Providence 90, Louisville 59

Especially on Bullet and Angel

Or at least some keyboard cat?

Regarding Ware, I do agree he’s not been convincing at the point, but he’s also only been with this team – and in college – for 4 weeks. Lots of upside. I just hope the negativity stops with his dad and isn’t part of him, too.

I assume you mean Jet Packs.

I’m surprised noone has touched on the karma of that quote and the night from whence it came.
Not to say it explains everything much of anything that is the real issue.
Still, isn’t it eerie how surreal/unreal/stupifyingly shocking the Friars trod on us just as we did them last year?
Well, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Nothing else I see or hear right now is something I’d rather see or hear.

it wasn’t

Didn’t they lose by 41 to Vandy (a NOT good Vandy) a few years back?

Harken back to Terrence’s early days…… dude was not a point guard, he was a liability. He was a lengthy freak athlete who could draw attention with his moves to the basket, but really struggled with his shot. If we put Ware at the 3, with his jumpitude (just made that up), speed and athleticism, he could really be a struggle for a small forward guarding him. Ware’s length and athleticism could really be a factor on defense in the future as well, just not right now.

It took Twill a long time to develop into a superstar. Eventually, Ware will as well. I think he could similarly be a “point-forward”. But let’s remember, he’s a freshman who started practicing 1/2 way into the season. He’s not going to make the same decisions as a junior, 3-year starter at PG will (looking at you, Siva).

We are no longer in Freeom Hall and we are no longer in C-USA. In C-USA, you could play crappy and still come out with a win but not in the Big East. At Freedom Hall the ticket sales could drop and you could be okay, not in the 538 million dollar YUM!

Bad Team in C-USA = Some Losses = Some Drop in Attendance = Okay Bottom Line = Coach gets a Pass

Bad Team in the Big East = Bad Losses = Bad Attendance = Bad Bottom Line = Bad for Pitino

Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Which obviously means it is Mark Jackson Jr’s fault that we are losing. His weight loss brought the team together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Sy4twXSn0

that if Bullet were to get the nod over Ware, fans would be yelling, “Why do we have a small white guard in before a lengthy athletic top 100 player??” The only reason ppl are now claiming they should have put Justice behind siva from the beginning is because Ware has not looked good and he dribbled a ball off of his foot last night. I for on do not see the detriment in playing bullet or tim henderson, aside from an athletic point of view, since we know that every second they get they will be playing extremely hard.

play nunez instead of Rock (he is not back from injury and may never be). ALSO, why in the hell do we not see Zach Price come in during the last seven minutes of play, even for 30 seconds? What? he “doesn’t understand our system?” neither do any of our starters apparently. He “is a defensive liability?” We were down by 36 points and they were running a highlight reel on us, please, dont refer to that. If I am Price I would be extremely upset about my limited exposure this season, because frankly if he hasnt played yet, he is not going to play during the next two months.

and we have one player coming in our 2012 class. FRUSTRATION FRUSTRATION FRUSTRATION. i have a friend who is an IU fan who wont stop talking shit because he finally can (which he freely admits). IU has a top five class coming in, cmon man, what the hell is up with our program? Ima stay true and loyal till my lifes end but right now I am saddened by the state of our brand. Let’s get some hoopin MONSTARS in here……………….football season yet?

I wasn’t born in Kentucky, nor were either of my parents. I moved to Louisville at a young enough age that it had essentially always been the only home I had known (I’ve since moved around a bit). Growing up in the suburbs my friends and their families were pretty much split 50/50 in their allegiance. So why go with UofL?

There are a lot of ways to answer that question but for me a lot of the fun of being a UofL fan is just in the act of asking that question. It isn’t really answerable of course. There was no moment as a wee lad that completely and instantly swayed me to be THIS die-had about my hometown team. I chose to be a Louisville fan, and in choosing it, I have become personally invested and more and more comfortable in that decision through time. Ultimately what I wanted to get it here that this (for me personally) is one of the most beautiful parts of what being a Louisville fan means. There is something more significant though that I would I like to mention.

Simply put, I love us because we don’t carry a sense of entitlement like some fan bases. Lets not start now. Maybe it is just the Louisville fans in my circle of acquaintances but for us, as Louisville fans, love of the game and love of our town makes it fun. There has always been this hard-to-clearly-define element of hope that marks us. Sure we have history behind us, but it doesn’t entirely define us. We look to the future, but it doesn’t entirely define us. We love the good fight, and we love lacing up for moment. Mike posted the other day about how it feels different to get into conference play. Thats exactly what it is about! We love seeing our teams duke it out in the trenches each week, because we know at the end of the year it feels so sweet to look back at what we did and how we got there. It is fun for us because it is about the game. A lot of this Pitino hate seems to not only undercut this sentiment but also to me falls a bit out of our character. I felt like I just had to say that this isn’t really who we are. Wanting, even demanding excellence is one thing. What seems to be going on here is something else. It isn’t that I’m trying to argue that we aren’t allowed to be critical of our staff or players, rather, it is that I am trying to argue that we should never strive to be a fan base that throws someone under the bus. I’m not calling anyone out, but I have to ask: if Pitino isn’t good enough for you, who is? How bat-shit would we as a group be to have standards of excellence so ridiculous high that a Hall of Fame coach who has produced national champion players and coaches is insufficient for us? Try to answer those two questions with a clear head once the dust has settled and I don’t think you will have a very easy time finding an answer. My desire wasn’t to get any of us generating short lists of candidates but rather to give the man his due. Since 1971, we have had only two head coaches. That is a beautiful thing for me and not something that should be changed too quickly.

The Pitino/Russ Smith interaction was also extremely troubling. Russ legitimately looked as upset as I’ve ever seen a Louisville basketball player.

If you insist on telling one of your surprise standout players that “you’re upset with them”, or “they’re not still not good enough” and that’s your consistent message to them, and to all the fanbase, then there’s bound to be an emotional response from the player.. Just sayin’

This has absolutely nothing to do with UL, Siva or CRP.

Or does it?

http://youtu.be/Xw2MjRcVO4g

Does anyone have a clip of this interaction? Unfortunately I missed it and I would really like to see it.