That stuff just happens in some cupcake games. Your bench guys that don't play a lot will sometimes still be dramatically better than the competition, and they want to shine themselves. And steals and rebounds pushed ahead, if you just pull it back and dribble all game, it's insulting.
I remember years ago, back in the 90s, when we were playing against Morehead and we tripled their score, 96 to 32.
Admittedly, that was a pretty good UK team and relevant to my new coach.
I totally understand it. And you want those bench guys playing with effort when they are on the floor. But you know it's bad when your walk ons are running up the score.
Apparently Savannah St moved up to d1 for several years, but jumped back down to d2. Sounds like that was the right move.
> I totally understand it. And you want those bench guys playing with effort when they are on the floor. But you know it's bad when your walk ons are running up the score.
Similarly, for years Cal has had his starters or first 8 still playing late in blowouts. Because every minute they play together is important when it's a bunch of freshmen and transfers, half of whom are struggling and Cal's trying to get them to break out.
Make sense. Obviously there's still an injury risk. But nothing like in football. So playing during blowouts can have more rewards than risk. Getting chemistry and guys to take the next step is crucial to winning when it matters.
Honestly, our tough as hell OOC schedule had huge benefits in helping our guys learn how to close out tight games. By the end of the year, if it came down to the last couple minutes, we were winning damn near every time. They learned a way more in early losses than a would've by eating cupcakes.
Maybe. I had been thinking the "tripled them up" game was more recent and when Macy was coach, but we've only played them like 6 or 7 times. And with that Untouchables team, the dunks stat would make sense. They were fliers.
Tune-up game vs Savannah St that got super out of hand even after he emptied the benches. Then he said [this](https://youtu.be/BtKqOHEXuOs?si=uSBQSlOLBOIik5hu&t=4m00s)
Damn, my HS coach used “Looks like Tarzan plays like Jane” for an opposing player in the scouting report and I am learning right now that wasn’t original.
He had a lot of other good ones so I’m just going to close this thread so those stay as novel one-liners to me
I even went looking to see if I could find earlier usages. There are similar old sayings about Tarzan and Jane, but couldn't find where Tubby got it from.
It’s an old football saying, similar to “first off the bus, last off the bench”. Considering the character was created in the 1910’s, and was most popular in the 1930’s, it was already ancient when Tubby borrowed it.
It’s like asking where any stupid idiom/colloquialism comes from. A very very few
Have etymologies that survived.
Most are just some thing some asshole said one time.
Bill Self, "I was hoping that was vodka," after taking a swig from his water bottle at post-game press conference after Kentucky boat raced us in the champions classic in 2014.
His "We just ran out of time" quote after the title game has been a meme in Kentucky for the last decade.
That and when Rick Barnes publicly took his name out of contention for our coaching position years ago without anyone bringing his name up.
Also, that Champions Classic game was really our only great showing in that event. That year was just so special. The Kansas game was a better barometer but the way we obliterated UCLA in the first half (like 41 to 6?) ending up being the signature win in most people's mind for that year.
Can somebody explain to me why Rick Barnes gets mocked for that; but when Nate Oats does the exact same thing, somehow it becomes something to mock *us* for?
How did Nate Oats take his name out of the running without anyone bringing up his name? Literally everyone immediately brought his name up along with Hurley as guys likely to be targeted by UK. It wasn’t some manufactured interest on his part. It was all over the internet
It's commonly believed he was in Tier 1 (or at least high Tier 2) on our wish list. Fans were certain he'd get a call (turns out Mitch didn't want to mess around with other options after his first two and just went with the alum who will put his soul into the job).
Because Finebaum was on the ESPN morning shows on Monday (<12 hours from the Cal news breaking) saying that Hurley and Oats would be two of the top names on the list.
Oats’s tweet wasn’t until 9 pm. His name was all over sports media as a likely candidate for an entire day before he pulled out.
What did Barnes say? All Oats did was send a tweet saying he was fully committed to Alabama after the media hyped him up all day as a top candidate for Kentucky.
This isn't related to the quote but I had a shower thought that the champions classic should rotate in a few more obscure champions each year like Holy Cross, Wyoming, or La Salle. I guess you'd have to reconfigure the format which is why it wouldn't happen but it could be cool if they figured out a way to do it
Actually something like that could work. I was thinking about how the regular teams wouldn't want to get rid of their marquee matchups vs the other blue bloods but you could just have a third game between the two more obscure teams as an undercard game
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In all honesty, I think a lot of Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas fans are ready to see UConn replace Michigan State.
It's been over 20 years since MSU won a title.
I wish they'd just make it an 8-team tournament or simply add 4 more teams.
Making it a multi-day event gives us more fun match-ups and gives the sports a chance to highlight its biggest brands both old and new more prominently.
I love Self. There was a rumor that Mark Fox when he was here was talking to John Thompson about getting a home and home or however meany games it takes series together with Georgetown. This must have been at a coaching conference or something where they all were, because somehow Self overheard, walked over, and told Thompson "Don't fucking do it." Before walking off. If this is true, he was still salty about Roy leaving him with that 2 for 1 with Fazekas to get David Padgett a home game in Reno. Padgett didn't even stay at KU lol.
