Terrence Williams began and ended his playing days at Freedom Hall by kissing the Cardinal logo on the court. Between the Derby Classic in 2005 and his final game, he grew from a young, gifted but often unpredictable player into a mature player able to dictate the terms of a game.
T-Will could have easily recorded a career high total against Seton Hall, but he chose to keep his teammates involved, turning down basket after basket while achieving another double-double, but falling a bit short on what would have been his third triple double.
- Just watch Edgar Sosa on his way to an open layup, stop, and toss the ball back to T-Will.
- Watch Earl Clark block a shot, get called for a foul, but Earl Clark is actually smiling during a basketball game.
- Watch Jerry Smith smother Will Scott as he leaves Denny Crum Court for the last time.
- Earl Clark is moving closer to the basket. More to come? Still managing five turnovers but making up for it with 14 rebounds and a career-high 27 points.
- Andre McGee, taking intravenous fluids before every single game? Recruited by Rick Pitino while in the hospital for two weeks. Besides his incomparable tenacity on defense, showing the shooting form he had averaging over 30 points a game in high school. Tourney time, fourth year, a great time to regain his youthful shooting composure.
- Edgar Sosa feeling pretty comfortable with shooting from the corner, the toughest shot on the floor. Nice weapon to unveil with every game bigger than the last.
- Give Samardo Samuels a glimpse and daylight and he’s dunking in your face. That mid-range jumper is a nice little feature of his game.
- Has anyone ever improved his free-throw shooting as much as Terrence Jennings in one season? His first free throw attempt this season nearly missed the backboard.
Terrence Williams will be remembered, as he asked to be, as one who played his heart out for University of Louisville basketball.
“A lot of guys say this is T-Will’s team,” says Williams. “It’s not T-Will’s team. It’s Rick Pitino’s team. We’re all soldiers on this team. This journey is not over. This is hello. We still want to win a couple of championships. We want to get to Detroit, and we want to see everybody there.”
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Charlie,
Matt (KyLures) and Sam Hunter (Sam4Gtr) brought back pics to share with our Card Game family.
Also, the video made by the Seniors is already up, and the video of the speeches by the players should be up soon.
Six in a row…and streaking to a #1 seed!~
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Frank
The Cards were, in short, a team that would not be denied tonight. Spured by the vocal Cardinal fans, they kept the pressure, intensity and heat on a Seton Hall team that was hitting incredible shots early on and answering the Cardinal barrage of points.
Did anyone else thin both of these teams might get to 100 early on in this one?
So, we sadly say goodbye to T-Will, “Three” McGee, e-5 and Will Scott.
As T-Will said in the post game address to the crowd, though. This isn’t goodbye, it’s hello. Hello to a Cardinal team that is on the brink of making a very deep run in the NCAA Tournament and getting to Detroit.
If intensity, desire and toughness are any indication of how a team will fare in the post season, you can expect the Cards to go a long, long way.
Go Cards! Thanks for streaming. Located in Charlotte, NC.
I just want to say that U of L is a great team and I’m glad I am a big fan of the Cards, not 2 mention that T-Will, Earl Clark, Andre McGee and Will Scott have really done a great job. The whole team has done a wonderful job this season. They will be missed but I’m glad I can say job well done to them for play their best while playing for U of L.