What's really frustrating about this recent stretch of horrible basketball by Louisville is this is the period in time to really add wins and championships to an already elite history.
Just like Uconn did last year and Kansas the year before. Ever since the Covid season, men's basketball has not been anywhere near as strong as it was the decades before. A combination of several things has turned the game into mediocre at best.
Yesterday, the #1 team in the country, Purdue was mauled by 16 points at Nebraska. Houston, the #2 team scored only 53 points in a loss at unranked Iowa state.
The best players in college basketball don't look like NBA sure things anymore. With players changing schools multiple times, there's just no building a champion like we saw with Louisville in 2013.
And during this opportunity to pad their success, Louisville basketball instead has become the worst power conference team for two straight seasons. It's maddening to think that the University's leadership can't or won't recognize this.
I'm 58 years old and have been a college hoops fan since I was 15. Not just UofL but all of college basketball. Even the years when Louisville wasn't a serious contender, they were still good enough to win a fair amount of games, and this kept my interest in what happened each season with the big dance.
Today, I could care less. I stopped watching the Cards games last year in January because I just couldn't take it. I tried to watch March madness but couldn't do it and when frigging Uconn won it, I was glad I didn't.
This season it's even worse. I can't even get motivated to watch college hoops with the ability now to place wagers with the Sportsbooks. All I see when I try to watch any game is how completely lost Louisville is compared to other teams. Depressing is an understatement.
When March comes around I'm going to avoid it like it's the bubonic plague and something is telling me that's a smart move because UK may just win it all.
A wasted opportunity that will go down in history as the worst, self inflicted destruction of a once prominent sports program ever.
Just like Uconn did last year and Kansas the year before. Ever since the Covid season, men's basketball has not been anywhere near as strong as it was the decades before. A combination of several things has turned the game into mediocre at best.
Yesterday, the #1 team in the country, Purdue was mauled by 16 points at Nebraska. Houston, the #2 team scored only 53 points in a loss at unranked Iowa state.
The best players in college basketball don't look like NBA sure things anymore. With players changing schools multiple times, there's just no building a champion like we saw with Louisville in 2013.
And during this opportunity to pad their success, Louisville basketball instead has become the worst power conference team for two straight seasons. It's maddening to think that the University's leadership can't or won't recognize this.
I'm 58 years old and have been a college hoops fan since I was 15. Not just UofL but all of college basketball. Even the years when Louisville wasn't a serious contender, they were still good enough to win a fair amount of games, and this kept my interest in what happened each season with the big dance.
Today, I could care less. I stopped watching the Cards games last year in January because I just couldn't take it. I tried to watch March madness but couldn't do it and when frigging Uconn won it, I was glad I didn't.
This season it's even worse. I can't even get motivated to watch college hoops with the ability now to place wagers with the Sportsbooks. All I see when I try to watch any game is how completely lost Louisville is compared to other teams. Depressing is an understatement.
When March comes around I'm going to avoid it like it's the bubonic plague and something is telling me that's a smart move because UK may just win it all.
A wasted opportunity that will go down in history as the worst, self inflicted destruction of a once prominent sports program ever.