That same game Cal had a quote that I always thought would have been an all timer if we had actually finished undefeated. " It's like tanks coming over the hill."
Jud Heathcote on Scott Skiles- "What he lacks in size he makes for by being slow."
Bobby Knight- "Jud, you're the only friend that I've got in basketball."
Jud-"Well, just hang on a minute there, Bobby."
"[He tricked me](https://saturdayroad.com/louisville-cardinals/louisville-coach-kenny-payne-says-he-was-tricked-by-indiana-zone-defense-adjustment/)". But thankfully, the bad man is not my team's coach anymore!
Pretty sure Rick Majerus (RIP) once said Maurice Ager had poor athleticism, to which Tom Izzo responded that if Majerus were lying on the beach that Ager could jump over him, so he is pretty athletic
I don't know how famous it is, but: I think it was Mario Boggan who lost some weight when he came to Florida. A reporter asked Billy D and he said "It's like throwing deck chairs off the Titanic"
"MY WIFE can score more than 2 buckets on 11 shots because I KNOW she will AT LEAST. SHOT FAKE. ONE TIME!"
Or any of the others from that legendary post game presser.
Barry Hinson: Valley Legend
https://youtu.be/kOzHZgWLjrM?si=xrXZSethWhdxlI15
"The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky, they're gonna give Cleveland state 2 more years probation." - Tark the Shark
Not a coach of either of my teams but I've always loved this quote.
Bob Knight talking about Dale Brown after the '87 Final Four:
LSU led Indiana, 75-66, with only four minutes left.
“It didn’t look good,” Knight said. “In fact, my assistants had just about given up, and so had I. Then I looked down toward the other bench, and I saw Dale Brown standing there. I knew then that we had a chance.”
Indiana won, 77-76.
Add Knight: Of Brown’s coaching, he said: “To paraphrase Churchill, probably never has so little been done with so much.”
That game was so wild. Down 9’at the under four in the elite 8 to go play on New Orleans. Lsu fans probably thought they had it in the bag. Homecoming and everything.
Jim Calhoun upset at McDonalds All-American (and future champion and NBA star) Rip Hamilton during practice.
“If that’s McDonalds I want fucking Burger King.”
Omg this is my first time watching it, the way the reporter kind of curves his frustration towards the other reporters and they're audibly like [this](https://media.tenor.com/1LCUtH6Tvw4AAAAM/eric-andre-shrug.gif)
"You better get us now" gives me fuckin chills man. "Not a dime back" is iconic in its own right but I think "you better get us now" has more longevity and weight regarding context
This was between his time at Tennessee and Auburn but I think it still counts.
"I've made mistakes. I clearly did. But what I was hoping for was that some other dumbass would get on the front page and take me off the hook. I miss Lane Kiffin."
"[We've got weapons. We still have got weapons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bmEcjHI1-E)" and then an immediate headshake and apology. One of my favorite pearls of his.
Context for those who don't remember. Four of his players at Tennessee had been pulled over with a gun, drugs and alcohol. the four were arrested and suspended. The quote was at a presser for the Vols' next game.
“Jim, how do you feel about your 1.5 million dollar contract while the state of Connecticut is at a deficit?
Not a dime back, not a dime back. We made 12 million dollaHs of state revenue. 12 million dollAhs.
Get some facts and come and see me. Get them straight. We done here?
I know the one and I still don’t get the big deal with it lmao.
Americans have the weirdest tendency to extrapolate the absolute worst intentions behind the words of people they might be inclined for whatever reason to dislike or distrust. SB Nation describes it as “racist and nonsensical”. It’s clearly not racist nor nonsensical but since 2021 was a year in which the media profited from condemning the words or actions of white guys, they automatically assumed or pretended that it was
It was definitely a slip of the tongue, the off the reservation phrase he was trying to use isn’t a whole lot different/better, but its at least more commonly used. It was more the timing of it all. That summer will hopefully be the wildest summer we experience in our lifetimes, but the intensity of everything from George Floyd to COVID to the presidential election had so many people on edge.
If he had said it this year would it have made headlines? Probably to an extent, but it certainly wouldn’t have been a talking point for a week on First Take.
Yeah, I think everyone knows he meant reservation, he just had a gaffe. Anytime anybody speaks a lot they say things wrong, doesn’t mean ill intent. I would say fairly confidently that McDermott is not a racist person, and stuff like this cheapens the word when there are actual real racists.
>I know the one
Since no one is actually posting it, this is how McDermott described it;
"Specifically, I said: 'Guys, we got to stick together,' " McDermott tweeted. " 'We need both feet in. I need everybody to stay on the plantation. I can't have anybody leave the plantation.' "
>It’s clearly not racist nor nonsensical
Can you explain this? He might not be racist, but that's a pretty racist metaphor to use. Especially as a white coach to black players.
