Echoes of Gorgui in Deng’s verbal to Louisville
The positive comments of Deng Adel, the latest University of Louisville basketball commit, bear a close resemblance to those first uttered by a previous UofL player when he committed to…
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The positive comments of Deng Adel, the latest University of Louisville basketball commit, bear a close resemblance to those first uttered by a previous UofL player when he committed to…
Gorgui Dieng is saying goodbye to Louisville, and the community won’t be the same. His basketball skills, positive attitude and wisdom will be missed. A bittersweet wave of relief was…
The uncertainty on whether Gorgui Dieng and Russ Smith will stay or go continues, with Gorgui said to be leaning toward leaving, Russ toward staying. They’ve both gone back and…
Who to believe? Russ Smith, who says he is undecided about whether he will enter the NBA draft? His dad who says Russ is gone? Or Rick Pitino who says…
Listen closely to Gorgui Dieng on toughness as his University of Louisville basketball team prepares for the matchup with Duke in the NCAA Elite Eight. Rick Pitino follows, still answering…
Welcome back to the Elite 8, and another shot at a Final Four and beyond. Not assuming anything, wouldn’t dare, but teams that win national championships always seem to have…
Few people expecting a shorthanded Seton Hall to provide much of a challenge for the University of Louisville basketball team and the game lived up to those expectations in an…
Inevitable letdown after losing to a top five team. That and a lack of respect from a University of Louisville basketball team for a mediocre-but-fired-up Villanova. Did their fans really…
Not so long ago Gorgui Dieng would have wilted against an imposing 290-pounder like Eugene Teague, unable to stop the Seton Hall behemoth from having his way like he did…
Gorgui Dieng is back, and that’s the best thing about this basketball game. He epitomizes everything college athletics should be but so often isn’t. Mom and Dad will be at…
Gorgui Dieng at the door. Preparing to step onto the practice floor at the Yum! practice center on Floyd Street for the first time in over three weeks, according to…
A break for Gorgui Dieng, but not a good one. He has a broken wrist and will miss an undetermined amount of playing time. An x-ray taken at Jewish Hospital…
The towering combination of Mangok Mathiang and Gorgui Dieng was an imposing sight during the few minutes they were on the floor together during pre-season scrimmages. But that was probably…
A couple of weeks ago, Gorgui sat down with Courier-Journal reporter C. L. Brown:
The disparity so obvious to the professionals, eager to make numerous former University of Kentucky players millionaires overnight. Six Uk basketball players picked during the first and second rounds of…
University of Louisville basketball was gone for a while but now it’s back. Back in the Elite Eight, but with even higher, much higher, expectations. Rick Pitino said it himself…
Erasing memories of bad starts in recent years is good, but getting out of the first round even nicer. Watching from the sidelines no fun at all. Actually the Louisville…
Gorgui Dieng can have fun in seven languages, including coach speak, filling in for Rick Pitino at the University of Louisville basketball team’s post-game press conference:
Gotta give Marquette credit for wanting to play basketball the way it is meant to be played, going at breakneck speed, employing a full court press, attacking the basket, relentless.…
So much for getting better in February. Still another of those defensive struggles for the University of Louisville, the 58-51 loss to South Florida, reaffirming that this U of L…