By MONTE DUTTON Tarris Reed Jr. (UConn photo) Click here. The controversial quotation, from Vince Lombardi, was: “Winning isn’t everything. It is the only thing.” The Green Bay Packers head coach, who lost one postseason game in his career, meant his remark to be aspirational. Winning is the only goal worth seeking. Connecticut (30-5), a …
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Paladins set sights on UConn, Philly
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Wilkins (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Furman University is practicing football, competing in numerous spring sports, and dancing. Basketball is not over. Not yet. The Paladins are headed to Philadelphia, Pa., City of Brotherly Love, and where Furman pulled an NCAA first-round upset of South Carolina on March 9, 1974. I’m …
Furmanology: No baseball … but lacrosse wins
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. I conducted some web research and have confirmed that Connecticut’s Donovan Clingan is not a Klingon, though, in fairness, I did find some disreputable site that claimed he was, as well as Purdue’s Zach Edey and N.C. State’s D.J. Burns. The Wolfpack had quite a run. I can’t …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Miracles don’t always happen
(PC photo) Click here. It has been established that Presbyterian College sports teams are capable of extraordinary surprises. The Blue Hose went to the Big South women’s basketball tournament as the fifth seed and won it, thus earning a berth in the NCAA. There they ended Sacred Heart’s 15-game winning streak. They could muster no …
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Blue Hose make most of harsh lessons
Tilda Sjokvist (PC photo) Click here. COLUMBIA – Even the most ruthless of Gamecock fans had to look at the outwomaned Presbyterians and think, Hate it for you. A little? It could not have happened any other way. The No. 1 team in the nation, South Carolina, defeated the onetime fifth seed of the Big …
Wide-eyed Blue Hose keep miracle alive
(PC photo) Click here. COLUMBIA – The Blue Hose led all night long with their backs to a wall. Presbyterian College, the smallest school, 8-8 in the Big South Conference, surprise tournament champion, defeated Sacred Heart, 49-42, for not only the first NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament (First Four) victory but in the first game. Ever. …
Blue Hose to face daughters of Pioneers
By MONTE DUTTON Tilda Sjokvist (4) (PC photo) Click here. What it mainly was on the YouTube live feed was heartwarming. Right now, on the likely eve of destruction, Presbyterian College is proud of its women’s basketball team. Alaura Sharp was sitting right where she always wanted to be, coaching a team in the NCAA …
Nightrider's Lament 