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We didn’t discuss this due to a dearth of Quickies over the last few days, but Ira Combs, brother of Oscar Combs who famously started the Cats Pause, passed away on Thursday. Ira used to send me his columns every week, which I would link. I didn’t have the pleasure of knowing him, but his reputation as a supporter of Eastern Kentucky and the mountain regions was well known.
Ira apparently died of a heart attack while picking up his media credentials for the Louisville slate of NCAA Tournament games on Thursday.
Our condolences go out to the Combs family and friends.
Tweet of the Morning
Timeout allowed thar? Ri-daggum-diculous. Get coaches off the rools committee.
— Daggum Roy (@DaggumRoy) March 22, 2015
Hilarious!
Your Quickies:
Kentucky basketball
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Cincinnati players decide that losing gracefully isn’t manly. Or something. Consider:
SHAQ THOMAS: I definitely think they’re beatable. It’s just you have to execute for 40 minutes and you can’t let up for 40 minutes because, as soon as the crowd gets into it, they obviously feed off of that. I think they’re not unbeatable, but we’re going to see coming up.
JERMAINE SANDERS: I think they’re a very beatable team. You just can’t give them anything easy. They feed off of transition buckets and easy like layups and things like that. So you just can’t give them anything easy. Make it tough for their big guys to score around the rim.
The right response to this question, guys, is "They might be beatable, but not by us."
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Kentucky just to much for Cincinnati. Indeed, that is so.
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Roughing up the Wildcats did not work for Cincinnati. Again, that’s exactly right. UC had to try that, and it paid some dividends for a little while, but it was never going to be enough.
Other Kentucky sports
Links posts
College football
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Chuck Bednarik, namesake of the Bednarik Award, has passed away at 89.
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There’s a report that the SEC will count games against independents as a Power 5 conference game.
College basketball
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Dawg Sports argues that the Bulldogs are on the right path to success despite losing to Michigan State. I think they are absolutely right.
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Ben Howland emerges as a serious contender for the now-open Mississippi State position. I think firing Rick Ray after only three years was ridiculous, but I guess that’s just the world we live in today.
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Mike Brey lost his mother just before Notre Dame’s game against Butler. I’m so sorry to hear that, our condolences go out to him and his family.
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UNC-Arkansas is the kind of game college basketball needs more often, according to Andy Staples. What, you mean defense optional? Because both those teams are defense-optional teams.
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Tony Barbee and Nevada may have some mutual interest in a vacant coaching position there.
Other sports news
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Player dismissed from college baseball team after making an offensive tweet about Mo’ne Davis. Nobody should ever be that rude.
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Jodie Meeks picks his bracket. Yeah, you know who.
Other news
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This is too awesome for words. Hat tip: Hank
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New Alzheimer’s drug shows promise. Love to hear this. Hat tip: Instapundit