Ford article from ESPN

[Verb]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=3457439

[legelegel]

The year was 2006; the setting, Louisville; the game, an ordinary regular-season matchup pitting pupil against mentor.

"He came into Freedom Hall and you know, Travis always gives me more credit than I probably deserve," Pitino said. "It was all, 'No sir, yes sir, thank you Coach.' Then he stepped between the lines and forget all that.

"He kicked my ass. He just kicked my ass."



Ford's UMass team beat Petino's Cardinals 72-68 at Louisville December 13, 2006.

Quotes from Massachusetts Head Coach Travis Ford on this game:

"I thing the difference in the game was the way we stared the game. We haven't shot like that all year long. We played our best basketball of the year long definitely in the first half, as a complete of a first half as probably one of my teams have played. Defensively, we were in every position we wanted to be. We made shots that we've worked on; trying to create shots for each other. That's what we tried to do and normally we don't make very many of them. Tonight we did."

"It's big for our basketball team, no question. It's something Coach Pitino taught me and we did it a couple of times, it's when you get a big lead, like we had, fifteen or whatever it was, and your one the road and you see the whole thing just deplete. A lot of teams can just wilt and we didn't wilt, so I think we gained a lot of character out of that. For us to be up fifteen and them come back and tie it with four minutes to go, we really could have given up. Coach Pitino has always said that's when great winning character is built when you can do that. I told our team I was very proud of that as much as anything that we were able to sustain losing a big lead and not just wilting.
http://uoflsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/121306aaa.html

[pokeinokc]

I love this part:

The year was 2006; the setting, Louisville; the game, an ordinary regular-season matchup pitting pupil against mentor.

"He came into Freedom Hall and you know, Travis always gives me more credit than I probably deserve," Pitino said. "It was all, 'No sir, yes sir, thank you Coach.' Then he stepped between the lines and forget all that.

"He kicked my ass. He just kicked my ass."

It's not as good as "We came to play basketball, they came to kick our ass", but it'll do.