Open Thread: Louisville vs. Pittsburgh
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 17, 2009 4:27 PM EST
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PrintPittsburgh Panthers at Louisville Cardinals, Jan 17, 2009 6:00 PM EST
The nervous pre-game calls are out of the way and now I'm in focus mode.
Let's get this, Marques.
Go Cards.
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An hour and a half to go
….I feel like “Dutch” is about to tape my hands for a heavyweight championship fight.
Let’s win this one!
To kill a little time before tip-off...
Cantwell is looking pretty sharp at the East-West Shrine game on ESPN
Steve Lavin is the college basketball version of Madden
“A Straight pass is quicker than a lob pass”
Really? Thanks
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
It's gonna be 6:30 before our game actually comes on
Hey Tom and Bruce… quit complaining
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
This always pisses me off
Here I am, an old man, paying more than I should for friggin’ satellite TV and they, with all their technical wizardry, can’t switch this part of the country to the RIGHT DAMN GAME!
By God I wish Uncle Ed Kallay was still around. He’d help. Or maybe Randy and Cactus. (See, told you I was old. Only frankpos knows what I’m talking about and he’s at the damn game. I bet.)
theoldman
no joke
no espn360 for me, this could take forever.
it’s not like we’re waiting to watch the start of a home game against the undefeated no. 1 team or anything.
seriously, two three's to start the game?
Let’s switch to man
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:13 PM EST reply actions
9-2 no clock running
Looks a timeout
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:14 PM EST reply actions
You know
If we lose this game because Pitt shoots us out of the building, well then I can deal with that.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:22 PM EST reply actions
wouldn't know
just got switched over from the Michigan State game
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:23 PM EST reply actions
Second chance points
New year, same song.
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 17, 2009 6:25 PM EST reply actions
it seems
that with us being in the zone, and the way pitt is moving the ball, part of the reason we get smoked on the boards is because we’re out of position when the shot goes up.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:27 PM EST reply actions
well that's one positive
we’re playing with a lot of energy too
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
T-will did the right thing
I haven’t seen Clark be able to finish on an alley-oop once this season, and it’s been killing us.
What the hell
Terrence wasn’t even looking at the rim. I dunno, i don’t like the idea of the no-look alley oop. Annoying, that could have been a big play.
rautins is huge for them
that is the big difference for them from this season to last
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:45 PM EST up reply actions
Jerry McGee?
That sounds like a U of L super guard, not a pitt center
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 6:47 PM EST reply actions
i was thinking the same. he got beat on D but was quick to recover
Clifford
by JimmyClifford on Jan 17, 2009 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
You can't expect him to be as good as T-Will, so every good thing he does is amazing
The fact that we’ve had Swopshire, Jennings, and Kuric all playing and are up three on the No. 1 team in the nation is nice.
this is by far
the most physical team we’ve played…
glad they are letting them play… if this was NOVA samuels already would be gone
Clifford
Some good news...
…only three of their players have fewer than 2 fouls. That’s three total, not just starters. We really need to pound it inside with SS, Jennings, and T-Will/Sosa drives to draw fouls. Take the playmakers out of the game.
Anybody know
why Terrance Williams spent so much time on the bench at the end of the half? Does he have two fouls?
theoldman
So Pitt's happy with the score because Blair and Young sat most of the half
And I’m happy with the rebounding because T-Will sat most of the half. Could be happier with the score, but we just need to keep creating turnovers and getting more opportunities. We can still score more points with poor % (we’re shooting 30.3% right now FYI) if we can get a lot more shooting opportunities. I would rather us just have a UK shooting night though.
I guess you started as a "Volunteer"
I laughed
This season is gonna shave ten points off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 7:14 PM EST reply actions
hope it doesn't come back and bite us
but i can’t understand why we wouldn’t keep samuels in at the end there with blair and young out…with all the momentum at home and their best players in foul trouble, it was basically a big break for them to go in with the lead. didn’t keep track, did samardo have two as well?
We're lucky
to be this close, I suppose. Also thought bad Edgar reared his head in that first half. Oh, and somebody make sure Clark wakes from the nap he appeared to need during the halftime.
theoldman
Clark
needs to come out
This season is gonna shave ten points off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 7:28 PM EST reply actions
Jaime Dixon's half time speech:
“We need them to get more fouls. Every single time somebody bumps you fall down. You’ll draw a foul, whether or not it’s valid.”
ESPN
I love the pitt worship show
This season is gonna shave ten years off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 7:32 PM EST reply actions
C'mon Earl!
How the hell can you miss a putback from 2 feet? Never understood that, because I’ve never been that close to the b asket.
theoldman
Just imagine if Blair were in there.
Honestly, we’re still winning the boards. If we were shooting better than 29, we would be fine. We’re only mildly OK because they’re shooting 40.
Huge swing
They have one guy to our three going into rebound, and he gets two boards.
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 17, 2009 7:37 PM EST reply actions
Am I the only one who can't stand
The music for this Pacific Life commercial?
