Minute 3: We get our first player interview with Terrence Oglesby. To say he looks like Ollie from Hoosiers is an understatement. Of course, Ollie could never hit three’s from the third row with a hand in his face.
Minute 3: Currently being shown is the obligatory last season year in review montage highlighted by the devastating Carolina losses. Is there a ACC program more tortured by another than Clemson is by the Tarheels. Historically, Clemson has never beaten Carolina in Chapel Hill. Add to that the three losses to Carolina last year. In the first one, Clemson took a seven point lead with 2:37 to play at home, and didn’t score again in regulation including two misses in the last three seconds. Then, Ellington hit the three in overtime with one second left to beat Clemson. Then, Clemson lead Carolina by 11 with 3 minutes left in Chapel Hill only to lose in double overtime. Finally, they lost the ACC championship game to Carolina. I think Clark Griswold had better luck at the blackjack table in Vegas Vacation.
Minute 5: Heather Catlin notes the Tigers will have to make it back to the tournament without the winningest class in school history. Now I’m sure James Mays, Cliff Hammonds and Sam Perry are nice guys, but isn’t being the winningest class in Clemson basketball history a little like being the winningest team in Tampa Bay Rays history. (Darn, that joke expired about 6 months ago. I promise a full refund for that one.)
Minute 7: Freshman Catalin Baciu, a 7’1” Romanian center, is the the tallest signee in Clemson history. They’re already reserving his spot as the fourth on the Mount Rushmore of ACC slow seven footers right next to Mike Mardesich, Chuck Nevitt, and Chase Metheny.
Minute 11: When asked if he was able to enjoy the success last season, Oliver Purnell tells us it’s important to smell the roses. I guess that’s a lot better than smelling what came from the free throw line last year from anyone not named Stitt or Oglesby.
Minute 14: Purnell makes a comment about improving upon the Clemson brand. Clemson just made the NCAA tourney for the first time in 10 years. They made the ACC finals for the first time in 46 years. I think Don Draper on his best day would have trouble selling the Clemson basketball brand.
Minute 19: On to the KC Rivers interview. It’s best to take KC’s thoughts in bullet format.
- “[KC] came to Clemson, because [he] wanted to make it productive.” I’m sure the Chemistry department has flourished since KC arrived on the scene.
- KC’s nickname is “sizzle,” because when he was a freshman, Vernon Hamilton came up to him after practice and said, “Man, you were sizzling.” Clemson creativity at its best.
- KC enjoys playing in front of the large student crowds. He does know that he plays at Clemson right?
- Finally, KC entertained the idea of declaring for the draft, but as Heather Catlin puts it “KC realized he wanted to stay to get his degree and be a leader on and off the court.” Well, that or he had about as much shot at getting drafted as Louis Skolnick becoming president of the Alpha Beta’s.
Minute 21: Onto the Preview All Conference Team who are as follows: Ty Lawson…Tyrese Rice…Jack McClinton…James Johnson…and I wonder who the next player could be…
Ryan Pettinella? Uche Echefu? The player formerly known as Brandon Costner?
No, of course we are talking about one Tyler Hansbrough. No surprise there, and he deserves his pre-season player of the year status. Now onto someone much less deserving…
Minute 22: There is a 6th man on this all conference team. My reaction upon hearing the name caused me to yell back to back, “NO WAY!!”
Apparently, since any ACC preview all conference team is contractually obligated to have a Duke player, they selected Kyle freaking Singler. REALLY??!! He’s not even the best player in his own frontcourt. There are 6 returning players not on the all conference team who averaged more points than Singler last year, and 7 players with better rebounding totals. Who knows?? Maybe the show’s producers were impressed by his 7 total points in the ACC tourney, or his 6 ppg in the postseason last year. Singler’s a fine enough player, but to say he’s the 6th best player in the conference has all the sanity of Neil Patrick Harris in a Harold and Kumar movie.
Minute 26: Back to Clemson as the G Man, Mike Gminski and Tom Werme (I don’t know who he is either) breakdown Clemson’s chances in the upcoming season. The two guys are sitting on director’s chairs, and for some reason they have clipboards. I mention this as odd, because they never look at them and seem to be speaking from tele-prompters.
So there you have it: The 2008 Clemson preview special.
3 comments:
no word on trevor booker? how bout hansbrough is doubtful for the unc opener! everyone- chip is a duke hater, i know at least 4 of us in this league are duke fanatics- dont hate-appreciate, i hop zoubek is still around at the 7th pick!....
Yeah, these first few posts are really comments about the show themselves, the actual previews will be more for the conference season after getting a chance to see some teams play. We've got a couple of Carolina fanatics also.
carolina followers.....ughhhhhhhh- the nerve!
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