Friday's Top 10: Did something big happen yesterday?
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You're looking at Cora and Catina, two wolf pups recently born at the Louisville Zoo. The zoo held a naming contest for the pups and announced the winners yesterday, and you're never going to convince me that "Catina" ("Cat" for short) won because it means "pure" in Portugese; in fact, that makes the irony even more wonderful. "Catina" won because zoo fans in Louisville either have a really awesome sense of humor (Kentucky fans) or they wanted to make it clear a wolf got in their hen house and ruined their basketball program (Louisville fans). Regardless, I'm happy the zoo has a living, breathing reminder of UofL's depravity, and a pretty cute one at that.
Let's jump right into today's top 10, because there's a lot to go over.
Commonwealth Stadium Kroger Field, the program is also holding a reunion for the 2006, 2007, and 2008 teams. Rich Brooks, Jacob Tamme, Andre Woodson, Stevie Johnson, and John Conner are just a few of the names that could be back in town, which I'm seeing as a very good omen for our chances of an upset.
@LouisvilleZoo[/caption]
You're looking at Cora and Catina, two wolf pups recently born at the Louisville Zoo. The zoo held a naming contest for the pups and announced the winners yesterday, and you're never going to convince me that "Catina" ("Cat" for short) won because it means "pure" in Portugese; in fact, that makes the irony even more wonderful. "Catina" won because zoo fans in Louisville either have a really awesome sense of humor (Kentucky fans) or they wanted to make it clear a wolf got in their hen house and ruined their basketball program (Louisville fans). Regardless, I'm happy the zoo has a living, breathing reminder of UofL's depravity, and a pretty cute one at that.
Let's jump right into today's top 10, because there's a lot to go over.
1. The NCAA is after UofL's banner
The national media thinks the headline is Rick Pitino being suspended for five conference games, but to anyone who's followed the situation, far more interesting is the NCAA making it clear UofL's 2013 National Championship and 2012 Final Four banners will come down. Three players were ruled ineligible due to their participation in the sex acts/stripper parties, putting 108 wins and 15 NCAA victories in peril. Per standard procedure, UofL must submit a list of those games to the NCAA in the next 45 days, and even then, they plan to appeal the findings.2. The appeal is a very, very long shot
UofL's defense coming into yesterday was that because the sex acts/stripper parties didn't cost much ($5,400), the banner shouldn't come down. The NCAA thoroughly debunked that by making it clear that the monetary value has zero correlation to the reprehensible nature of the acts themselves. So, just because your strippers were cheap doesn't change the fact that they were strippers, and pressuring 16 and 17-year-old kids into participating in these acts makes it a million times worse.3. Yet, Rick Pitino remains confident they'll win the appeal
Pitino went on a tirade about the NCAA's "over-the-top," "unfair," and "unjust" findings, telling reporters he's completely lost faith in the institution. That was just the start. Here's a brief list of outrageous things Pitino said yesterday:- He doesn't stay up past 10 p.m., so he shouldn't be held responsible for what his players do between then and 8 a.m.
- He shouldn't have to answer questions because he doesn't want to
- A reporter must not be from Louisville because he asked a valid question
- The NCAA investigation of NC State gave Jimmy Valvano cancer
4. Calipari leaves for Colorado Springs tomorrow
Training Camp for the U19 Men's National Team begins on Sunday in Colorado Springs, and tomorrow, Calipari will head west to prepare. Kevin Knox, PJ Washington, and Hamidou Diallo are among the 28 players who accepted invitations to the camp to try out for the 12-man team that will compete for the FIBA World Cup in Cairo next month. Also on the invite list: 2018 targets Bol Bol, Immanuel Quickley, Cameron Reddish, and Romeo Langford.5. Shai Alexander is skipping the FIBA World Cup to stay in Lexington
Alexander initially planned to play for Team Canada, but according to Adam Zagoria, he has decided to skip it and stay in Lexington to train with his new squad. Tai Wynyard is still expected to play for New Zealand. Hopefully they'll play Team USA and we'll get to see them do the Haka: https://youtu.be/7B0Nbsv6uRc6. Malik Monk's workout with the Sixers went well
Yesterday, Monk had a solo workout with the Philadelphia 76ers, who have the third pick in the NBA Draft, which is less than a week away (!). Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Nik Stauskas, and a handful of other Sixers watched Monk's workout, and he delivered, knocking down threes and driving the lane with ease. When reporters asked him what he was best at, he quipped, "Everything." Clearly, he's confident. You can see more below:Elsewhere, Bam Adebayo will work out for the Nuggets today and Isaac Humphries will work out for the Sixers. On Saturday, De'Aaron Fox will take his turn working out for the Sixers.1-on-1 with @AhmadMonk after his pre-draft workout » https://t.co/JCAaeq5G5r pic.twitter.com/QwXi2e8zN0
– Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) June 16, 2017
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