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Louisville Card File: Boston College

joaniecardI could hear loud and clear, the voices screaming at the TV, during U of L’s workmanlike W at Boston College.

One of them was mine. The others belonged to you.

“Get back on defense!”

“Cover the perimeter!”

“Damn it, Wayne, put the ball in the basket!”

“Can’t this team get the ball inbounds?”

“What’s with all these stupid fouls? Let the clock run out, for God’s sake!!!”

“Close the deal . . . NOW . . . and get outta Dodge!!!”

Those are just the ones, the censors allow me to print.

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Some teams have a personality in place more or less from the get go, and it doesn’t vary much as the season progresses. For better or worse, success or failure.

With others, it takes time for the collective temperament, disposition and nature of a squad — its character — to be revealed.

The latter has certainly been the case for the ’14-’15 University of Louisville Cardinals. That said, the nature of this edition is starting to come into some focus. Continue reading Louisville Card File: Boston College