I ate with the usual couple of suspects today at our regular Wednesday lunch. One of whom made an absurd suggestion, only partially in jest. It was Mike, the fellow I mentioned the other day, the one who acutely observed that Kevin Ware’s injury might have been inadvertently caused by the leaping super sub’s subconscious [...]
Not sure that there is anything more to add to the horror we saw and felt and the hope we harbor for Kevin Ware. The injury is gruesome. My friend Mike, a former Waggener High School and Yale baller, made an interesting observation. “I think Kevin altered his landing mid air because of the raised [...]
March 31, 2013 – 10:07 am
Now is the time for your talisman. You got a lucky shirt? Wear it. The ballcap you were wearing the night the Cardinals spanked Syracuse in the Garden? Don it. When the Cards bested Oregon, was your clicker pointed toward Atlanta? (33.7489° N, 84.3881° W)? Make sure your directions are correctly calibrated by 5:05. After [...]
There are lots of different ways that teams win games. Sometime it’s at the foul line. Sometime a team goes en fuego from beyond the arc, making it impossible for the squad behind to catch up. Often it’s by forcing lots of turnovers. On occasion, one player will just hoist his teammates on his back [...]
The Ducks were the first of the four Midwest Regional participants to “practice” at Lucas Oil. The band was there. The cheer squad was there. Phil Knight was not in the house. At least, I didn’t spot him. Coach Dana Altman was obviously present, though he allowed his assistants to run the shooting drills that [...]
March 24, 2013 – 12:44 am
It’s not always the case, you know, a lot of the time U of L starts out fumblin’ and stumblin’. Ah, but today, there was no doing the mess around. From the get go, Louisville was ready to play. Russ Smith 3. Colorado State’s Dorian Green matched it. Then the Ram nailed another threeball. After [...]
March 23, 2013 – 12:02 pm
It’s six hours, give or take a tick of the clock, until tipoff. I’ve spent more of the morning than I should have pouring over stats, looking for some shred of evidence, some perspective, that will ease the turmoil I feel in my stomach. Haven’t found it. The Herald Leader’s John Clay, when making observations [...]
March 22, 2013 – 11:05 am
This is going to be a short, not so insightful analysis of Louisville’s opening round walkover. There are a couple of reasons for this. One, the Aggies were seriously overmatched. Despite Louisville’s sloppy start — it’s a bad habit that could haunt the Cards against a mature foe, like, oh, say, Colorado State — this [...]
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 [...]
LEO, as always, is all over post-season hoops coverage. You can read my Tourney 101 – The ABCs of NCAA here. You can read Bill Doolittle’s in depth breakdown of the Cards here. Being a Hoosier at heart, he also has some IU perspective to consider here. Should you be inclined to consider UK’s disappointing [...]
