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^ Come on, if you’ve learned anything from all of this stuff over the past years, it’s that people in UNC athletics don’t write their own stuff.
I think we all need to take a moment and be thankful for Herb Sendek. If it weren’t for the tireless efforts of Herb and guys like him, the tourney field might never have been expanded and we’d be having a very different conversation. Thanks, buddy.
More than the fouls, I keep re-playing those 2 turnovers in my mind. They had the game. It was theirs for the taking. If Lee had looked up to pass immediately instead of trying to dribble, he would have seen someone (Turner?) wide open in the corner with numbers at the basket. Would have been a very high-percentage chance to score. If it was Turner, he would have had a wide open shot at a 3-pointer or would have drawn out the defender and had someone open under the basket. Instead, dribble off the foot.
It was bad that State was not in a 1-and-1 situation b/c TJ would have gotten shots regardless. But, it also meant that if they had played their cards right at the end, Cuse would have had a really hard time getting the ball back for a final shot because they would have had to foul several times, each time resetting the game clock just to have a chance. Why not pass the ball in deep on the other side and if they bring the full or half-court pressure, run the play that Lee’s errant dribble didn’t allow (and this team can break pressure well). Or, just make quick passes and play keep-away, knowing that they need to foul. Instead, it was a pass to the near-corner, trap, the rest is history. That’s not to blame the players. Cuse won by doing what they do best. And they’re #1 undefeated. It wasn’t like blowing it the last second to some of the other teams we’ve lost to this year.
Hard to be mad about the loss, all things considered. Disappointing for sure, though. Could still be a confidence-builder for the team. They came a cat’s whisker away from beating the #1, undefeated team on their home field…er, court. Just remember how you did it.On today’s episode of Where’s The Beef?
re: fouls, I have no beef with the no-call on TJ. He was making a play on the ball. There is no continuation in the NCAA. Now, what some (many?) have pointed out is that it’s often given in the NCAA despite the rule (just like traveling). Please don’t choose our team to start making correct calls on that you never call on others. There’s the beef.
The other issue with the fouls: Cuse got a lot more calls. That makes sense considering the types of D each team plays. No argument on the surface. Question for the more observant, though (and the possible beef): It seemed like a lot of the calls against State at least the last part of the 2nd half (I didn’t see the first half) were off-the-ball fouls. Were those same things being let go on the other end? If so, then there’s the beef.
I thought that whoever blew the whistle on the push-off to give State the ball back deserved credit for a good call. Obvious, yes, but the kind of thing that goes un-called towards the end of a game sometimes.Boo! Now the decisions – do I get up in the middle of the night for this one? Or save myself the misery?
Geez, just watched the end of the Cuse-Pitt game. Too bad Pitt doesn’t have Kyle Washington. He would have never allowed that shot to get off.
So, how does this one compare to the one about 10 years ago as far as traffic gridlock and idiocy? Fortunately I was safely tucked away at home for that beast of a dusting…I mean storm.
And I thought it was cool when they opened up Seattle’s Best in the old library. Not bad for a cow college.
A thread? How bout a statue?
From the PR perspective, this is the kind of stuff that will have negative long-term effects. Think about how complicated all of the other stuff has been. It’s the kind of stuff that if you scroll it across the bottom of the TV screen in a newsfeed, the average person is going to stop reading before it gets to the end. It’s like a summary of War and Peace. Benefits, fake classes, changed grades. Yawn. Everyone does it. Ignore it, downplay it and it will go away for all but the pitifully obsessed Wolfpack fans.
But, then this comes along: UNC STUDENTS CAN’T READ. It’s a PR dagger. It’s the kind of thing that lives on in infamy like the “amphibious” statement. Even the average UNC Wal-Mart hat-wearer can understand it, if not relate to it. When you hear that people can’t read at UNC, an institute of high esteem, people take notice. National writers drop it in articles (http://tinyurl.com/oukwlfu) while shaking their heads and tsk-tsking. Some find it newsworthy enough to write entire pieces on it. It’s easy to understand and follow. And just like throw-up, once it’s out, it ain’t goin’ back in. The PR spin may be too difficult for such a thing and could risk a negative result by trying to harm the messenger. It begins to paint them (UNC) in a negative light. It’s indefensible. To top it all off, the b-ball team is not playing well and it’s always easier to pile on than to be a hater. And once people hear it, their ears are more open to negative UNC news. It’s not about what actually happened. It’s all about what gets left in the public consciousness. What do you think of when you hear “SMU,” “Reggie Bush,” “Pete Rose,” any muscular baseball player from the steroid era, “Tiger Woods,” “OJ Simpson,” “Lance Armstrong?” UNC does not want their name to be associated with “can’t read.” Send it in, Mary.As my hair gets thinner and thinner, the baldness insinuation really cuts to the quick. I’m to the point where I have to make one of those really important life decisions: combover or shave it off.
And as to my identity, I’m so deep under cover, if you even thought you could spot me, I’d have to kill you.
About the game: I woke up for the 2nd half. I think I got the better deal over those who went to sleep at the 2nd half. Was nice to see a win, especially considering no Warren, and extra especially because it was a win over the Terpes. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.VaWolf82, without next year, sports fans would have a higher depression rate. It is the light at the end of the tunnel, the grass on the other side, the sunshine after the rain, it glimmers, it springs eternal; when the world says “give up,” next year says, “give it one more try.” If every sports fan were a poet, his first sonnet would be, “An Ode To Next Year.” Give me next year or give me death. I’d trade all my “nows” for just one “next year.”
I don’t get why they are hung up on the brand thing.
There are two ways to come out looking good in life: 1) Do things the right way 2) Do things whichever way works paying no mind to right or wrong, but always controlling your image so that only the good shines through. People in the first category have trouble understanding what’s wrong with people in the second category. People in the second category assume everyone else cuts corners just like they do.
PoppaJohn, I don’t think Beejay’s shape can get any rounder can it?
Man, that red UNC cap. It’s like when they write the name of a color in a text of a different color. It just messes with your brain. And that baby blue NCS logo…awful. The “C” looks like a bellybutton or something.
Oh, and nice work on the conference rundown. The graphs are always helpful.
Is this like when they sent Mario Williams out for a TD pass when close to the end zone that one time? A play full of sound and fury producing nothing. Although I don’t think Mario could be considered “jelly” by any stretch of the imagination.
SqlWolf,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/11/roy-williams-haiti-analog_n_457906.html
“Massage therapist told me, she said, ‘You know, coach, what happened in Haiti is a catastrophe. What you’re having is a disappointment.’ I told her that depends on what chair she was sitting in. Because it does feel like a catastrophe to me, because it is my life.”
