What Does the Size 15 Foot Say to the Face?
Even though they are a shell of the team that they usually are, the Arizona Wildcats have still managed to stay in the news since the end of last season. Some “highlights”:
- Lute Olson and the Arizona AD stabbed Kevin O’Neill in the back.
- Approximately 7 months after that incident, Olson retires
- Less than a month later, Jamelle Horne commits one of the dumbest fouls we have ever seen.
- Two months later, Horne tops his previous dumb play by doing the exact same thing.
Last night, in a game that I am assuming 99% of you had no idea was going on, Arizona staged a miraculous rally to beat Houston 96-90 in OT. Unfortunately for both teams, the comeback wasn’t the story. The story of the game was Houston’s Aubrey Coleman stepping on Chase Budinger’s face.
The only thing that I can even think of that is comparable to this on the college level is Christian Laettner stepping on Aminu Timberlake’s chest after being fouled in “The Greatest Game Ever Played”.
As bad as Laettner’s stomp was, I think going at Budinger’s face is taking it to another level. At least for Arizona’s sake, this isn’t a mess they brought on themselves. It will be interesting to see how the Houston AD handles the situation.
Update: Apparently, Coleman has issued an apology (follow the link for his “apology” since WordPress is having issues with embedding it here). I’m not buying this whole unintentional thing. The Arizona AD Budinger may have changed his story on whether or not he thinks it was intentional, but I think Coleman’s actions walking off the court are pretty strong evidence of his intent.
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