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When will west virginia stop sh!tting on cincinnati? it's getting rediculous. let me refresh you. it's 1998 ncaa tournament. the number 2 seed Cincinnati is playing the 10th seeded mountainqueers (as they'll now be referred to forever; sorry if i offend anybody). UC is up 2 with about 6 seconds left to play when this happens: (fast forward to 2:40 of the following youtube clip to see)
ouch. i can only watch that like twice before i start tearing up, real talk.
then there's our beloved Coach Huggins. the time period is 2005-2007. We stuck with him through the good and bad and were awaiting the ultimate freshman squad that would have ended the NBA Age Restriction rule the year it started. Huggins was coaching a decent cincinnati team while OJ Mayo and Bill Walker dominated the prep hoop area to a legendary extent. OJ and Bill kept hinting towards desire to play together in college and their very good relationship with Huggy bear. They also recruited their AAU teammate Michael Beasley (ya heard me?) and a soon-to-be washed up 7-foot high school teammate to be part of the package deal as a recruiting class practically guaranteeing a spot in the final four (very similar to what Kentucky did this year). Then this old conservative hag from wisconsin or something became president at UC and decided that drinking alcohol irresponsibly completely erases all previous credit for that person. even if it was building a program from mid-major level to big east acceptability during his tenure. As we all know Huggins was fired despite enormous fan support and then bill walker was ruled ineligible for his senior year due to cryptic eligibility rules involving when he took certain tests. then OJ Mayo lost all desire to stay in the city, he moved back to his hometown of huntington, WEST VIRGINIA (eff u, eff u, eff u) and led them to a one-loss season. Huggins was given a second chance at Kansas State that year and had Bill Walker transfer with him. After a promising start, Billy Sky Walker tore his ACL mid-year and began his recovery during the next year when Michael Beasley eventually followed Huggins (or so he thought) to K-State and lit up the Big XII for a year. Meanwhile OJ Mayo decided he wanted to be paid NOW so he had 2 choices: 1. ride the bench in Europe or 2. go play for USC. thats a tough choice but i can't hate him for that. money equals happiness. anyways, Huggins gets the chance to go back to his alma-mater a year later and bolts kansas state immediately, even with Michael Beasley on campus and waiting to go Eff-You mode on the stat sheets. So yes, cincinnati is happy that Coach Huggins got to end up coaching his alma mater and in the big east. but we're always gonna be a little extra bitter of whoever has Huggy bear.
now fast forward to tonight. Big East tournament quarterfinals. cincinnati has played like a jv team from a special ed school that thinks the more rebounds you get, the more wins you get. so the continuously throw up bricks and literally chuck the ball off the backboard just for their teammates to jump and attempt another offensive rebound with no real hope of a putback. their strategy works because its the big east and march and funny things happen in March. Lance Stephenson single handedly wills them back to tie the game and with 6 seconds left and a chance to win, his team refuses to inbound him the ball and after a timeout the coach then draws a play not involving him. they end up turning it over and give West Virginia 3 seconds to skull F&%# cincy. Desean Butler happily accepts:
yup, so that's 2 game winning/season ending bank-shot 3 pointers made against the same team by the same team within 12 years. I'm willing to bet that hasn't happened much in the history of basketball. when you add that with the fact that West Virginia has Huggins now and the whole OJ Mayo ditching the nati for w.v. thing, it makes me want to blow the entire state up if that was possible. since i can't i guess i just gotta say a big EFF YOU to the mountainqueers. Stay Airy West Virginia. I wouldn't recognize you otherwise.
After months of anticipation, our boy Hodgie Street has dropped his mixtape "The Go In." It's hosted by DJ Giovanny and features Gucci Mane, The Kickdrums and a mix of great beats and dope rhymes. It's good to see some fresh talent from the double-O. Follow him @hodgiestreet or get at him on myspace if that's your thing. Or if you really like him: bookhodgiestreet@gmail.com (e-mail for show requests and information). You can preview and d/l the tape on datpiff or just download it here. 1700 Entertainment! Holla at us Hodgie!
