Rick Majerus as Coach Norman Dale

[kappy96]

This winning streak has gotten me so fired up that I popped in Hoosiers the other night to help quell my basketball fix. About halfway through I started noticing all the parallels from the movie to RM's tenure at SLU and and especially to our recent hot streak. Eerily similar...

Coach brought in (out of retirement) to revitalize a struggling program

Coach insists on doing things his way, even if it means pissing off the establishment and fans

Cody finally gets their key player to join the team

Team begins to click and rattle off win after win with their tough defense and patient offense.

Team cuts down the nets...

A few quotes I thought were especially appropriate...

"OK, let's see what kind of hand I've been dealt".

"Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important that the other".

"I've seen you guys can shoot but there's more to the game than shooting. There's fundamentals and defense".

"You know, in the ten years that I coached, I never met anybody who wanted to win as badly as I did. I'd do anything I had to do to increase my advantage. Anybody who tried to block the pursuit of that advantage, I'd just push 'em out of the way. Didn't matter who they were, or what they were doing".

There are many more.

I reccomend everyone watch it before Wednesday's game to get in the mood.

I got a feeling that with Cody, all the piston's are firing and we're gonna a be a tough team to beat!

[Majerus Magic]

This winning streak has gotten me so fired up that I popped in Hoosiers the other night to help quell my basketball fix. About halfway through I started noticing all the parallels from the movie to RM's tenure at SLU and and especially to our recent hot streak. Eerily similar...

Coach brought in (out of retirement) to revitalize a struggling program

Coach insists on doing things his way, even if it means pissing off the establishment and fans

Cody finally gets their key player to join the team

Team begins to click and rattle off win after win with their tough defense and patient offense.

Team cuts down the nets...

A few quotes I thought were especially appropriate...

"OK, let's see what kind of hand I've been dealt".

"Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important that the other".

"I've seen you guys can shoot but there's more to the game than shooting. There's fundamentals and defense".

"You know, in the ten years that I coached, I never met anybody who wanted to win as badly as I did. I'd do anything I had to do to increase my advantage. Anybody who tried to block the pursuit of that advantage, I'd just push 'em out of the way. Didn't matter who they were, or what they were doing".

There are many more.

I reccomend everyone watch it before Wednesday's game to get in the mood.

I got a feeling that with Cody, all the piston's are firing and we're gonna a be a tough team to beat!

Great idea. I'm watching tonight.

[kcbilliken]

Great idea. I'm watching tonight.

we used to watch that before games in high school to get ready for games. if you cant get pumped up watching that movie there is something wrong with you ha.

[Billsrmajic]

This winning streak has gotten me so fired up that I popped in Hoosiers the other night to help quell my basketball fix. About halfway through I started noticing all the parallels from the movie to RM's tenure at SLU and and especially to our recent hot streak. Eerily similar...

Coach brought in (out of retirement) to revitalize a struggling program

Coach insists on doing things his way, even if it means pissing off the establishment and fans

Cody finally gets their key player to join the team

Team begins to click and rattle off win after win with their tough defense and patient offense.

Team cuts down the nets...

A few quotes I thought were especially appropriate...

"OK, let's see what kind of hand I've been dealt".

"Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important that the other".

"I've seen you guys can shoot but there's more to the game than shooting. There's fundamentals and defense".

"You know, in the ten years that I coached, I never met anybody who wanted to win as badly as I did. I'd do anything I had to do to increase my advantage. Anybody who tried to block the pursuit of that advantage, I'd just push 'em out of the way. Didn't matter who they were, or what they were doing".

There are many more.

I reccomend everyone watch it before Wednesday's game to get in the mood.

I got a feeling that with Cody, all the piston's are firing and we're gonna a be a tough team to beat!

First of all - best sports movie ever - ONLY thing wrong with that movie is that Barbara Hershey is the all-time wet blanket. Norman must have been desparate to make out with her in the woods.

Second - when I read the headline to this post I rolled my eyes, but after reading it I think you have a point

Third - Who's shooter - Does Porter drink much:)

Fourth - Maybe in the A-10 Tournament it will come down to the final play. Timeout. Boys in the huddle listening to Rick draw up a play for Kyle. Silence. Finally he says, "What!?" Then Cody says, "I'll make it." Rick says, "Let's go" and a few minutes later we're in the Dance!

[someoneelse]

Coach Dale: There's a tradition in tournament play to not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. I'm sure going to the State finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there.

Forget about the crowds, the size of the school, their fancy uniforms, and remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we've gone over time and time again.

And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or loosing this game. If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're gonna be winners!

Change of few of the words and the same speech could be given by the Majerus.

[kappy96]

First of all - best sports movie ever - ONLY thing wrong with that movie is that Barbara Hershey is the all-time wet blanket. Norman must have been desparate to make out with her in the woods.

