The BIAH Quotables

This a new feature we are trying out here at BIAH this season. Throughout the week, we are going to post some notable quotes or excerpts that show up in our google reader. Stupid people say stupid things 24 hours a day, and being somehow associated with the college hoops landscape does not preclude that fact. That said, we will not limit our quotables to the simple and idiotic, as the insightful and intelligent will also be highlighted. Feel free to pass along any quotables you stumble across to contactbiah@gmail.com or @ballinisahabit.

At this point we should all be aware of the situation involving the Tennessee basketball team. Coach Bruce Pearl was interviewed by Tennessee beat reporter Wes Rucker about the situation. Coach Pearl understands how tough this is, but hopes his team can get through it:

...They did a great job today. We had a great practice, and they’ve responded very, very well. Adversity doesn’t build character; it reveals character. Our character will be revealed.

Kansas State won their tenth in a row on Sunday night, destroying South Dakota 91-69.

As the first half came to a close, Jacob Pullen tossed an alley-oop that bounced off the backboard before connecting with Curtis Kelly for the emphatic slam. Teammate Jamar Samuels offered the following to press row as he walked towards the locker room for intermission:

Did you see that? Did that just happen?

Yes Jamar, that just happened, and it was nice, very nice. Samuels had this to say after the game, about the signature highlight of the game:

I thought he missed it. I looked at the crowd, and the crowd was like, 'What is he doing?'

Wildcat star Pullen was equally confused:

Did they credit me for an assist for that?

The Clemson Tigers continue to suck at Cameron Indoor Stadium. But this weekend they sucked at an all-time high, putting up a measly 12 points in the first half. The OP:Clemson Basketball, the team-specific blog for the Tigers had a great line about just how much their team sucked this weekend:

The Tigers were cold. They couldn't make a metaphor or cliche with all the words in the dictionary.

Gary Parrish has officially become a weekly staple of the BIAH Quotables. If you don't know why, take a gander at the following. Parrish explains to a reader (who believes Parrish despises the Pitt Panthers) why he does not in fact, hate Pitt:

...So I don't hate Pitt, and I don't know anybody who hates Pitt. I just thought it was crazy to rank Pitt back when that AP voter was ranking Pitt, because, you know, it was. And I used him to make the Poll Attacks interesting. And it worked. But you'd be wise to never confuse my opinions with my personal feelings, because they're rarely interchangeable.

Another recent staple of the BIAH Quotables has been bench-warming blogger extraordinaire Kyle Titus, otherwise known as the mastermind of Club Trillion.

He notes that Evan "The Villain" Turner might be on his way back to action soon. And, like any good teammate, took a moment to get in some last minute jabs:

For those who don’t remember, The Villain broke his back a couple weeks ago and our team has struggled at times without him. He was projected to be out another month, but his rehab is going well and he could be back within the next couple games. I’m excited for The Villain’s return, mostly because I want to see if these past couple weeks will go down as the “Brokeback Era” of his career. Either way, I’m bombarding him with Brokeback jokes and will continue to do so even when his back is fully healed.

Don't think we would just give you one sampling of Titus' hilarious writing. This time discussing his love for the Sony PSP, which he received as gift for "playing" in the Big Ten/ACC Challange:

It’s refreshing to think that I get awesome gifts for basically doing minimal work. It’s like I’m Preston from Blank Check, only instead of getting cool stuff because I got hit by a car while riding my bike, I get cool stuff because I take a Dallas Lauderdale elbow to the face every now and then. It’s a perfectly fair trade the way I see it.

The quotable doesn't end there:

As far as the actual game action, we lost to the Wisconsin Buzzcuts on New Year’s Eve mostly because our offense had the continuity of an LFO song.

The good people at Rush The Court had a smart quip (did anybody not?) about the UNC shocker from last night. Let them remind you who the Tar Heels lost to:

America, if you didn’t know him before, may we introduce you to Andrew Goudelock. He is a 6′2 junior guard from Lilburn, Georgia, and he plays for the Charleston Cougars. No, that’s not a minor league baseball team. Despite their 8-6 record, it’s a pretty good basketball team that knocked off the 9th-ranked Tar Heels on Monday night.