College Hoops Thread '09-'10

The Poet · 03-30-2010, 02:43 PM

West Virginia 73 - Kentucky 66 = Lesson #2: Play with focus and intensity, from tip to horn. In their second game this season, Kentucky was tied with the powerful and heralded RedHawks of Miami Ohio (14-18 this year) with only six seconds left. They might have lost this one had not superfreshman John Wall driven the full length of the court to hit the game-winner at the buzzer. And HAD they lost that game, they may have learned a lesson they seemed to avoid learning all season long. Too often these highly-talented Wildcats farked around and farked around and farked around, either allowing their opponent to stay in the game or get back into it, depending upon their superior skills to be able to pull it out whenever they really needed to. They managed to do so too, most every time on the court. But the Mountaineers were having none of that, thank you very much. They grabbed ahold of the game early and held onto it late, so by the time the 'Cats finally awoke and tried to jerk their bacon out of the fire it was too little, too late. Their fatback was burned, and WVA ate their lunch. Well done, Mountaineers, and congratulations. As for UK, their team and fans can take consolation in two things: First, they had a very good season, despite this disappointment. Second, their new coach John Calipari set an NCAA record that is likely to stand for a loooooooong time to come. With the denial by the NCAA of Memphis U's appeal of the vacation of their 2007-08 season, coupled with this loss to WVA, Calipari has become the first coach in history to lose two trips to the Final Four, with two different schools, all in the same week.

Forgive my Schadenfreude, but

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03-30-2010, 02:43 PM	#11
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: College Hoops Thread '09-'10 West Virginia 73 - Kentucky 66 = Lesson #2: Play with focus and intensity, from tip to horn. In their second game this season, Kentucky was tied with the powerful and heralded RedHawks of Miami Ohio (14-18 this year) with only six seconds left. They might have lost this one had not superfreshman John Wall driven the full length of the court to hit the game-winner at the buzzer. And HAD they lost that game, they may have learned a lesson they seemed to avoid learning all season long. Too often these highly-talented Wildcats farked around and farked around and farked around, either allowing their opponent to stay in the game or get back into it, depending upon their superior skills to be able to pull it out whenever they really needed to. They managed to do so too, most every time on the court. But the Mountaineers were having none of that, thank you very much. They grabbed ahold of the game early and held onto it late, so by the time the 'Cats finally awoke and tried to jerk their bacon out of the fire it was too little, too late. Their fatback was burned, and WVA ate their lunch. Well done, Mountaineers, and congratulations. As for UK, their team and fans can take consolation in two things: First, they had a very good season, despite this disappointment. Second, their new coach John Calipari set an NCAA record that is likely to stand for a loooooooong time to come. With the denial by the NCAA of Memphis U's appeal of the vacation of their 2007-08 season, coupled with this loss to WVA, Calipari has become the first coach in history to lose two trips to the Final Four, with two different schools, all in the same week. Forgive my Schadenfreude, but !!!