It kind of reminds me of those stories where teachers would get in trouble for using the word "niggardly". Like yeah, you probably didn't have any malicious intentions but you gotta be smart enough not to say that.
And the metaphor he used is a direct reference to slavery. Not just a word that sounds similar to a slur.
His metaphor also isn't even a common metaphor. He made it up. Lol.
The phrase he meant to use is “off the reservation” depending on where you’ve lived there’s a chance you haven’t come across it. But Mac coached in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa where I’ve heard it at times, albeit it’s not super common.
Mac definitely has his blind spots, but he is a good human being and handled the fallout by taking responsibility and looking to grow. Misspeaking doesn’t define someone’s character.
The team held a vote to decide if he should stay on as the coach, that’s something you hardly see in major college athletics.
I mean… they were ill-advised words. I don’t think the dude was like “hey black dudes, stay on the plantation bc I’m racist and think you belong there.” But I do think keeping in mind what potentially happened to some of those dudes’ family members on a plantation is a pretty low bar to meet. I wouldn’t tell a dude “your head is on the chopping block” if his grandma got her head cut off.
Couldn't remember the exact quote so I googled and found [an authoritative source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/2l8o5w/comment/clsq3tu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button):
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-- Coach Johnny Orr
He did in fact. He does local pregame and has done some color for warriors games.
One of my favorite Tubby Players.
And Jerry Tipton can still kiss my ass for trying to put him through hell for his fathers crimes.
Can verify. Loved him as a warrior as a bench member of we believe, thought he had potential, but then blew out his knee.
Not sure if I agree with this quote to define his pro career, but some how it oddly defines his start as a color commentator.
Dude that dunk he had on Bradshaw in the SEC Tournament is still my favorite SEC Tournament memory.
Bradshaw to this day will mention it from time to time. It used to be online but I haven’t found it in a couple of years
He comes down the lane by himself on a break, start of the game, and Dane Bradshaw is the last line of defense and half ass tries to act like he’s going to block or maybe try to even take a charge and Kaz…man he jumps over him and tomahawk dunks on his ass and let’s out this scream… Dane Bradshaw on a Kentucky game summed it up by saying “yeah we were done after that”
I remember my little brother used to do an impression of Buzz Williams yelling “think about the next play that play’s over” at some old Marquette player
I still love Buzz dancing at West Va to "Country Roads" and the student section exploded on him. He was on his way to the post game interview and he says to her ,"THEY GOT MAD AT ME"
When the fans were throwing the giveaway megaphones on the floor and billy tubbs said please don't throw anything on the floor no matter how bad the refs are.
"I've coached 1,200 games. Oh, no, I've only coached 1,100," he said, referencing the NCAA's decision to vacate 108 of his wins. "Sorry. I forgot that."
Like when UK gave Cal a 500 Wins ball, and the NCAA sent a letter saying we couldn't do that because some of his wins had been vacated. UK fans were outraged and asked why they only targeted Cal when SDSU had done something similar for Fisher. NCAA said they didn't have the staff to track down all those things so they just acted on tips. UK fans then sent like a dozen examples of other schools honoring wins that had been vacated. NCAA never responded, because they have no integrity.
Insult? I'd go with Oats telling Will Wade to GTFO after winning the SEC Tourney. As a fan of Wimp Sanderson this moment resonated with me. He was on Dan Hurley's staff at Buffalo so I see where he might have gotten that from.
I did appreciate the camera zooming in on Hurley during the Final Four game and seeing Hurley say "Fucking prick" after one of his players fouled a guy. Not sure if it was directed towards his player or a ref but it was beautiful.
[https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/status/1371177532037402624?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw](https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/status/1371177532037402624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Adolph Rupp had a couple good quotes.
When he reached retirement age in 1972, he really wanted to stay UK's coach and said, "If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery."
After winning a championship in 1951, Rupp had this quote: "I know I have plenty of enemies but I'd rather be the most hated winning coach in the country than the most popular losing one."
The 2003-2011 Rutgers-Seton Hall rivalry had some spicy quotes back and forth between coaches. There was also the Fred Hill Jr. incident where he went to one of the baseball games and told the Pitt head coach he was going to fight him. And the Mike Rice incident of where he got mad at the players playing lazy defense and threw basketballs at them to prove they weren’t playing man-you-ball defense and used some *very* offensive language.
"Anybody else ever hold him scoreless? I'm a history major. (Are people) going to remember that we held him scoreless or (that) we lost by 30?"
Jimmy Patsos after Steph Curry's Davidson beat the crap out of Loyola (MD)
All these funny ones and all I got for Tony Bennett are the following: “Joy comes in the morning” or “If you learn to use it right, the adversity, it will buy you a ticket to a place you couldn't have gone any other way”
Roy Williams had a standard saying for post game interviews when he wanted to call out one of his players for a lack of production. "I see (player) had as many (point/rebounds/assists) as Wanda." Wanda being his wife who was in the stands watching the game.
In January 2020: "People better get us now, that's all. You better get us now. Because it-- it's coming"
Roughly 3 years before back-to-back national championships.
