats since I was old enough to get it (just happened to coincide with the ‘92 season). I’ve got those three that are at the top of my list, and Marquette is quickly climbing into that category as well! But I could really care less about hating teams like UT, UNC, Kansas. I don’t know. They just don’t get me fired up like the other guys.
And I promise it doesn’t have anything to do with Pitino - other than realizing that he’s a walking hyperbole, I’ve got a great admiration for him as a coach.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Did anyone else notice the difference in the video quality in last nights broadcasts? What did CBS change?
March 28th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I didn’t say I want Louisville to win the tourny. I said we need them to wipe out North Carolina, so that a team like Kansas can clean the rest of them up.
I fuggin hate all these teams people. But Kansas getting this one is better than NC continuing to win games, and UCLA getting another national championship.
Traders who live in Louisville deserve to have it shoved in their face.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
#83 Jenny… you said, “I guarantee you Duke fans are NOT rooting for UNC tomorrow.”
Why are you bringing Matt Jones into this? Everyone knows he’s rooting for Louisville…
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March 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
All of Duke is not from the St. of NC except for my wife. It’s effectively in NJ. So, it’s not like UK cheering for Louisville.