Second - when I read the headline to this post I rolled my eyes, but after reading it I think you have a point

Third - Who's shooter - Does Porter drink much:)

Fourth - Maybe in the A-10 Tournament it will come down to the final play. Timeout. Boys in the huddle listening to Rick draw up a play for Kyle. Silence. Finally he says, "What!?" Then Cody says, "I'll make it." Rick says, "Let's go" and a few minutes later we're in the Dance!

The Huskers also fell behind early in games during their run (a move SLU has mastered) and developed a penchant for pulling out tight games....

Gives me chills thinking about it.

[SShoe]

Coach Dale: There's a tradition in tournament play to not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. I'm sure going to the State finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there.

Forget about the crowds, the size of the school, their fancy uniforms, and remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we've gone over time and time again.

And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or loosing this game. If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're gonna be winners!

Change of few of the words and the same speech could be given by the Majerus.

Coach Majerus: Uh, there's a tradition, um, in tournament play to not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. That reminds me, have I told you guys the story of Andre Miller....(five minutes later). I'm sure going to the NCAA tournament and reaching the Finals like we did at Utah is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there, in my wildest memories.

Forget about the crowds, like the ones we used to have at Marquette under Coach Maguire, the size of the school like Ohio State, their fancy uniforms and Ashley Judd, and remember what got you here, stories about Andre Miller. Focus on the fundamentals that he and Keith Van Horn showed in the game tapes that we've gone over time and time again.

And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or losing this game, just focus on your academics. If you put your effort and concentration into studying to your potential, to be the best student that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're all gonna be doctors like Paul!

[JMM28]

Third - Who's shooter - Does Porter drink much:)

Harriman for sure. Im not even sure if he drinks, but hey whatever.

[slu72]

A couple of other similarities. They travelled in a beat up school bus. We travel in beat up commercial aircraft. RM would find Barbara Hershey special as well. We've got the Casares guy as the po'd town leader. I'm sending RM a tape measure, so he can tell our walkon, who will hit a giame winning FT to win the A-10, to make sure everyone knows the basket is 10' high in Atlantic City as well as the Fetz.

[Billsrmajic]

Coach Majerus: Uh, there's a tradition, um, in tournament play to not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. That reminds me, have I told you guys the story of Andre Miller....(five minutes later). I'm sure going to the NCAA tournament and reaching the Finals like we did at Utah is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there, in my wildest memories.

Forget about the crowds, like the ones we used to have at Marquette under Coach Maguire, the size of the school like Ohio State, their fancy uniforms and Ashley Judd, and remember what got you here, stories about Andre Miller. Focus on the fundamentals that he and Keith Van Horn showed in the game tapes that we've gone over time and time again.

And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or losing this game, just focus on your academics. If you put your effort and concentration into studying to your potential, to be the best student that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're all gonna be doctors like Paul!

That made me laugh out loud

[brianstl]

Harriman for sure. Im not even sure if he drinks, but hey whatever.

Those Aussies are like us Irish. They enjoy the sauce.

[slunardi]

Those Aussies are like us Irish. They enjoy the sauce.

I'll drink to the Provisionals! Slainte!

[AMDG-Unit]

Coach Majerus: Uh, there's a tradition, um, in tournament play to not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. That reminds me, have I told you guys the story of Andre Miller....(five minutes later). I'm sure going to the NCAA tournament and reaching the Finals like we did at Utah is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there, in my wildest memories.

Forget about the crowds, like the ones we used to have at Marquette under Coach Maguire, the size of the school like Ohio State, their fancy uniforms and Ashley Judd, and remember what got you here, stories about Andre Miller. Focus on the fundamentals that he and Keith Van Horn showed in the game tapes that we've gone over time and time again.

And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or losing this game, just focus on your academics. If you put your effort and concentration into studying to your potential, to be the best student that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're all gonna be doctors like Paul!

This is spot on, fantastic.

As for the overall topic, I can see some Hoosiers similarities. The last few years every time Kevin Lisch hit a three I'd yell out "Jimmy Chitwood!"

[dlarry]

Hopefully Majerus never has to use the best line in that movie

Ref "coach you need one more"

Norman Dale "my team is on the floor"

Im all for building character but I dont want to see the Bills trying to beat Xavier with only 4 guys.

[dlarry]

On a different note the team that the movie was based on, Milan High school, gave Oscar Robertson his only high school defeat in the state semi finals the year the "huskers" won the championship.

[slunardi]

There's nothing like (the state of) Indiana hoops. This is one of my all-time favorite stories:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/08/...ain686861.shtml

Town In Two Time Zones

Geist On College Corner, Located In Two States And Two Time Zones

How is it possible for a basketball to be tossed into the air, and not come down until an hour later, with no tricks involved?

In tiny College Corner, Union Elementary School Principal Dan Shepherd has the answer.

