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willie

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  1. It was father O'Connell[sp} who almost killed the program. Fr. Fitzgerald was after O'Connell. Fitzgerald saved the university from going bankrupt. This was in 1978-1980 era when short term interst rates were in the 20% range. The university was borrowing heavily all short term rates tied to the prime. Fitz came in and installed fiscal dicipline, refinanced short term dept to long term tax free bonds.Fitz was hired because he was a money guy and he did a damn good job.

  2. Thats not the way I saw it. Sloan thought he was fouled as he went to the basket. He was jawing with the ref when Brad got up and started angerly pointing at the ref. Quick T. I quess your not suppose to point at a ref. Part of it had to do with Sloans complaining.

  3. You obviously look at us as this little train that could. I don't think we overachieved at all. Guards win in college basketball and we have good guards. If Tom had not been hurt or haveing breathing problems all year I believe we would have made the big show. I'm not saying I'm disappointed in the year,but lets not look at the year as some great accomplishment. Brad was quoted in todays paper saying he didn't think the quality of play was ncaa tournament worthy. He didn't say we didn't have enough takent but the quality of play. I'm glad there is at least one person out there {brad} who is willing to think big.

  4. I think the POD system is ridiculous. Take our friends Missouri,had they been good and gotten to play in Kansas City then St. Louis would just have been unfair.The power boys have an advantage with seedings and rpi to begin with. The tournament is at it's best when a Valpo is beating or playing one of the big boys tough. Give the little guy a chance it makes for a better tournament. How many times do I need to watch Duke play Maryland?

  5. We never press yet Brad uses it against Houston to win the game. He played Reggie with 2 fouls in the first half against somebody recently. We play a zone for most of yesterdays game. You are right 3 star,Brad would like to play a certain way but he's smart enough to know that he must adjust to win. Lets face it Brad is a good coach period.

  6. When did Justin Johnson become Reggie Bryant. Before the start of the game the announcers were talking about Bryant. The whole time the camera was focusing on JJ. The camera man at least didn't know who Bryant was .I guess he was looking for a black kid with a head band. Too funny.

  7. This is a sad night. This will probably be the last game Louisville will play the Bills in St Louis. We have been playing each other for over 50 years and even in those years when we weren't competitive it was always fun to play the Cardinals. The last 6 years have been a blast and I for one will miss the game.

  8. If you go back to the mid 60"s they were one of the best teams in the country. They went to the college world series at least one year. A couple of basketball players John Davsco and Tommie Thomas were also excellent baseball players who played both sports. Hughes seems like a nice guy but his record is pretty awfull.

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