College Hoops Thread '09-'10

[The Poet]

West Virginia 73 - Kentucky 66 = Lesson #2: Play with focus and intensity, from tip to horn. In their second game this season, Kentucky was tied with the powerful and heralded RedHawks of Miami Ohio (14-18 this year) with only six seconds left. They might have lost this one had not superfreshman John Wall driven the full length of the court to hit the game-winner at the buzzer. And HAD they lost that game, they may have learned a lesson they seemed to avoid learning all season long. Too often these highly-talented Wildcats farked around and farked around and farked around, either allowing their opponent to stay in the game or get back into it, depending upon their superior skills to be able to pull it out whenever they really needed to. They managed to do so too, most every time on the court. But the Mountaineers were having none of that, thank you very much. They grabbed ahold of the game early and held onto it late, so by the time the 'Cats finally awoke and tried to jerk their bacon out of the fire it was too little, too late. Their fatback was burned, and WVA ate their lunch. Well done, Mountaineers, and congratulations. As for UK, their team and fans can take consolation in two things: First, they had a very good season, despite this disappointment. Second, their new coach John Calipari set an NCAA record that is likely to stand for a loooooooong time to come. With the denial by the NCAA of Memphis U's appeal of the vacation of their 2007-08 season, coupled with this loss to WVA, Calipari has become the first coach in history to lose two trips to the Final Four, with two different schools, all in the same week.

Forgive my Schadenfreude, but !!!

[jcruse64]

Originally Posted by The Poet

Forgive my Schadenfreude, but !!!

Ouch!!!

Good recaps. ESPN could use you.

[jaycarla]

Thread Jack!!!!

NIT Thread 09-10!!!

GO TARHEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, done.

Love,
Jay

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by jaycarla

Thread Jack!!!!

NIT Thread 09-10!!!

GO TARHEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, done.

Love,
Jay

Hey, as Roy Williams said himself, it's best to be playing the last Monday of the year, but playing the last Thursday is better than not playing at all - like 300+ other teams.

[BryanB]

Originally Posted by The Poet

Hey, as Roy Williams said himself, it's best to be playing the last Monday of the year, but playing the last Thursday is better than not playing at all - like 300+ other teams.

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by BryanB

I wouldn't laugh too hard yet, Bryan, and I can give you 3 good reasons:

Imprimis, your guys ain't won nuttin' yet, and it's not wise to tempt the hoop gods. Of course, you may already be happy, seeing as how:

Secundus, Dook finally made it to another Final Four for the first time since '04 instead of crapping out early, embarrassing not only themselves (which is fine, if that's what they want) but the ACC too (which is not). Meanwhile, my boys were winning 2 more trophies. Also, you'd better make the best of this opportunity, because:

Tertius, next season the Blue Devils will be in much the same boat at this year's Tar Heels, what with most of their team leaving Durham for good . . . the only difference being, they won't be going to the NBA.

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by The Poet

Hey, as Roy Williams said himself, it's best to be playing the last Monday of the year, but playing the last Thursday is better than not playing at all - like 300+ other teams.

After he said that, he said, "good arm tackle, Dion Sanders style".