Only in college hoops can a guy have two teams put on probation, lose scholarships and have Final Fours and entire seasons removed from their history and get a bigger, better, higher profile job for more pay........How the **** does that happen??........And how can you support a cheater???
Prove that he cheated or was implicated for cheating. Sampson admitted and was caught breaking the rules. Pearl lied to the ncaa. Cal used players that were later ruled ineligible thanks to deeds the player did on his own.
Just like that letdown vs baylor after getting revenge against IU. Teams dont have letdowns in the final four. Motivation isnt a problem.
UK vs UofL is a good matchup but i cant see the cards scoring 75 to beat UK. If the winning score is below 65, louisville might win. I still am not sure if davis is 100%. But at 80% he is still damn good.
Ucla has more championships, uk has been more relevant lately and more consistant. Swing hates when people say "we" as a fan, that argument is tired. Might as well attack spelling or grammar on the internet while you are at it.
Only in college hoops can a guy have two teams put on probation, lose scholarships and have Final Fours and entire seasons removed from their history and get a bigger, better, higher profile job for more pay........How the **** does that happen??........And how can you support a cheater???
But the real question is, where you saying this before he was coach of UK? If so, you might be .00001% of UK fans that felt that way.
you played at the UK...it's a little different
Prove that he cheated or was implicated for cheating. Sampson admitted and was caught breaking the rules. Pearl lied to the ncaa. Cal used players that were later ruled ineligible thanks to deeds the player did on his own.
No cheating huh?........Well......There were whole seasons and Final Fours lost for cheating. Whether he knew about it or not, is open to conjecture, but those programs suffered while he just walked away.
I'll bet you everything I own, that you never felt this way until he came to Kentucky, and if he were anywhere else you'd be vilifying him too, but since he's now it your school you defend him....That's cool though. That's the way a rat works.
I love UK fan's defense of Cal "He's never been caught, he wasn't linked to any of it." That's like the glove not fitting OJ excuse. Being IU fan, when I point this out, they always fire back w/ "IU was the one of probabtion because of Sampson" Oh yes, sending a few to many text messages, let's tar and feather the guy for that. That's like comparing jaywalking to rape.
But the real question is, where you saying this before he was coach of UK? If so, you might be .00001% of UK fans that felt that way.
I wouldnt expect you to worry about what actually happened to each of those universities. You have a story in your head about what you think happened to each school. You are subscribing to the "where there is smoke, there is fire theory".
Neither Umass nor Memphis received scholarship reduction penalties, they were never banned from post season play. In the NCAAs eyes, what Kelvin sampson, Bruce Pearl, Jim Calhoun, Steve Fisher, and Jim Tressel did were much worse than anything a team coached by calipari has done.
What did happen was that both had wins and final fours "vacated" from the record books for the use of ineligible players while calipari coached there.
Vacated victories still happened. Both the ncaa and schools benefited from those victories and final four runs. vacated wins are not forfeits, they are the ncaas feeble attempts at maintaining profits while still claiming to be an amateur organization.
It's actually exactly the same to what you're doing. You assume Cal's cheating because of the recruits he gets, and then his programs get sanctions. You're assuming he did more he didn't get caught for, but then you assume that Sampson was clean except for a few too many texts? Give me a break. He was at least as bad as Pearl, he was just smart enough to keep his mouth shut at some point.
I can't believe what Calhoun has gotten away with. Last year was the second time he was suspended, right? How the hell is he still allowed to coach? This is him, straight up having knowledge, suspended. I don't see any grey area with that, but I guess UConn does.
See post #102
So he cheats because of the slimey, perfectly legal things he does? I don't have a problem with someone not liking or respecting him. I just don't like him being the rapist in your analogy when an up and coming guy who admits to wrongdoing and multiple violations is the jaywalker.
So he cheats because of the slimey, perfectly legal things he does? I don't have a problem with someone not liking or respecting him. I just don't like him being the rapist in your analogy when an up and coming guy who admits to wrongdoing and multiple violations is the jaywalker.
Sullinger vs. Trob is way better...Davis gonna own Sullinger.....
Wait. So what you're saying is, just because a guy doesn't admit he's guilty, he's not as bad as a guy who does? I've got unpaid parking tickets. I'm worse than OJ or the guy who shot Trayvon Martin now?
The lengths you UK fans go to defend a guy you'd bash if he wasn't your coach is astonishing. I bet he could rape your mother and you guys would try and find a way to call it legal.
And that is different from every fan base? In big time sports and business, your biggest enemy one day might be your best friend the next day. It is results that matter.
No ****, everyone hates DUKE asswipe...nobody gives 2 ****s about Kentucky..
officiating was horrible every call went Kentuckys way... bull****
Duke was actually the most popular ncaa basketball team this year for the 3rd year in a row.