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