This season is gonna shave ten years off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 7:37 PM EST reply actions
i can't stand the commmercial, period
paclife has been rocking the whale for ages… time for a new marketing campaign
Sosa is never going to get it,
whatever it is. And Clark loves to watch; so there’s that. And obvioulsy you can’t get outrebounded when you’re at a 3-1 advantage. Give a good team three possessions on one trip and boy, you’re in trouble.
Boy, we’re in trouble.
theoldman
Oh my God Sosa
Maybe the worst Bad Edgar moment of all-time.
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 17, 2009 7:45 PM EST reply actions
how do you not guard the same inbounds play they've used 6 times for 3's?
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 7:48 PM EST reply actions
Earl and Sosa
Seriously, that the fuck are you all doing?
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 17, 2009 7:48 PM EST reply actions
Commercials
I think we need more of them
This season is gonna shave ten years off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 7:55 PM EST reply actions
If that three would have gone in
It would have been the worst break ever. We should harass the shit out of Wanamaker.
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 17, 2009 7:56 PM EST reply actions
ooohh low blow
I would get with any of them, and I"m sure most of you all would to.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
Fuck these refs...
First they kill McGee, then they let SS get mugged, then they fuck Knowles. Great. Potential 6 point swing.
to edgar's credit
that was a great pass between players
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
I agree.
He’s had two good possessions in a row. I’m just saying, it’s kind of sad that he can’t bring this intensity all the time. If he were playing like that consistently, he and T-Will would be racking up the assists.
it also helps
when your bigs are moving… and not posted up on same side
Clifford
by JimmyClifford on Jan 18, 2009 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
if you are going to rip sosa for mistakes
you should give him some props for a good play, that was a great play
by Ben Go CARDS on Jan 17, 2009 8:06 PM EST up reply actions
That's how you tie it up!
This season is gonna shave ten years off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 8:02 PM EST reply actions
Sosa is confounding
in that the same guy who made the terrific look to Samuels for the tie made two of the lazliest passes of the year that resulted in scores at the other end. Coach Fran said something with which I agree (a first, by the way) Sosa’s the type of player who keeps both teams in the game.
theoldman
HOLLLYYYY SHITTTTTT
what a birthday gift
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 8:13 PM EST reply actions
I'm watching this with a UK fan
needless to say…history need not repeat itself
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 17, 2009 8:15 PM EST reply actions
was a cheap foul, but either on the floor or no call
by Ben Go CARDS on Jan 17, 2009 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
no crap
it was effing blatant once they called that travel with 5 seconds to go. they can suck a sausage.
Doesn't it seem like about a week ago
when the Cards were down 20-7 to start this game? YAHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
it's amazing what 5 can do when his head is in the game
and i want someone to do that shot fake in front of sam young at some point, so he can see how obnoxious and pointless it is—a providence win gives us the only unbeaten record in the best conference in america. not bad, fellas.
YEEEEAAAAH!
WHAT A GAME, WHAT A TEAM. GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This season is gonna shave ten years off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 8:31 PM EST reply actions
What a game....
can’t believe we won as poorly as we shot but fantastic defense (MOST of the game anyway….) Wasn’t it Denny who said Defense Wins Games….go CARDS!!!! Happy Birthday E5 !!! ,o)
i saw it
did he slap pitino on th ass as he was walking away?
Wow, it was amazing to see our fans rush the floor
After that unbelievable victory over the unstoppable Pitt Panthers…
did we reallyrush the court? i hope now, we’ve been there before, we should act like it
by Ben Go CARDS on Jan 17, 2009 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
No, it was a joke.
Pitt fans were convinced that we would rush the court after beating the almighty Pitt Panthers. It was the biggest win in history, you know.
i was hoping so
i didnt think our fans would rush the court over that, we’ve beating #1 teams before
by Ben Go CARDS on Jan 17, 2009 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, should have been clearer
There was an article last week where some Pittsburgh sportswriter was having some very serious delusions of grandeur, assuming we would rush the floor if we beat Pitt.
I think there was like 5-6..
people that made it on court. Doesnt define “rushing the court” in my opinion. Eat that Pitt.
by twistedwedge on Jan 17, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
so
we held blair to 10 boards and 9 points, fields to 8 points (he did have 8 assists) plus some TO’s, and young to 14 points on 6-20 shooting. after that hot start for them and our terrible start, i love how we played excellent defense to get back in the game and eventually win out. Very happy. Keep it up though, there is no letting up in the Big East
YES!!!
Oh man, oh man, oh man!!!
Grog
"There is no OFF position to the genius switch" - D. Letterman
I woulda called you a homer
if you predicted a 4-0 BE start a couple weeks ago. Now you just look really really smart.
Wow
Wow. Regression to the mean is an important thing. We shoot 1/9 from 3 in the first half, they shoot 7/10.
