This is a masterclass by Rick Pitino. Never heard of him. There’s only one man who Rick Pitino considers a rival. The legend, Jim Calhoun. I say that with all honesty. Jim Calhoun is one of the 5 or 6 best coaches we’ve had in college basketball. You could argue he’s the best program builder considering what he did for UConn. But this is about Pitino right now. He’s told this story before....
NBC News-The NBA is quietly preparing to bring back its iconic show NBA Inside Stuff. The show was briefly resurrected from 2013 to 2016 on NBA TV. NBC will once again air live NBA games next season after losing the broadcast rights in 2002. No decision has been made on whether to renew the show, the people said. An NBC spokesman declined to comment. The NBA did not immediately respond to a request to comment....
On the road might be a different story though. The experiment has been fascinating to witness this spring. This first one below is not a crazy fuck up. Just mistimed the ball and didn’t have a feel for the wall. Not going to kill him for that. The next one though is alarming. Trying to time up the ball while worrying about a runner on base tagging. And last night it happened again, almost a carbon copy play....
Sure some of it is a conspiracy theory, but it checks out and makes almost too much sense. Rick had prepared an apology. Be sure to check out the full Yak:
You may remember when ‘Ice Wars’ made its debut a few years ago in the spring of 2022. It was the sport of the future, but unfortunately the present wasn’t quite ready for it. But what about that kid who wants to be the next Mathieu Olivier or the next Ryan Reaves? There’s no glitz or glamor that comes along with being the next great enforcer. Ice Wars was giving all of those guys the shine they deserve....
But, Ernie Johnson is the absolute best at delivering tributes and no one deserved more than Greg Gumbel. There was something pure about that. You truly had no idea and just waited around some box of a television hoping you heard those words. Greg Gumbel is the face you probably should think have first when it comes to the event. That’s why this is the perfect intro. So shout out Ernie Johnson for this and everyone involved....
Folks, happy holidays to you and yours. This is the greatest day of the year. Today is the day we all look forward to, the day we battle from November to get to. It’s a combination of Christmas, Thanksgiving and a horror show all rolled into one. Schedule Bracket The last day we’ll see a clean bracket. There’s still hope for 64 teams. This is the perfect view in all of sports....
But rather we’re all finding out that High Point is absurd. Steak dinners, hibachi, pools, ice cream truck and basically whatever else you want. You have everyone talking about how awesome your campus is and how it feels like fake life. College is fake life. But yeah, I’m all in on this move. Get as many students as possible on that plane and up to Providence. Probably why it’s a 4-point game as I blog this right now....
JJ Spaun joins the show (timestamp) and we play the original clip that set off the Frankie vs JJ rivalry. From JJ cant hold the door for Tiger to pizza boy and beyond, we get an unfiltered and candid JJ discussing the history with our show, trying to close out The PLAYERS, the 17th hole playoff, conversations with Rory, big moment nerves, and much more. The crew also talks Scotties Masters menu, Billy Hos walk and talk, and the upcoming, HUGE Spittin Chiclets match....
Some thought he may be joking, some thought it was a promo. Nope, this is just a man who is a leader. A man of honor if you will. Because he’s now e-mailing random fans to help out This is what Kentucky needs right now. We’re all on high alert. We’re all dealing with PTSD of losing to St. Peter’s and Oakland. We need a win, badly. Just exercise some demons in the first round and get going then....
I can’t get enough of this guy. Rarely do we get an off the court star during March. Sure, we have crying piccolo girl from Villanova and the Northwestern kid crying. But they were fans. He’s the true star in college hoops. That’s a star. I don’t even know if Johni Broome would get this treatment and he’s arguably the NPOY. He’s got NIL deals, he’s doing this: You know what?...
Somehow some way they still hadn’t fixed this going into another year of March Madness. I can’t help those idiots. They still live in 2002 and are content with flipping from 4 different channels. I can only sit here and hope for the absolute worst things to happen to them. They don’t deserve March Madness and the wonders that come from it. Just delay the scores and save our sanity....
We’ve covered the South on Monday. The Midwest on Tuesday. The East on Wednesday. Today we conclude with the final region. This means, pretty much everyone is going to pick Florida. They just look like they’re in another class vs everyone they play. Akron is next in this recent scoring stat, scoring 456, but hardly against the same caliber opponent. Alabama is next at 444. Pretty incredible feat for a team that lost Clingan to the draft this year....
