“You don’t want to lose in the first round at UCLA because your whole offseason is miserable. Talk Radio. Letters to the editor. Wooo!” Former UCLA Head Basketball Coach, Steve Lavin on ESPN Television talking about the standards of the great programs. Related Kentucky quotes here. Similar Carolina quotes here. Lavin was 5-1 in first […]
Quotes of Note
Media Paints Dim Picture of State Under Sendek
It has definitely been a tough week in the media for Herb Sendek and his very disappointing NC State Basketball program. But, things have gotten a lot worse for Herb in the last few days as the media has gotten into the full swing of the act to the point that even others have noticed. […]
Pack the Biggest Disappointment (Again)
Overnight on ESPN, Doug Gottlieb proclaimed what he saw of NC State (and Maryland) to be the biggest disappointment in the country yesterday: “Two lackluster performances in Greensboro. What happened to NC State?…How did they lose two consecutive games to Wake Forest? The bottom team. The last place team in the ACC. They lay a […]
Fowler Jumps The Shark
“I don’t think Mike Krzyzewski is liked by all Duke fans,” Fowler said. Holy mother of pearl. The man’s finally lost it. Duke fans who don’t like Coach K? Where, precisely, are those people? Are they in the same magic box with the “moderate Arabs,” low-maintenance girls who use coke, and dignified leisure suits? I’ve […]
Is Pressure Off or On?
NC State doesn’t open play in the ACC Tournament until tomorrow. But, that hasn’t deterred many in the local media from on Herb Sendek and the NC State Basketball program. In addition to these interesting comments, a few more items have hit the radar the last couple of days. John DeLong, one of the writers […]
Quotes: (Lack of) Intensity is Obvious (Again)
With 4:38 to go in the Carolina @ Duke game on Saturday night the television camera focused on a fired up Roy Williams who was sweating, clapping, and barking instructions to his team of youngsters that he has been molding and coaching all season. At that time, Dick Vitale was quoted as saying: Look at […]
Tough Week in the Media for Sendek
When it rains, it pours. As NC State’s “great season” was being exposed as a farce built on the back of another embarassingly poor schedule, Coach Herb Sendek was simultaneously taking quite a few body-blows in the press over the last couple of weeks. In addition to this insightful piece from the Fayetteville Observer, the […]
Not Ready for Primetime (After 10 years)
No one would ever mistake me for a Brett Friedlander fan. (Take a look at last year’s embarassment by Brett to see why) So, when someone who is historically such an apologist for a certain cause writes a piece like the one that Brett wrote last week, then everyone really needs to stand up and […]
Bilas: Some Games Mean More than Others
“You are judged as a player by how you play in this rivalry” Jay Bilas on ESPN College Basketball Gameday discussing Duke-Carolina March 4, 2006
Atsur & Evtimov: State Can’t Match Toughness
“We just couldn’t match their toughness.” – NC State guard Engin Atsur “Tonight (Carolina loss), I would definitely say it was about effort.” – NC State forward Ilian Evtimov Thursday, February 23, 2006 From: “UNC succeeds where State fails” By Jeff Carlton Greensboro News & Record
