The LPT basketball rivalry isn't that important. This is heresy for a few of you guys who annually measure yourself by that game.
I recall living in Georgia 20-25 years ago and shaking my head watching the Dogs and Jackets play their annual basketball game on a December weeknight. The game wasn't sold out or even televised. Before anyone says "those are football schools", rewind the tape back to those years. Tech had a pretty strong basketball program during the Bobby Cremins years.
Now, they are us. A weeknight December basketball game in our great commonwealth is mostly irrelevant to everyone outside of the Kentucky area codes. The TV networks are telling you that if you can hear what they're saying. And U of L is increasingly a national sports program. That's why Jurich wants all of our games in all sports to have the most exposure possible, to be played on the best platform available (the ACC). We're not in the ACC because of the LPT basketball game.
You're not little brother anymore unless you wanna be. That's a choice, and it centers on how you feel about this basketball game.
SORRY FOR THE SLAPD!CK LINK
I recall living in Georgia 20-25 years ago and shaking my head watching the Dogs and Jackets play their annual basketball game on a December weeknight. The game wasn't sold out or even televised. Before anyone says "those are football schools", rewind the tape back to those years. Tech had a pretty strong basketball program during the Bobby Cremins years.
Now, they are us. A weeknight December basketball game in our great commonwealth is mostly irrelevant to everyone outside of the Kentucky area codes. The TV networks are telling you that if you can hear what they're saying. And U of L is increasingly a national sports program. That's why Jurich wants all of our games in all sports to have the most exposure possible, to be played on the best platform available (the ACC). We're not in the ACC because of the LPT basketball game.
You're not little brother anymore unless you wanna be. That's a choice, and it centers on how you feel about this basketball game.
SORRY FOR THE SLAPD!CK LINK