How about some video for you? If you’d like to read my game write-up, I posted it over at The Dagger. I’ll have a seperate take on the game coming up in a little bit, but let’s get to the moving pictures. First, we’ve got Jim Calhoun. This was, I’m guessing, the 10th Calhoun press conference I’ve attended. He’s never been this “happy” at one. Frankly, I understand why he was so relieved — his team finally putting together a three-game winning streak — but Louisville on Sunday could set this group back again.
The Lombardi crack comes right at the beginning of the video. He pokes a little fun at the notion of bubbles, amount of wins needed, etc. He also takes a shot at Lunardi being an Italian, but it’s nothing too harsh.
“I think you’re way off with numbers. I don’t care [what] Lombardi or whatever name the guy is. He’s Italian, so I’m prejudiced, because he doesn’t know very much.”
And for Calhoun’s take on officiating, fast-forward to about the 3:15 mark.
Next, Bob Huggins, who walked over to the press room about 25 minutes after the game had finished. I only missed the first 45 seconds or so. Remember: Huggins was tossed with less than a minute remaining. He was under no obligation to speak to the media.
That is a man that had gotten all his screaming out for the night. Huggins went up to Andy Katz and Jeff Goodman in the hallway after the press conference and was still noticeably upset with, well, everything. Huggins was conversing with the officials all night, but he didn’t seem all that upset — until he dropped about eight F bombs in seven seconds. That’s when Mike Stuart ran him. I tried to get a quick interview with him, but the SID of West Virginia said, “We gotta catch a flight.” Alas, we’ll meet some day, Huggy Bear.
And finally, Stanley Robinson. Robinson’s no great quote, but he agreed to let me do a one-on-one with him after all the other reporters had filed away. I also got him to speak about why he lopped off the dreads.