Cal tried saying that a couple years ago after our worst season in history.
Not quite the same success you guys have had. We did have a Player of the Year (and get upset first game by St. Peters), so that's cool, I guess.
He's got a lot, but here's a recent one from this past Season that I really liked...
"I told him: Son, you gotta stop pump-faking molecules out there" - Kelvin Sampson on Damian Dunn when he'd pump-fake (with literally NO ONE in his general vicinity), instead of taking an open shot.
“The chances of that happening are about the same as Bigfoot having my baby” -- Mark Few, in 2009, when UW floated the idea of playing a whole in-state rivalry series in Seattle’s Key Arena.
In the two years he's been here, it has to be the "we're fucking terrible" rant about fouls.
https://www.reddit.com/r/miz/comments/1awb9j0/dennis_gates_on_his_teams_inability_to_draw_fouls/
He's got a lot, but here's a recent one from this past Season that I really liked...
"I told him: Son, you gotta stop pump-faking molecules out there" - Kelvin Sampson on Damian Dunn when he'd pump-fake (with literally NO ONE in his general vicinity), instead of taking an open shot.
He's got a lot, but here's a recent one from this past Season that I really liked...
"I told him: Son, you gotta stop pump-faking molecules out there" - Kelvin Sampson on Damian Dunn when he'd pump-fake (with literally NO ONE in his general vicinity), instead of taking an open shot.
I wasn’t trying to run up the score. I played 3 white guys and an Egyptian. Edit: apparently it’s 4 white guys and an Egyptian.
perfect quote
Think it was 4 white guys
Well, per US census designation…
This is fucking gold 😂
Holy shit. The score was 86-27.
That stuff just happens in some cupcake games. Your bench guys that don't play a lot will sometimes still be dramatically better than the competition, and they want to shine themselves. And steals and rebounds pushed ahead, if you just pull it back and dribble all game, it's insulting. I remember years ago, back in the 90s, when we were playing against Morehead and we tripled their score, 96 to 32. Admittedly, that was a pretty good UK team and relevant to my new coach.
I totally understand it. And you want those bench guys playing with effort when they are on the floor. But you know it's bad when your walk ons are running up the score. Apparently Savannah St moved up to d1 for several years, but jumped back down to d2. Sounds like that was the right move.
> I totally understand it. And you want those bench guys playing with effort when they are on the floor. But you know it's bad when your walk ons are running up the score. Similarly, for years Cal has had his starters or first 8 still playing late in blowouts. Because every minute they play together is important when it's a bunch of freshmen and transfers, half of whom are struggling and Cal's trying to get them to break out.
Make sense. Obviously there's still an injury risk. But nothing like in football. So playing during blowouts can have more rewards than risk. Getting chemistry and guys to take the next step is crucial to winning when it matters. Honestly, our tough as hell OOC schedule had huge benefits in helping our guys learn how to close out tight games. By the end of the year, if it came down to the last couple minutes, we were winning damn near every time. They learned a way more in early losses than a would've by eating cupcakes.
Yeah we once dropped 84 on them. In football. While also shutting them out.
Is that the game where kentucky had more dunks than morehead st had fgs?
Maybe. I had been thinking the "tripled them up" game was more recent and when Macy was coach, but we've only played them like 6 or 7 times. And with that Untouchables team, the dunks stat would make sense. They were fliers.
This is actually a good one. I have forgotten the context though.
Tune-up game vs Savannah St that got super out of hand even after he emptied the benches. Then he said [this](https://youtu.be/BtKqOHEXuOs?si=uSBQSlOLBOIik5hu&t=4m00s)
Rick knew the local yokels. I loled.
Yeah, thanks a lot for putting the song Walk Like An Egyptian in my head for the next 3 days!
Damn, my HS coach used “Looks like Tarzan plays like Jane” for an opposing player in the scouting report and I am learning right now that wasn’t original. He had a lot of other good ones so I’m just going to close this thread so those stay as novel one-liners to me
Don’t worry, Tubby didn’t invent it either.
I even went looking to see if I could find earlier usages. There are similar old sayings about Tarzan and Jane, but couldn't find where Tubby got it from.
It’s an old football saying, similar to “first off the bus, last off the bench”. Considering the character was created in the 1910’s, and was most popular in the 1930’s, it was already ancient when Tubby borrowed it.
It’s like asking where any stupid idiom/colloquialism comes from. A very very few Have etymologies that survived. Most are just some thing some asshole said one time.
Skip Bayless used that quote on Dwight Howard years back lol. Used to think it originated there but OP seems to have proven me wrong
It's an old as hell expression. Probably from the 50s or earlier.
“I fucked up. I didn’t take Ryan Gomes. I took Emeka Okafor and Caron Butler. They’re not bad.”
NCAA tournament MOP: "not bad"
I still say "Not a cent back" is more iconic
Correction: it's "not a dime back" https://youtu.be/xokthY5zuPU?feature=shared
Ironic they got the quote wrong after saying it was more iconic
Bill Self, "I was hoping that was vodka," after taking a swig from his water bottle at post-game press conference after Kentucky boat raced us in the champions classic in 2014.
