December 2011
22 posts
Georgia's Gerald Robinson Went Iverson On His...
We’re not officials by any reasonable metric, but this drive by Gerald Robinson appears to contain at least three, maybe four, no-dribble steps for the game-tying layup in tonight’s game against Winthrop.
“When you’re 59, you’re realistic that you don’t have a whole...”
– Louisville head coach Rick Pitino, with his semi-annual pre-retirement speech on Tuesday. Does anybody (other than perhaps Ms. Sypher) want to take the under?
“We just focus on the next game. It doesn’t matter if it’s Kansas or...”
– Missouri’s Ricardo Ratliffe, showing an impressive command of Division III basketball schools. To be fair, the big Tiger hails from Hampton, Virginia, just down the road a bit from CNU.
WatchDuke’s Mike Krzyzewski addresses the media as he accepts his Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award.
“Right away, from watching film, they talk. They talk a lot. That was one of the...”
– Purdue’s Matt Painter, giving his impression of Xavier’s players as a little too physical and mouthy for his tastes.
“On the court, I don’t know, maybe sometimes he doesn’t put forth...”
– Travis Wear, regarding UCLA’s semi-permanently suspended forward Reeves Nelson. When your teammates are calling you out for not playing hard, you know you’re not playing hard.
“We were right there. I’d love to see those guys again, maybe in the...”
– Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor, suggesting that he thinks Wisconsin would have a great shot to beat the Tar Heels in March should they face each other again. 