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Roy Williams has hilarious response to question about UNC’s decision to schedule Marquette "We can't operate in damn hindsight. God almighty. If you told me we we were gonna lose, hell yeah, we wouldn't have played the game. If you told me we were gonna beat the Lakers, I'd have scheduled them." 02/25/2021 The North Carolina Tar Heels and Marquette Golden Eagles recently announced the scheduling of a nonconference basketball game for Wednesday in Chapel Hill. It was a decision that left many people confused, with North Carolina a bubble team (entered Wednesday 33rd in the NET r...

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports No one thought it then, but the New York Knicks got a steal when they drafted reigning SEC Player of the Year Immanuel Quickley with their first-round pick. The Knicks took Quickley, who was mostly projected as a second-round pick, at No. 25. The Knicks haven’t looked back, as Quickley has quickly become one of the best rookies in the NBA. New York, with a surging Julius Randle, is quietly going to be the playoff-caliber team for the first time in almost a decade. That said, a sharpshooter, Quickley has stayed motivated during his rookie season by a screenshott...

National writers confident in Mizzou... with Jeremiah Tilmon Share this story Things are looking... up? We’ll have another edition of Rock-M-Tology later today, where Sammy will further break down what the bracketologists are saying about the Tigers. But a few of the bigger names chimed in with their general thoughts on Sunday, and the results are pretty positive for Missouri. After flirting with the edge last week, Missouri moved up in Gary Parrish’s Top 25 and 1 — from 26 to 22 — signaling that Tilmon’s absence was noted by CBS Sports. You know who else seems to be back in on Mizz...

Friday evening Cardinal news and notes Share this story —Here’s the GoCards.com recaps of U of L’s 71-67 triumph over Va Tech Thursday night. And here are some highlights from the W. —The game may have been tougher than expected, but Jeff Walz was still thrilled that his squad found a way to stay undefeated. The Cards were out of sorts. They had lost a 16-point lead. Virginia Tech had gathered itself at halftime and pulled back to take a 3-point lead. Louisville had 10 turnovers in the third quarter, with just 12 points. And it had been outshot 26-5 at the free-throw line.

Friday afternoon Cardinal news and notes Share this story —The CJ’s Cam Teague has three keys to success for Louisville against Wake Forest. —Dez Fitzpatrick is both “excited and sad” to see his college career come to an end this weekend. “I was like, ‘Dang, this is my last Tuesday practice,’” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s real surreal. I’ve been thinking about it a lot, trying not to be too emotional, but it’s coming to an end. It’s exciting, and it’s also sad at the same time.” The 6 foot, 2 inch, 210-pound wide receiver from Farmington Hills, Michigan, has been...