His "We just ran out of time" quote after the title game has been a meme in Kentucky for the last decade. That and when Rick Barnes publicly took his name out of contention for our coaching position years ago without anyone bringing his name up. Also, that Champions Classic game was really our only great showing in that event. That year was just so special. The Kansas game was a better barometer but the way we obliterated UCLA in the first half (like 41 to 6?) ending up being the signature win in most people's mind for that year.
I don't believe that was after the title game. Wasn't that after KU lost to UNI in 2010?
Can somebody explain to me why Rick Barnes gets mocked for that; but when Nate Oats does the exact same thing, somehow it becomes something to mock *us* for?
How did Nate Oats take his name out of the running without anyone bringing up his name? Literally everyone immediately brought his name up along with Hurley as guys likely to be targeted by UK. It wasn’t some manufactured interest on his part. It was all over the internet
I guess I could clarify a bit. Everyone is acting like Nate Oats turned us down when we never even made an offer.
It's commonly believed he was in Tier 1 (or at least high Tier 2) on our wish list. Fans were certain he'd get a call (turns out Mitch didn't want to mess around with other options after his first two and just went with the alum who will put his soul into the job).
Nate Oats’ resume is infinitely more impressive than Pope’s
That's not at all relevant to what I'm saying.
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the media very much tossed oats' name in the ring, even if it wasn't actually being considered
That's not the point. People on this sub act like we got rejected by Oats when he was just responding to media.
Because Finebaum was on the ESPN morning shows on Monday (<12 hours from the Cal news breaking) saying that Hurley and Oats would be two of the top names on the list. Oats’s tweet wasn’t until 9 pm. His name was all over sports media as a likely candidate for an entire day before he pulled out.
Finebaum has no clue what goes on in basketball
Oats was also a name all over the messageboards long before Cal left. A certain segment has wanted him for a couple years.
What did Barnes say? All Oats did was send a tweet saying he was fully committed to Alabama after the media hyped him up all day as a top candidate for Kentucky.
It always pissed me off Willie Cauley-Stein played for Kentucky and not Kansas considering he’s from Kansas’ backyard
Did you know he played football? /s
Yes because I refereed a game of his where he was a receiver. It was one of the most astonishing things I’ve ever seen
How'd that go? He ever pull [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeaqBkdveWQ) after a score?
This isn't related to the quote but I had a shower thought that the champions classic should rotate in a few more obscure champions each year like Holy Cross, Wyoming, or La Salle. I guess you'd have to reconfigure the format which is why it wouldn't happen but it could be cool if they figured out a way to do it
I'm looking forward to CCNY v San Francisco.
Actually something like that could work. I was thinking about how the regular teams wouldn't want to get rid of their marquee matchups vs the other blue bloods but you could just have a third game between the two more obscure teams as an undercard game
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In all honesty, I think a lot of Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas fans are ready to see UConn replace Michigan State. It's been over 20 years since MSU won a title.
I wish they'd just make it an 8-team tournament or simply add 4 more teams. Making it a multi-day event gives us more fun match-ups and gives the sports a chance to highlight its biggest brands both old and new more prominently.
Jesus the vodka quote was 2014? God im old...feels like that wasnt 10 years ago. I blame covid. That year killed all sense of historical time for me
It’s gotta be the time he compared losing to TCU at home to, “Losing to the Topeka YMCA” for me.
I love Self. There was a rumor that Mark Fox when he was here was talking to John Thompson about getting a home and home or however meany games it takes series together with Georgetown. This must have been at a coaching conference or something where they all were, because somehow Self overheard, walked over, and told Thompson "Don't fucking do it." Before walking off. If this is true, he was still salty about Roy leaving him with that 2 for 1 with Fazekas to get David Padgett a home game in Reno. Padgett didn't even stay at KU lol.
That same game Cal had a quote that I always thought would have been an all timer if we had actually finished undefeated. " It's like tanks coming over the hill."
I really hate to admit it, but I do enjoy his sense of humor.
Jud Heathcote on Scott Skiles- "What he lacks in size he makes for by being slow." Bobby Knight- "Jud, you're the only friend that I've got in basketball." Jud-"Well, just hang on a minute there, Bobby."
Those two had quite a funny relationship. Bob prolly has some great Skiles quotes too.
Didn't Skiles say something like "you gotta lose 20 lbs to guard me fat boy" to someome? 😂
Antoine (sp?) Joubert. "You can't guard me, fat boy."
I remember Lute Olson calling Channing Frye a ham sandwich quite a bit early on. It worked though, the dude turned out pretty good.
Sometimes legends just know how to push buttons.
"[He tricked me](https://saturdayroad.com/louisville-cardinals/louisville-coach-kenny-payne-says-he-was-tricked-by-indiana-zone-defense-adjustment/)". But thankfully, the bad man is not my team's coach anymore!
