The above picture paints a thousand words about what Roy Williams did after a 33 point loss to an 11-5 Florida State team. Lets start from the beginning. Under 2 minutes to go in the game, North Carolina had all of its reserves in the game and the starters were on the bench. Picture proof of Tyler Zeller consoling his nose under a towel here: After some sloppy play and a few late deadballs, Roy looked at the crowd and noticed they were getting "rowdy". With about 25 seconds remaining, Roy talks to a referee and tells him the plan to pull the guys off the bench and take them to the lockerroom if there is another deadball. True to form with 14 seconds left, there was another out of bounds situation. Roy then half hesitantly walked towards Leonard Hamilton who was standing straight as an arrow just waiting for the game to be over. Roy basically asked for approval to leave early to which Hamilton obliged. Then it got interesting. Roy then looks at his bench, makes a wave gesture as to say "come on" and walks straight to the locker room. Hamilton then stopped him to tell him his players didn't know to follow. Roy almost walked off to the locker room by himself alah Daniel Orton. At that same moment, a UNC player on the court approaches Roy to ask what is going on, Roy completely ignores him and walks back to the Tar Heel bench to wave yet once again for his "star" players to "come on". Then Roy shook hands with the FSU coaches and bench and proceeded to the locker room. This time his team followed behind. The player who Roy ignored then ran to join his team as they were leaving thinking he was supposed to leave as well. The assistants then informed him he was staying with the other 4 players on the court. As he was turned away he asked "what do we do?". The assistant probably said get off the court as soon as the game's over, then he said ok. This is a fairly wuss thing to do even for Roy. I have never, EVER seen a coach tell his team to go to the locker room prior to the game being over. This tells me a couple of things about Roy. 1. He didn't care about safety as much as he wanted to get out of there. He wanted to leave so badly he didn't even care if his team was behind him. Its a bad loss, soak it in. Have your players try to learn how this feels, so they never want to feel it again. 2. let's say he DID care about the safety of his players. Why leave with the stars and leave the walk-ons with some assistants? Its the head coach's job to ensure the safety of ALL the players. I was in charge of a youth group on a ski trip once. One kid didn't make it back with the rest of his friends and no one knew where he was. i freaked out, dropped everything and frantically searched for him. Nothing at that moment was more important than the safety of that kid. I couldn't imagine telling a parent their kid was hurt on my watch, especially if i wasn't even in the vicinity. 3. This wasn't Leonard Hamilton's decision or suggestion. Roy proposed and Leonard accepted. Straight from Roy Williams' mouth: "I went and talked to Leonard and I had already talked to one of the referees that was over there and it was almost Leonard’s suggestion. He’s a quality person." Full quotes here The captain goes down with the ship unless you're on Ol' Roy Cruise Lines then its every man for himself. Here's the link to the entire game. Fast forward to the the 2:01:00 mark for all the fun. Streaming Online - WatchESPN
I wonder how much these seats cost and if the beer comes with it? Click to watch on Youtube
The benefit of winning the UK/UL basketball game each year is plain and simple: fan bragging rights. In my eyes, winning the basketball game is more essential than winning the football game for a could reasons: A. Kentucky IS a basketball state. Yes, both schools play football but no matter what fans try to say, basketball is number one, always. 2. Whoever wins the basketball game gets longer bragging rights. The winner of the football game only gets a few months to say thier the best, once the game on the hardwood is finished, no one cares or remembers who won the football game and the victor can brag all the way until September 1st. (A, 2....get it? lol) I have been torn on this game and all of the tweets and radio callers this week have been getting under my skin...and I'm not just talking about Louisville fans. It goes both ways. In my honest opinion, I think today's game will be close. Louisville is very physical and will be looking to draw contact early. Will the refs whistles be tight? Will they let them play? I like Kentucky to win, even in a close game but I will not be shocked if Louisville can pull the upset. (God help me if this happens) My Louisville vs. Kentucky game prediction: Louisville 68 Kentucky 74 Let's go, it's time...GO CATS!!
I ran across this video of Steve Masiello teaching the art of the "pick and roll". That's doesn't sound that interesting, except he has this crazy look about him, that makes me feel uneasy (especially around the 23sec mark). Click to watch on Youtube
(Is this who the Cats play tonight?) Tonight our Cats play their scrimmage before the big showdown this Saturday at noon. The Cats take on a "tough" Lamar team at 8:30pm on ESPNU. Give me your score prediction, and who you think will be the leading scorer for the Wildcats. Also, for the hell of it, tell me if you think Louisville or Georgetown will win tonight. I personally am semi pulling for the Cards, I'd rather them win tonight and take thier first loss against us at Rupp. Plus, when teams lose they often come back more focused in their next game, so I would LOVE an undefeated Cardinal team to stroll into Rupp Arena as if they rull the world. Bring. It. My prediction for tonight: Kentucky 84 Lamar 61 Leading Scorer: Lamb Louisville 64 Georgetown 59 Let's get 'em Cats!
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