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And, so the long obsessional wait in the Land of the Dark & Bloody Ground continues.
As of 9:43 AM Monday June 1, addled fans with no other life of the Louisville Cardinals and Wildcats — Kentucky and Arizona — continue to hold their breath.
The Pride of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, three point marksman Milan Momcilovic has yet to reveal at which college he might be participating as a member of the basketball team next season.
It’s an odd one.
Reports surfaced on Saturday, most on UK fan sites, that MM had advised U of L and UK of his decision.
Could be true.
Very well might not be fact.
If so, how odd that he hasn’t yet instagrammed a photo of him in red or blue.
Negotiating details of his contract? Perhaps.
I dunno.
He’s going to be a wealthy young man, wherever he balls next campaign.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
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As for a couple of dudes of foreign persuasion whom we know shall be Cards next season, hope continues to rise.
Hoops HQ listed the Top Ten new internationals in the ACC.
Obinna Edezie was #3.
Boyuan Zhang was #8.
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The latest Way Too Early Top 25 I’ve seen, this one from ESPN, has the Cardinals slotted as the thirteenth best team in the land heading into next season.
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Which season shall commence earlier than ever.
November 1.
Long gone are the days of yesteryore when there would be a Varsity vs. Freshman game Thanksgiving weekend, and the season would start first Saturday in December.
How quaint.
That’s when schools were limited to 26 regular season tilts.
That number now reads 32. Up one from a season ago.
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Interesting article this morning about Roger Ayers, the ref whom Card fans see a lot because the ACC is his primary territory.
He’s regarded by those in the know, especially coaches, as one of the best in the biz. Even if come February, thanks to fatigue, there’s some slippage.
Last year, he called 114 games, 2d most in the land.
The most infamous of which was the Regional final about which much was made.
The Ayers/ Danny Hurley head bump and all.
Both continue to advise it was a nothingburger. A quick exchange about which social (and legit) media made way too much.
We don’t think of these folks we see on TV and from the stands outside of that context. But they have real lives.
As last season wound down, Ayers’ brother was on his death bed. And the ref needed to make a call on whether to pull the plug or not.
He passed soon after Roger Ayers made his last call of the season.
He’ll be back in stripes come November.
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It is now 10:07 AM.
A hoopaholic’s anticipation grows.
— c d kaplan
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