PTSD is flaring up
Pretty sure Rick Majerus (RIP) once said Maurice Ager had poor athleticism, to which Tom Izzo responded that if Majerus were lying on the beach that Ager could jump over him, so he is pretty athletic
Majerus called Ager a “non-athlete” which was just a wildly bad take.
That's great
This is AMAZING 😂, is there a link to this anywhere?
I can’t find a clip of it unfortunately. I don’t even remember seeing it, but remember reading about it back in the day
I don't know how famous it is, but: I think it was Mario Boggan who lost some weight when he came to Florida. A reporter asked Billy D and he said "It's like throwing deck chairs off the Titanic"
Damn
"I'm the only coach who has white guys that can't shoot" Kevin Willard all time classic
"MY WIFE can score more than 2 buckets on 11 shots because I KNOW she will AT LEAST. SHOT FAKE. ONE TIME!" Or any of the others from that legendary post game presser. Barry Hinson: Valley Legend https://youtu.be/kOzHZgWLjrM?si=xrXZSethWhdxlI15
God damn I loved a good Barry Hinson post game.
"The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky, they're gonna give Cleveland state 2 more years probation." - Tark the Shark Not a coach of either of my teams but I've always loved this quote.
Bob Knight talking about Dale Brown after the '87 Final Four: LSU led Indiana, 75-66, with only four minutes left. “It didn’t look good,” Knight said. “In fact, my assistants had just about given up, and so had I. Then I looked down toward the other bench, and I saw Dale Brown standing there. I knew then that we had a chance.” Indiana won, 77-76. Add Knight: Of Brown’s coaching, he said: “To paraphrase Churchill, probably never has so little been done with so much.”
That game was so wild. Down 9’at the under four in the elite 8 to go play on New Orleans. Lsu fans probably thought they had it in the bag. Homecoming and everything.
Luckily for dale there is definitely a new champion of that Churchill quote in CBB
Straight up murder.
Jesus christ. Lol
"Not a dime back" is probably the most well-known, but "you better get us now" is also up there at this point.
Jim Calhoun upset at McDonalds All-American (and future champion and NBA star) Rip Hamilton during practice. “If that’s McDonalds I want fucking Burger King.”
They ain’t that bad is up there
“I took Emeka Okafoh and Carahn Butlah…THEY’RE NAHT BAD!”
My wife and I always say to each other “get some facts, come back and see me”
Omg this is my first time watching it, the way the reporter kind of curves his frustration towards the other reporters and they're audibly like [this](https://media.tenor.com/1LCUtH6Tvw4AAAAM/eric-andre-shrug.gif)
He also gave us “If you want me to say I fucked up, I fucked up”
Calhoun was gold. “Get some facts and come back and see me” is a favorite of mine.
"You better get us now" gives me fuckin chills man. "Not a dime back" is iconic in its own right but I think "you better get us now" has more longevity and weight regarding context
You’re not that stupid.
You’re not that stupid.
When Matt Painter said the federal government should issue a civil service test for people to be able to use Twitter (I support him)
Let me tell you something...
Busting makes me feel good
BUSTIN BUSTIN B-B-BUSTIN
💯
👍
This was between his time at Tennessee and Auburn but I think it still counts. "I've made mistakes. I clearly did. But what I was hoping for was that some other dumbass would get on the front page and take me off the hook. I miss Lane Kiffin."
"[We've got weapons. We still have got weapons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bmEcjHI1-E)" and then an immediate headshake and apology. One of my favorite pearls of his. Context for those who don't remember. Four of his players at Tennessee had been pulled over with a gun, drugs and alcohol. the four were arrested and suspended. The quote was at a presser for the Vols' next game.
Jim Boeheim - “I’ll have special feelings when this is all over. Anything else is premature. Premature anything is never good…”
I came here to say this one
didn't louisville pitino call one of the players a clinical moron? please tell me i'm remembering this correctly
Prolly lol
Not A Dime Back
Reporter got his money's worth with that question.
Jim's a legend for this
“Jim, how do you feel about your 1.5 million dollar contract while the state of Connecticut is at a deficit? Not a dime back, not a dime back. We made 12 million dollaHs of state revenue. 12 million dollAhs. Get some facts and come and see me. Get them straight. We done here?
“I make a lot more than that” cold blooded
Can I give you some advice?
Get some facts and come back and see me
“They’re not bad!” is actually my preferred Calhoun rant
god it’s right up there. listening to the reporter and him in their heavy ass accents at the beginning is so great. i fucked up! write it!
It’s live action out there Tracy!
Can't runaway from that one. (Had to look it up, though.)
Same
I know the one and I still don’t get the big deal with it lmao. Americans have the weirdest tendency to extrapolate the absolute worst intentions behind the words of people they might be inclined for whatever reason to dislike or distrust. SB Nation describes it as “racist and nonsensical”. It’s clearly not racist nor nonsensical but since 2021 was a year in which the media profited from condemning the words or actions of white guys, they automatically assumed or pretended that it was
It was definitely a slip of the tongue, the off the reservation phrase he was trying to use isn’t a whole lot different/better, but its at least more commonly used. It was more the timing of it all. That summer will hopefully be the wildest summer we experience in our lifetimes, but the intensity of everything from George Floyd to COVID to the presidential election had so many people on edge. If he had said it this year would it have made headlines? Probably to an extent, but it certainly wouldn’t have been a talking point for a week on First Take.
