Showing Up, Punching The Clock
DePaul awful. What does one derive from a 99-54 win over a pathetic team? A needed boost in confidence, knowing there are teams who shouldn’t be on the same floor.…
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DePaul awful. What does one derive from a 99-54 win over a pathetic team? A needed boost in confidence, knowing there are teams who shouldn’t be on the same floor.…
Another sleepy Sunday afternoon. Mediocre opponent. Neutral court. Poor shooting. Jerry Smith not starting. Terrence Williams not hitting. Been there. Back to the big city, home territory for Earl Clark,…
If no one wipes that smile off Hareem Thabeet’s face, UConn will be foisting another NCAA banner in Hartford. What’s bothersome is that Thabeet never works up a sweat. Just…
Still another game against a top 10 team, another game against a No. 1 team. University of Louisville fans are still thawing out from the great ice storm of 2009,…
The Observer steps aside briefly to allow the favorite son to pass along a few flashbacks of growing up in the family of a couple of University of Louisville diehards.…
By Charlie Springer Anyone else have trouble sleeping the night of the Notre Dame game? Eyes closed but the mind still churning, dwelling on T-Will dunks, Earl Clark explosions, Samardo…
By Charlie Springer The latest experience begins with the observer forking over a pile of cash for two prime seats, anticipating that this would be one of those kind of…
Two Villanova free throws bouncing off the rim with four seconds to go. Three shots at point-blank range failing to fall at the horn? Scottie Reynolds with only 11 points?…
By Charlie Springer Just wondering as the University of Louisville basketball team prepares to begin Big East Conference play against South Florida: — Whether the players will take South Florida…
Edgar Sosa hits primetime, sinking a 30-footer to give Louisville a 74-71 basketball win over Kentucky.
By Charlie Springer What was that about being a basketball school? The basketball season is not providing the emotional lift that University of Louisville fans had hoped would help them…
The time has finally arrived. The exhibition games, the embarrassing early-season loss, the coming back down to earth for inflated players and fans, the uncomfortably close games and run-away wins…
The chairman of the Louisville Arena Authority reports that the group is closing in on naming rights for the new downtown arena, with three companies currently vying for the honor.…
A couple of games may have been just what the University of Louisville men’s basketball team needed after five torturous days of practice, an escape from the embarrassment of losing…
A new attitude has to be permeating University of Louisville basketball practice sessions, now that the worship and adulation has been replaced by realism and disappointment. If the UofL basketball…
That should get somebody’s attention. A mere formality this trip to Nashville to play Western Kentucky. Handling the Hilltoppers not much to get worked up about on a wet and…
Quite a haul, this latest University of Louisville basketball recruiting class, with muscle, speed and shooting ability to spare, giving Rick Pitino the nucleus he needs to nurture a contender…
Much at stake Card fans. Saturday will be a long day whether Louisville wins, splits or loses two games against North Carolina. Carolina fans have all but marked both games…
Apparently Bobby Knight was just tired, couldn’t stand to coach another game at Texas Tech. Just a couple of months after signing a three-year contract extension. No angry outbursts, no…
Former Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum and current coach Rick Pitino have always had different approaches when it comes to employing the three-point shot. Don’t see either of them changing…