Found February 11, 2012 on Louisville Card Game: Yardbarker Blogger Network
One knows going into Morgantown the game will be a cliffhanger, hoping the outcome won’t be decided on another controversial call.Of course, any call going against West Virginia will draw the ire of Bobby Huggins. So much so that he was spending more time hounding officials in the closing seconds than focusing on his team’s needs. Go ahead, Bobby, get it off your chest. The University of Louisville will take the 77-74 win.Now we know why Rick Pitino has been contradicting himself about Wayne Blackshear’s status. While his unending pronouncements are maddening to U of L fans, he knows opposing coaches are also listening to every word. Blackshear was not in Huggins’ game notes.One doesn’t coming into game looking that good after missing three and a half months of practice. Too much to hope for, doesn’t happen like that, never. ever. But there he was, Blackshear a totally different player from the one with zero points in 15 minutes in an exhibition g...
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