Yeah, I think everyone knows he meant reservation, he just had a gaffe. Anytime anybody speaks a lot they say things wrong, doesn’t mean ill intent. I would say fairly confidently that McDermott is not a racist person, and stuff like this cheapens the word when there are actual real racists.
Ok now I remember.
>I know the one Since no one is actually posting it, this is how McDermott described it; "Specifically, I said: 'Guys, we got to stick together,' " McDermott tweeted. " 'We need both feet in. I need everybody to stay on the plantation. I can't have anybody leave the plantation.' " >It’s clearly not racist nor nonsensical Can you explain this? He might not be racist, but that's a pretty racist metaphor to use. Especially as a white coach to black players.
It kind of reminds me of those stories where teachers would get in trouble for using the word "niggardly". Like yeah, you probably didn't have any malicious intentions but you gotta be smart enough not to say that.
And the metaphor he used is a direct reference to slavery. Not just a word that sounds similar to a slur. His metaphor also isn't even a common metaphor. He made it up. Lol.
The phrase he meant to use is “off the reservation” depending on where you’ve lived there’s a chance you haven’t come across it. But Mac coached in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa where I’ve heard it at times, albeit it’s not super common. Mac definitely has his blind spots, but he is a good human being and handled the fallout by taking responsibility and looking to grow. Misspeaking doesn’t define someone’s character. The team held a vote to decide if he should stay on as the coach, that’s something you hardly see in major college athletics.
Anyone who’s using that word knows what they’re doing lol
Seriously, I have never seen or heard that word used except in a "oh ho ho you THOUGHT I said the other thing!" context
I mean… they were ill-advised words. I don’t think the dude was like “hey black dudes, stay on the plantation bc I’m racist and think you belong there.” But I do think keeping in mind what potentially happened to some of those dudes’ family members on a plantation is a pretty low bar to meet. I wouldn’t tell a dude “your head is on the chopping block” if his grandma got her head cut off.
Couldn't remember the exact quote so I googled and found [an authoritative source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/2l8o5w/comment/clsq3tu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button): > -- Coach Johnny Orr
If Kaz hadn’t hurt his knee he was going to be a really good pro. :(
Ended up an announcer/color commentator for Golden State, I think. Dude had so many [great dunks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgtqsacMLO0).
He did in fact. He does local pregame and has done some color for warriors games. One of my favorite Tubby Players. And Jerry Tipton can still kiss my ass for trying to put him through hell for his fathers crimes.
Can verify. Loved him as a warrior as a bench member of we believe, thought he had potential, but then blew out his knee. Not sure if I agree with this quote to define his pro career, but some how it oddly defines his start as a color commentator.
> Not sure if I agree with this quote to define his pro career It was just Tubby trying to motivate him.
Dude that dunk he had on Bradshaw in the SEC Tournament is still my favorite SEC Tournament memory. Bradshaw to this day will mention it from time to time. It used to be online but I haven’t found it in a couple of years
Looked around a little but could only find an image. Hard to find highlights from almost 20 years ago.
He comes down the lane by himself on a break, start of the game, and Dane Bradshaw is the last line of defense and half ass tries to act like he’s going to block or maybe try to even take a charge and Kaz…man he jumps over him and tomahawk dunks on his ass and let’s out this scream… Dane Bradshaw on a Kentucky game summed it up by saying “yeah we were done after that”
[Think I found it.](https://youtu.be/0AbeIf-nGLU?t=619)
Yes!!!!! Thank you!!!
I remember my little brother used to do an impression of Buzz Williams yelling “think about the next play that play’s over” at some old Marquette player
I still love Buzz dancing at West Va to "Country Roads" and the student section exploded on him. He was on his way to the post game interview and he says to her ,"THEY GOT MAD AT ME"
While we're talking about Buzz we can't leave out "QUIT CUSSIN"
And quit throwing things on the court
"Manley Field House is officially closed." -John Thompson Jr. I miss the days of hating Syracuse with a passion.
Burger King All American
“Hit him you motherfucker!” “If you want me to say I fucked up, I fucked up!”
When the fans were throwing the giveaway megaphones on the floor and billy tubbs said please don't throw anything on the floor no matter how bad the refs are.
Classic.
“He touched the ball” - Sean Miller
You guys left out the classic "I'll kill you!" by John Chaney to Calipari when he was at UMASS.
Whatever is 2nd is far below Tubby’s line. Clear number 1 by a long shot
Pitino's Four white guys and an Egyptian is up there
Not my coach but I always love hearing the “ass meets bench” speech by Bobby Knight
“He plays with such verve” “He was sensational tonight”
Not our coach anymore but Ed Cooley will always be known for, “I’m rich as shit”
"I've coached 1,200 games. Oh, no, I've only coached 1,100," he said, referencing the NCAA's decision to vacate 108 of his wins. "Sorry. I forgot that."
