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Rock Chalk Talk: Basketball
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Anything pertaining to basketball: college, pro, HS, recruiting, TV coverage
Woo hoo! Regular season AND B12 T Champs!
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7 years 6 months ago - 7 years 6 months ago #17327
by konza63
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
It was such an impressive and gutsy win.
I don't know if anyone else was watching the "nuances" of what was going on after stopped play and such, but clearly West Virginia's players (especially Konate) consciously came out thinking they could bump and elbow and jaw and taunt the Hawks into submission. They did their best to punk us, but we returned the favor with toughness, moxie, and steely-eyed assassin aim.
This was Frazier-Ali for 6/7 of the game. A back and forth heavyweight fight. Then KU just stepped on the gas (and the Mountaineers' throats) and ran away with it.
What a game. What a performance. All without our dominant starting big. 3 straight solid wins against the toughest draws we could've had.
And it all came just a few days after I was praying they'd be a 2 seed and not a 1 because I was so worried they might underperform in postseason. The tsunami-like surge of Newman, coupled with the barricade-busting emergence of DeSousa, now makes us a deep and dangerous squad. It's amazing how the unexpected flipping of an unexpected switch (Silvio) can change perspectives so quickly. Now we have inside depth and rebounding presence to go along with one of the best (and most diversified) KU shooting teams in memory.
Self was SO pumped and stoked with this win. Pumping both fists in the air and breaking assistants' hands with his high fives...
I think he clearly wanted this one badly after the whining and drama spectacle put on by Huggins at KU, which diminished our win at home. I'm sure he saw all the punking and jawing and wanted to see our guys take a gut check and fight back hard. That they did, and we are now "en fuego" with newfound depth and confidence and an assured (and deserved) 1-seed. Far better to draw a 2-seeded UNC or Puke than to have been a 2 paired with a UVA or Villanova!
Onward and upward. So very proud of our lads and coaches and program!
Rock Chalk...
I don't know if anyone else was watching the "nuances" of what was going on after stopped play and such, but clearly West Virginia's players (especially Konate) consciously came out thinking they could bump and elbow and jaw and taunt the Hawks into submission. They did their best to punk us, but we returned the favor with toughness, moxie, and steely-eyed assassin aim.
This was Frazier-Ali for 6/7 of the game. A back and forth heavyweight fight. Then KU just stepped on the gas (and the Mountaineers' throats) and ran away with it.
What a game. What a performance. All without our dominant starting big. 3 straight solid wins against the toughest draws we could've had.
And it all came just a few days after I was praying they'd be a 2 seed and not a 1 because I was so worried they might underperform in postseason. The tsunami-like surge of Newman, coupled with the barricade-busting emergence of DeSousa, now makes us a deep and dangerous squad. It's amazing how the unexpected flipping of an unexpected switch (Silvio) can change perspectives so quickly. Now we have inside depth and rebounding presence to go along with one of the best (and most diversified) KU shooting teams in memory.
Self was SO pumped and stoked with this win. Pumping both fists in the air and breaking assistants' hands with his high fives...
I think he clearly wanted this one badly after the whining and drama spectacle put on by Huggins at KU, which diminished our win at home. I'm sure he saw all the punking and jawing and wanted to see our guys take a gut check and fight back hard. That they did, and we are now "en fuego" with newfound depth and confidence and an assured (and deserved) 1-seed. Far better to draw a 2-seeded UNC or Puke than to have been a 2 paired with a UVA or Villanova!Onward and upward. So very proud of our lads and coaches and program!
Rock Chalk...
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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