Waiting for the other shoe to drop.
You know, a second player injures a knee, an ankle or a broken finger during a pickup game in Yum Center or during an exhibition game. Happened to Juan Palacios, then to David Padgett last season, getting the University of Louisville basketball team off to another wobbly start.
The only [...]
Before the basketball season becomes a distant memory, need to throw some beads Andre McGee’s way:
McGee will never be an All-American, never make All-Conference, and will never see his basketball jersey hanging from the rafters. But he’s the kind of individual you want to have playing basketball at the University of Louisville, what his coach [...]
Sometimes the other team is better, at least for one game.
Tyler Hansbrough is as good as they come, tireless, hard working, good shooter and rebounder. He was unstoppable most of the time, winding up with 28 points, 13 rebounds. Hansbrough does get away with excessive physicality but that’s not his fault.
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The dream scenario is that everything finally comes together, youth becomes maturity, potential becomes reality. Not enough to play two good games the first week. Growth has to be real, not adrenaline induced but knowledge and experience-based and extended over three weeks.
David Padgett playing more than eight-minute stretches, sky hooks connecting both sides of the [...]
Seems like an eternity until 9:40 p.m. on Friday when Louisville and Boise State tip off in Birmingham. Good thing for Rick Pitino: there’s a lot to work on between now and then to avoid an early exit.
One of the best things U of L has going for it is that Birmingham is [...]