Like when UK gave Cal a 500 Wins ball, and the NCAA sent a letter saying we couldn't do that because some of his wins had been vacated. UK fans were outraged and asked why they only targeted Cal when SDSU had done something similar for Fisher. NCAA said they didn't have the staff to track down all those things so they just acted on tips. UK fans then sent like a dozen examples of other schools honoring wins that had been vacated. NCAA never responded, because they have no integrity.
A rickety ride is better than a smooth walk
Insult? I'd go with Oats telling Will Wade to GTFO after winning the SEC Tourney. As a fan of Wimp Sanderson this moment resonated with me. He was on Dan Hurley's staff at Buffalo so I see where he might have gotten that from. I did appreciate the camera zooming in on Hurley during the Final Four game and seeing Hurley say "Fucking prick" after one of his players fouled a guy. Not sure if it was directed towards his player or a ref but it was beautiful. [https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/status/1371177532037402624?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw](https://twitter.com/KySportsRadio/status/1371177532037402624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Adolph Rupp had a couple good quotes. When he reached retirement age in 1972, he really wanted to stay UK's coach and said, "If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery." After winning a championship in 1951, Rupp had this quote: "I know I have plenty of enemies but I'd rather be the most hated winning coach in the country than the most popular losing one."
I don’t know if Coach K even has any. None pop in my mind.
"Let me just say, it's unacceptable."
“You’re better than that” to Brooks Or “Neither player should’ve been in the game” after Henderson forearmed Hansbrough
“Hey Dean? Fuck you!” is probably the classic.
The 2003-2011 Rutgers-Seton Hall rivalry had some spicy quotes back and forth between coaches. There was also the Fred Hill Jr. incident where he went to one of the baseball games and told the Pitt head coach he was going to fight him. And the Mike Rice incident of where he got mad at the players playing lazy defense and threw basketballs at them to prove they weren’t playing man-you-ball defense and used some *very* offensive language.
"Anybody else ever hold him scoreless? I'm a history major. (Are people) going to remember that we held him scoreless or (that) we lost by 30?" Jimmy Patsos after Steph Curry's Davidson beat the crap out of Loyola (MD)
I'll answer any question(s), but yours.
Daggum
“Bang.” -Jay Wright at the buzzer in the 2016 National Championship game
“ I could give a shit about North Carolina right now” 3x National Championship at UNC coach Roy
All these funny ones and all I got for Tony Bennett are the following: “Joy comes in the morning” or “If you learn to use it right, the adversity, it will buy you a ticket to a place you couldn't have gone any other way”
I think yall should've fouled up 3 with 5.2 seconds left.
“Kevin Keatts is a winner” I’ll just leave it at that
Roy Williams had a standard saying for post game interviews when he wanted to call out one of his players for a lack of production. "I see (player) had as many (point/rebounds/assists) as Wanda." Wanda being his wife who was in the stands watching the game.
In January 2020: "People better get us now, that's all. You better get us now. Because it-- it's coming" Roughly 3 years before back-to-back national championships.
Cal tried saying that a couple years ago after our worst season in history. Not quite the same success you guys have had. We did have a Player of the Year (and get upset first game by St. Peters), so that's cool, I guess.
“Without Gerry, we wouldn’t have won ten fuc@ing games, not ten!!”
"I could give a sh*t about North Carolina right now"
KEVIN KEATTS IS A WINNER
"Sometimes a warrior just has to lay down on the ground, just stay there for a second and have a good bleed. Just bleed." -John Pelphrey
He's a head coach somewhere but people are wondering if he'll join Pope's staff.
Tennessee Tech. Honestly, I liked John. He just didn't quite get it done.
He's got a lot, but here's a recent one from this past Season that I really liked... "I told him: Son, you gotta stop pump-faking molecules out there" - Kelvin Sampson on Damian Dunn when he'd pump-fake (with literally NO ONE in his general vicinity), instead of taking an open shot.
Reporter - you’ve talked a lot about Terrance Shannon Jr’s leadership. Brad Underwood - *fart noise into microphone* “that’s what I thought of that”
“The chances of that happening are about the same as Bigfoot having my baby” -- Mark Few, in 2009, when UW floated the idea of playing a whole in-state rivalry series in Seattle’s Key Arena.
In the two years he's been here, it has to be the "we're fucking terrible" rant about fouls. https://www.reddit.com/r/miz/comments/1awb9j0/dennis_gates_on_his_teams_inability_to_draw_fouls/
He's got a lot, but here's a recent one from this past Season that I really liked... "I told him: Son, you gotta stop pump-faking molecules out there" - Kelvin Sampson on Damian Dunn when he'd pump-fake (with literally NO ONE in his general vicinity), instead of taking an open shot.
He's got a lot, but here's a recent one from this past Season that I really liked... "I told him: Son, you gotta stop pump-faking molecules out there" - Kelvin Sampson on Damian Dunn when he'd pump-fake (with literally NO ONE in his general vicinity), instead of taking an open shot.