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 [...]
Patrick asks Pitino how he would go about getting a talented in-state player to choose Louisville over Kentucky. The hypothetical player is having a tough time choosing between the two schools. “I’m from Kentucky, and this is keeping me up at night, and I really don’t know what to do,” says Patrick.
Seemingly out of nowhere, some big name basketball recruits are making verbal commitments. Among them Jeremy Tyler to the University of Louisville, 6-9 Mouphtaou Yarou to Villanova, point guard Junior Cadougan to Marquette.
What’s going on? Well, while the non-basketball-only fans have been focusing on football, the early signing period for college hoopsters has been creeping [...]
A controversial fair catch, actually a missed call and an illegal play, turned the momentum in Louisville’s 21-17 loss to UConn last season. The teams meet against Friday night.
Next thing you know they’ll be filing for an injunction to block arena construction. Just as it’s about to begin.
One sure way not to win friends and influence people in Louisville is to get in the way of the downtown basketball arena. But that’s exactly what one company is attempting to do in filing a [...]
