By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In a week of moping around, dealing with things that would not work and dreaming impossible dreams, life gets back to normal, or didn’t I write that last week? Notes from watching too many basketball games: Gunfighters shoot from the hip. Politicians shoot from the lip. Basketball players shoot from …
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Furman falls, but not for want of effort
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 …
Anatomy of an upset
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Wilkins (Furman photo) Click here. Furman must go into Friday night’s game against Connecticut with illogical expectations. A cynic would call it delusions of grandeur. The Paladins must believe they are going to win. Period. There’s no other way. When Furman hits the Xfinity Mobile Arena floor, every corner of the …
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 …
Nightrider's Lament 