Recent content by Dudley Smith

I would love it if UK hired Shaka. He didn’t win a single NCAAT game in 6 years at Texas and got to the Sweet 16 this year by playing two double-digit seeds.

An 11 seed that finally hit the wall. This should have been our win.

I don’t understand the criticism of Barnes after today. I’m a realist on Rick and his ceiling, but he absolutely coached a game to get us to the Final Four today. We got an A+ performance from DK and nothing better than a B- performance from every other player on the team. ZZ played his guts out...

This exactly

He’s trying to win the game by himself because nobody else is stepping up offensively.

What a game. No quit in these guys

Not just our history. Has any coach ever gone 20 years between Final Four appearances? Seems like the right day for a miracle.

Ugly wins are still wins in March. Ain’t throwing this one back.

Al Wilson sighting!

UVA played Colorado State and infected them. CSU scored 11 in the first half against Texas and under 50 for the game. Now CSU passed it on the Texas. We might be in trouble in the round of 16.

I probably dated myself with that reference. Here is the source:

Well it’s that time of year again, the eternal return to the argument of whether Rick Barnes is a floor wax or a desert topping and the straw men construction business is booming. As for me, I hold these two thoughts in my head with absolute certainty: 1. Rick Barnes is the greatest...

MVP!

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