Louisville On The Road Again
One doesn’t go into hibernation after a loss, hiding the ratty head in the sand, believing everything is for naught. Losses occur, but one has to keep advancing. Learning from…
J-e-r-r-y, J-e-r-r-y
Jerry Smith back in the groove again after hitting four of seven three-point attempts against Rutgers? If so, he’s just in time for a grueling stretch run that includes UConn,…
Jerry Smith Breaks Out Of Shooting Slump
Took four seasons but Jerry Smith may have a nickname that could stick. Or maybe not. “Senior Bulldog” was the tag ascribed by Pat Forde, the ESPN writer serving in…
Heady Stuff, A Win Over UConn
Just when one has filed a University of Louisville basketball player in the marginal to wasted category, Rick Pitino does his thing, getting inside the player’s head, pointing out the…
Louisville Misses Finish Line
The pre-game motivational stuff from Rick Pitino, Terrence Williams, Andre McGee and company was enough to get their Louisville team sufficiently pumped for the first 15 minutes or so. Somewhere…
Louisville Confident In Dissecting Providence
No letdown following the rivalry encounter in Lexington, a conflict which will be remembered more as a maelstrom than a basketball game. Whatever it was, the University of Louisville players…
Louisville Maintains Focus, Shreds South Florida
Big East opener not requiring heavy doses of exertion, intensity or emotion. Out of the way, in the books. Respecting the opponent, not looking past anyone. Louisville 73, South Florida…
Louisville Enjoys A Laugher (Been A While)
Any win is good, but a 37-point laugher is bound to restore a bit of confidence. One can’t be certain if what occurred in the University of Louisville basketball team’s…
Easing Into Louisville Basketball
Goodbye college football season. No big games this weekend. The regular season all but done. The coaching issue resolved at the University of Louisville. No more Steve Kragthorpe to kick…
Louisville Basketball Brings Expectations
Here we go again. The University of Louisville basketball season arrives for real. And, yes, some lofty expectations accompany the season opener against Arkansas. Fans have quickly become accustomed to…
Siva Smooth As Silk
By Paul Sykes Peyton Siva is only six feet. Shhh….don’t tell him. He plays like a seven footer when the opportunity arises. A soaring second half swat of a Bellarmine…
Breaking In A New Basketball Season
By Paul Sykes Offering a brief respite from the trials and tribulations of a football season gone awry, Rick Pitino’s University of Louisville basketball team begins the 2009-10 season with…
When A Party Turns Into A Panic
Having experienced a situation years ago where plain clothes policemen burst on a scene, the observer can identify with the situation in which Terrence Jennings and Jerry Smith recently found…
Punch In The Gut For Louisville Basketball
By Tom Stosberg First order of business: the Jerry Smith and Terrence Jennings case. Let’s review the customary rules of acceptable behavior for Division I basketball players. Rule #1: Never…
Louisville Turns A Corner At Central
stextbox id=”warning”]Finally, the University of Louisville has landed a recruit from Central High School. In football, no less. For years, talented Central athletes have turned a blind eye to U…
Your Big East Conference Champs
These are the moments, these are the days, the times, the kind of achievements that fans hope against hope will happen for their teams. Magical mystery moments, the ultimate highs,…
Magical Mystery Tour At Madison Square Garden
A great regular season under the belt, the kind of season fans all but took for granted a couple of decades ago. Having endured the lean, in-between and too few…
Magic Mystery Tour Notches Big East Title
First in the Big East, all alone atop the conference standings, No. 1 seed going into the conference tournament. Fourth year in the Big East, the University of Louisville is…