He straddles the imaginary state line that runs smack dab down the middle of the school's quaint, 80-year-old gymnasium and shares a bit of local lore with a couple of out-of-towners.

"Back in the old days," he said, "before the whole school embraced Eastern Standard Time, it was possible to launch a long shot from the Indiana side of the basketball court at 3 p.m. and the ball wouldn't find the net on the Ohio side until an hour later."

Technically, points out the Connersville News Examiner, despite rules the school observes, that still means "during part of the year, a good shooter can launch a shot from the Indiana side of the court and it will tickle the twine on the Ohio side of the court an hour later."

For more years than most of the 4,000 or so people who call College Corner home can remember, the town has been a rather schizophrenic place when it comes to the time of day.

CBS News Correspondent Bill Geist decided to visit the town, for CBS News Sunday Morning.

Because the community, like the local school, is split in half by the Ohio-Indiana line, residents must deal with two time zones for much of the year.

While those on the Buckeye side of State Line Street are governed by Eastern Daylight Time, their Hoosier counterparts on the other side of the two-lane ribbon of concrete step to the beat of Eastern Standard Time.

Though many College Corner businesses and residents on both sides of the line already embrace Eastern Daylight Time, because it is convenient for their customers, they say the double standard still results in plenty of missed doctor's appointments and botched dinner dates.

Geist talks to many of those residents about coping with the split.

This could all change, though. A bill mandating that all of Indiana go along with the vast majority states that observes daylight-saving time is slated for a vote Monday in the Indiana General Assembly.

Ind. Gov. Mitch Daniels has made statewide daylight-saving time a top priority, saying it would eliminate confusion and boost commerce.

Many College Corner residents say they want to see the change happen.

"I don't see any problem with going to daylight-saving time," said Rick Stevens, 48, a College Corner native and a member of the local volunteer fire department for 22 years. "Having two time zones really doesn't have any effect on the fire department, but having just one might make planning activities a little easier for some people."

Vickie Massey, 44, a waitress at Tina's Country Kitchen Restaurant on the Indiana side of town, agreed.

"One good thing about having one time zone would be people would quit asking, 'Is that Ohio or Indiana time?' whenever they hear about an event that's going to take place around here," she said.

Scott Cline, a bartender at Deano's College Corner Tavern - one of two Indiana watering holes that sit side-by-side a scant 20 yards from the Ohio-Indiana line - is satisfied with Eastern Standard Time.

"We like it," he said, "because it allows us to stay open an hour longer every day. But if they change things and we have to start closing down at 2:30 a.m., well, that's OK, because you gotta go with the flow."

Gary Gayhart, weekend disc jockey at Deano's, recalled the first time his oldest son played a junior high school basketball game for the Union Trojans.

"It was about 15 years ago," he said. "Gary scored some of his points in Ohio and the rest in Indiana. It was crazy."

Even if time-change legislation is eventually approved, College Corner will retain enough oddities to make it unique.

The U.S. Post Office would continue to have two ZIP codes - one for Ohio, the other for Indiana - and local motorists would continue to buy different license plates depending on which side of State Line Street they live on.

And, as always, a woman residing on the Ohio side of the street who wants to telephone her Indiana neighbor would still have to dial the area code first.

Those seeking a symbol of College Corner will find it at the boxy, red brick schoolhouse that began life as a high school and now serves as a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade facility.

Fittingly enough, the building, with its wood floors and trophy cases filled with dusty reminders of yesterday, boasts two front doors: One is marked with an Ohio flag; the other with an Indiana flag.

"The school opted for Eastern Standard Time long before I got here because of the many activities that take place here," said Shepherd, who has been the school's principal for three years. "And whenever we schedule something, we always make sure to remind people the time is Indiana time."

He paused, then added: "Except for an occasional minor problem, I think it's working out pretty well. We recently invited some dentists to come to the school to care for the dental needs of a few students. We even reserved a room for the dentists on the Ohio side of the building. That's when they reminded us they are licensed to practice only in Indiana. So we found them another room."

[Runnin'Billiken]

Coach Majerus: Uh, there's a tradition, um, in tournament play to not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. That reminds me, have I told you guys the story of Andre Miller....(five minutes later). I'm sure going to the NCAA tournament and reaching the Finals like we did at Utah is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there, in my wildest memories.

Forget about the crowds, like the ones we used to have at Marquette under Coach Maguire, the size of the school like Ohio State, their fancy uniforms and Ashley Judd, and remember what got you here, stories about Andre Miller. Focus on the fundamentals that he and Keith Van Horn showed in the game tapes that we've gone over time and time again.

And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or losing this game, just focus on your academics. If you put your effort and concentration into studying to your potential, to be the best student that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're all gonna be doctors like Paul!

Post of the week. Kudos, Shoe.