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The Ville TBT

The game was awesome to watch. Took me back to when UofL basketball was really relevant, successful and a must see experience. Russ was Russ last night, especially down the stretch. Siva was in championship form, dropping dimes all around. Damn I miss that excitement.
 
The game was awesome to watch. Took me back to when UofL basketball was really relevant, successful and a must see experience. Russ was Russ last night, especially down the stretch. Siva was in championship form, dropping dimes all around. Damn I miss that excitement.
I missed the game last night. Grandson has prodded me into making the journey tomorrow night. One last trip to see THE Cards in. the Hall. Maybe one or two more!
 
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Gutter kats are the real deal .The Vile gonna need alot of energy and magic to pull this one off though. I've enjoyed the ride down nostalgia for what it is.
 
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It is pretty easy to coach players that get it. These guys have always been incredible competitors. They are all talented but not super talent (NBA level). They flat just out work people.

Fun to watch them.
 
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It's official. Louisville basketball is jinxed, cursed and hated by the sports gods.

Even a group of past Cards players playing in a weird rules tournament, loses in the same unlucky bullshit way as the college team.

If there is ever a young kids tournament of sons of former Louisville players, they will lose on a freak shot.

I watch it happen thinking where have I've seen that before?

Thank God for football.
 
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Oh, how that game takes me back. Screaming at Russ Smith for shooting us OUT of a game. That perfectly illustrates, in case anybody (Russ included) wonders, why he’s not in the NBA. He‘s just not a team player and makes absolutely nobody around him a better player. Anyways…sure was fun watching all the guys back on the court representing The Ville.
 
A little harsh there on Russ. No one else on the court wanted to shoot. Kuric was taken out because he wouldn't take it to the goal. The bigs couldn't hang on to the ball inside. This team needed a wing forward with shooting skills.
 
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A little harsh there on Russ. No one else on the court wanted to shoot. Kuric was taken out because he wouldn't take it to the goal. The bigs couldn't hang on to the ball inside. This team needed a wing forward with shooting skills.
That’s why I only mentioned THIS game. He was 4-21 from the field, 1 of 6 from three, 3-7 from the free throw line and…0 assists. It was clearly “not his day” but yet he continued to take forced shots and ignore open teammates down the stretch. Same tendencies he had in college.
 
Open teammates? Kuric missed all of his open shots. Who else was going to shoot? They tried several times to win it by posting up but we missed or turned the ball over.

I think it was more of this stupid rule of reaching a certain score. Once they were two points away, it led to bad and hurried shots. Look, it took a lucky circus shot for the other team to reach that score.
 
I actually like the set up. They just didn’t execute. I think they were gassed and a substitution wouldn’t have been a bad idea. Tough to expect them to execute only being together for 10-15 days.

I agree you see why none of these guys are in the NBA. Russ is too small and a scorer. Peyton is too small but is a wonderful PG. This is more of how good the NBA is than a criticism of the players because I think they are terrific players.
 
I actually like the set up. They just didn’t execute. I think they were gassed and a substitution wouldn’t have been a bad idea. Tough to expect them to execute only being together for 10-15 days.

I agree you see why none of these guys are in the NBA. Russ is too small and a scorer. Peyton is too small but is a wonderful PG. This is more of how good the NBA is than a criticism of the players because I think they are terrific players.
Yea they definitely were gassed, and I would had liked to see Mayo subbed in.

Do y’all think it’ll be a yearly thing for them to play in it and host?
They had a great turnout!
 
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Yea they definitely were gassed, and I would had liked to see Mayo subbed in.

Do y’all think it’ll be a yearly thing for them to play in it and host?
They had a great turnout!
People need to understand it takes alot to put an alumni team together players,coaches,support staff, etc. You know these are individuals that are stll trying to earn a living and support their family's daily. We will really never know who is interested . I see fans are now calling for certain players it's not gonna work like that.
 
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Yea they definitely were gassed, and I would had liked to see Mayo subbed in.

Do y’all think it’ll be a yearly thing for them to play in it and host?
They had a great turnout!
I hope so, I’d love to see what roster changes they’d make year to year, seeing who comes in and goes out. In the earliest rendition of their roster I think they were supposed to have Steve Enoch, which would’ve been huge in their last game.
 
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People need to understand it takes alot to put an alumni team together players,coaches,support staff, etc. You know these are individuals that are stll trying to earn a living and support their family's daily. We will really never know who is interested . I see fans are now calling for certain players it's not gonna work like that.
People understand just fine no one said it’d be easy, but there are teams that have done it for years now. Not to mention they had a team lined up but the tournament didn’t think they were known enough. Now that the ville has shown they could bring in fans.
Fans aren’t “calling” for players it’s just the players FANS would want to see play
 
People need to understand it takes alot to put an alumni team together players,coaches,support staff, etc. You know these are individuals that are stll trying to earn a living and support their family's daily. We will really never know who is interested . I see fans are now calling for certain players it's not gonna work like that.
I saw SVT sitting in the stands chugging beers... I wonder if he's available?
 
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i guess technically TWill might have been available...but not anymore. what a dumbass
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We have an alumni team in the feds.

 
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