cville deac
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Ask John Chaney what he thinks about Wake's ballers, especially under Odom. He openly called our foreign players thugs, referring to Vid and Songailla. But I think it was more a product of we played tough slow down defense under Odom.
To me, there is a big difference between good hard play and dirty play. Odom played that Holland/Jeff Jones kind of slow ball where you get back on D and put a body on anyone who comes in the lane. I have zero problem and in fact like teams who play physical basketball. I'd much rather be known for being physical than soft - basketball is a contact sport. Vidauretta, Songaila and Shoemaker were all physical but played that style in the context of the game. As for John Chaney, he may have been engaging in the same stuff Pete Gillen was - talk about our guys before the game to try to influence the refs. That shite happens all the time. And as I recall, Chaney's Temple teams played pretty tough match-up zone D. His whining about physical play would be the equivalent of Bobby Huggins complaining about the same.
When I think of dirty players, I think of Chas, Hakhtar Ndjaye (sp?), Wojo, Dirtay Jones, Meagher, Veal, Fothergill, Sheehey... - players who frequently used elbows, fists and the like to antagonize opponents.
The behavior from the Xavier/Cincy game went way beyond what should be tolerated in college hoops. You simply can't have fist fights, stomping on players and pressers afterwards where the players openly spoke of being gangstas. Had this stuff happened in a pro game, David Stern would have suspended them for more than they got suspended.