And if Earl shoots that shot (where he dribbles right, doesn’t realize the shot clock is about to expire, takes a fading shot from just inside the 3 point line) 10 times in 10 games, how many times does he swish it like that? 1? 2?
What a game. I can’t believe we won. We basically shut down Blair. Sam Young is good but I didn’t realize he only shot 6-20. Two of those were sick dunks so he really shot 4-18 on jumpers. I’ll take it.
Fields had 6 TOs. Wow.
Earl played terrible for the first 30 minutes, then did everything he needed to do to get the win.
We tried (with the refs help) to make it close at the end, with the foul on the rebound on our free throws, a random loose ball and-1 by Blair, “walk” where both of our players get the rebound, T-Will skying for a rebound, getting hit by two guys, falling, and getting a travel call, and then everyone’s favorite, the sosa turnover.
The refs? Two very close calls that went our way late – the ball off sosa on their end of the court and they gave it to us and then the fields push-off on sosa on the inbounds. Overall a frustrating game, with some weird calls.
Terrance Jennings stripping Fields at half court and going uncontested for a dunk?!?!? But T-Will and Earl 2-on-1 and they can’t score? If Will Scott and Juan Palacious could score 2-on-1 on Dante Greene (one of Mike’s funniest in-game posts ever, is there a less likely 2-on-1 to score than that?) then how can T-Will and Earl (and Sosa and T-will) not score on 2-on-1s???!?!? So frustrating.
3/4 from 3 from T-Will and Preston 3/5 from 3 (all in the second half).
And finally, the defense.
I can’t believe we won that game.
Believe it.
That just happened
This season is gonna shave ten years off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
Officiating was not so great
Not just for us either. Pitt got some bad calls as well. Of course, reading the ESPN boards, PItt fans are thoroughly convinced that Pitt was robbed by the refs, but whatever.
But uneven officiating seems to be a trend this season in the Big East. It’s something we’re just going to have deal with.
Marques
good job
This season is gonna shave ten years off my life.
by Irememberwheat! on Jan 17, 2009 9:23 PM EST reply actions
AWESOME
just plain friggin AWESOME. That was THE loudest Ive heard the fans in the Hall to date. Great game, great win…GO CARDS!!
In other news...
…I’m enjoying watching UNC lose at home to a very mediocre Miami team. Maybe this team is not all they thought they were. If they lose this game and continue to play poorly, they may just be the biggest disappointment of the season.
the miami coach
actually said that one of the problems of the first half was that they weren’t getting calls. i didn’t think coaches could be honest when doing halftime interviews? carolina seems a little off this year. they don’t seem that much better than last year.
Our D and , amazingly, our rebounding did it. We did a damn good job
on the boards.
And Samardo got Blair in foul trouble—just like Harangody the other night. Samardo is learning to draw the fouls from the other team’s big guys—which is huge.
I don’t know if the Hall was any louder tonight than for UK or Notre Dame—they were all awesomely LOUD games with the fans standing and screaming and urging the team on.
Just an amazing string of close wins over top -notch teams….
I am now pantless and drinking bourbon.
Good analysis
I however, have kept my pants on, and am drinking Pepsi. I may go for a beer here in a few, though.
Cheers!
It was a terrific win,
especially when you consider that, really, we played pretty poorly in a lot of ways on the offensive end. Sosa? Good grief. But really, we may be the best damn defensive team in the whole wide world of college basketball. We will flat make you earn the overwhelming majority of your points. And that could take us a long, long way, though it’s still pretty early in a daunting Big East season to go overboard with anything.
We were lucky enough to get Notre Dame and Pitt at home. Syracuse may be the best team in the league right now, says Pitino. But whoo, hooo. Who cares, we’re 4-0.
theoldman
1 pt combined from jerry and mcgee
just goes to show you that our depth really does do wonders for us in these kinds of games. we can have some key players have off nights offensively and get away with it, and several of the big east teams we’ve played thus far just can’t say the same (particularly tonight, with blair having a ho-hum outing and young going 6-20). hope the boys don’t look past lowly rutgers.
on an unrelated note, i noticed that michgan was wearing throwback unis (they’re now with adidas) from their 89 title team tonight. what do we need to do to make this happen for us? the thought of our team striding out there in the home jerseys we wore in the 80/86 seasons seems quite nice. who’s with me on this?
I'm thinking that's pretty cool really--but i don't think the players would go for those short-shorts
if they did that would be even cooler in a weird old school sort of way
Pitt's two best players had shitty nights and they dominated us most of the game
Won’t be the same in MSG
Sam, there was a big reason they had bad night -- US
no, won’t be the same a t their place
but I’ll bet we beat them—again— if we play like last night again
Pitt plays a notch better at MSG
but the key lately has been wearing other teams down with depth inside and out. When opposing guards get winded, presses and halfcourt defense get that much better for our guys. As long as they can hang around until midway thru the 2nd half, it becomes advantage UofL in the late stages. Only foul trouble puts this strategery (as Bush would say) in peril.
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