March 21, 2013 – 11:19 am
It didn’t take long for one UK fan I know to recover from Tuesday night’s debacle in Moon Township. In an afternoon after email, containing a link to a story about Julius Randle’s commitment to the Big Blue, she exclaimed, “OMG! Happy days are here again.” If memory serves, I received a similar missive from [...]
February 17, 2013 – 11:59 am
If Kentucky fans think the dysfunction that plagues this year’s woefully immature squad couldn’t get any worse, I must disagree. It could have been. Think how the presence of Shabazz Muhammad might affect the chemistry of this edition of the Cats. In a game recently, UCLA beat UDub on a last second shot by Larry [...]
December 30, 2012 – 11:42 am
A couple of important notes before I hit the details. I understand that Gorgui Dieng’s parents are not familiar with our ways in the Commonwealth. They don’t even speak English. Plus it’s hard to even comprehend the culture shock they must have felt in yesterday’s Yum! Center environment. Strangers in a strange land, they were. [...]
December 28, 2012 – 9:32 am
Yes, it’s 32 hours until tipoff and I’m so sure you’re waiting with baited breath for my position by position breakdown of tomorrow’s game. You know, Kentucky vs. Louisville? Here’s the deal. I’m doing my best to try not to think about it. By any measure, this would seem to be the Cardinals year to [...]
December 14, 2012 – 9:54 am
Before moving on to other matters, let’s cue up Marty Glickman from the Gaaaaahhden. It’s time we must bid a sad adieu to the soon-to-be-yesterday’s-stale-bagel Big East, her intense rivalries, Dave Gavitt’s well-intentioned promise, her glory early spring days in the Garden, Big John with his shoulder towel vs. Little Louie in Macy’s ugliest sweater, [...]
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November 14, 2012 – 9:00 am
Of all the sights and sounds emanating from 24 hours of college hoops — of which I watched far too much — my favorite moment was the first sighting of St. John’s special assistant Gene Keady. The former mentor at Western Kentucky and Purdue is one of the nicest guys I’ve met in my short [...]
November 13, 2012 – 11:44 am
I love the squeak of sneakers on hardwood in the morning. * * * * * UMass vs. Harvard. With eight minutes to play, they’re knotted at 54. The governor of the commonwealth — Commonwealth of Massachusetts, not Steve Beshear — is in the house. And I’m tuned in. Countin’ the minutes until that little [...]
October 2, 2012 – 1:11 pm
Some anathemas never go away. Yesterday I ate lunch with a bunch of fellows, U of L fans all, except for John, who likes the Cards but favors blue a bit more. Soon enough the conversation got around to comparing column inches of Courier-Journal coverage between you know who(m) and you know who(m). Of course, [...]
September 7, 2012 – 10:06 am
Revised 9/07 10:20 am U of L finally released its men’s (and women’s) basketball schedules. Last year’s Final Four team warmed up for the conference campaign with the most ambitious home schedule of the Pitino Era. Long Beach State, surprising Ohio, College of Charleston, Vanderbilt and Memphis all visited the Yum!. Cardinal fans actually had [...]
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August 23, 2012 – 11:47 am
Hard on the heels of a recent CBS Sportsline survey of college hoops coaches which named 5 Wildcats among the 24 with the perceived dirtiest recruitment (2 of top 3) came even more innuendo to send Big Blue Nation into a tizzy. That survey by the by, I feel compelled to mention, followed another in [...]
