Big Men Hansbrough, Love White Up The Night

It’s been a good year for all the No. 1 seeds, who automatically wear white jerseys as the higher seed in each game, but perhaps a banner year for Caucasian post players.

Kevin Love Tyler Hansbrough

When the NCAA regional finals began last night, all four of the No. 1 seeds were still alive. And all the other games to date pale in comparison to the two performances in last night’s action.

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Pitino Scoffs At Claims of No NC Home Advantage

Roy Williams has maintained that having North Carolina play their Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight games in Charlotte is not a home-court advantage.

Roy Williams Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino maintains that’s poppycock.

The RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER learns thats the Louisvile coach disagrees with Williams’ assessment, as Pitino spoke with the media on Friday before his Cardinals go head-to-head with the Heels on Saturday.

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Readers React Violently To Cardinals’ Kissy-Kissy

Columnist Pam Platt of the LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL reports on the profoundly negative reaction from readers over a recently published photo by the paper of Univ. of Louisville players Jerry Smith and Juan Palacios:

Louisville Basketball Kiss

Reader reax: “Awful,” an embarrassment,” “horrible decision,” “poor judgment,” “distasteful,” “a mystery” and “shame on you.”

Many 700 Club viewers readers actually demanded an apology. But Platt said there will be none. She also talked to the editors who selected and approved the photo for an explanation on what they were thinking.

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Louisville Linebacker Supposedly Spit At West Virginia QB Pat White

LOUISVILLE LB LAUNCHES LOOGIE AT WVA. QB PAT WHITE: THE WIZARD OF ODDS does a spit take, as it looks like a Louisville player launched a loogie at Pat White:

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The WIZ notes that during West Virginia’s 38-31 triumph over the Cardinals Thursday night, ESPN cameras caught Louisville linebacker Preston Smith jawing with the Mountaineers QB after a play:


By watching the far right of the screen in the video above, it appears that Smith (in white) tilts his head back then quickly moves it forward at White (in gold). The QB the immediately tries to get the attention of the referee.Brian Bennett of the LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL was told by White that he was indeed spit upon by Smith, calling the mouthy move by the LB “very ignorant“.

However, the Cardinals deny that any fluid flew from their player’s mask, calling the QB’s claims “total fiction“.

Pat White Erin Andrews

But we can all agree that White preferred his previously broadcasted contact with saliva, courtesy of Erin Andrews.