Being No. 1 doesn’t matter at this point
Louisville defeated Pittsburgh last weekend and Wake Forest deforested Clemson and that meant “Yabba-Dabba Do!” for the kids at Wake Forest, who anticipated their basketball team’s imminent ascent to No. 1.
The student body has co-opted “The Flintstones” as a television tie-in to Coach Dino Gaudio, who has done remarkable work since taking over the program following Skip Prosser’s shocking death in 2007.
Gaudio, though, knows how fast rankings can turn to Barney Rubble.
“If you’re happy to be No. 1 on Jan. 19, then you aren’t the team I think you are,” Gaudio told his players.
Wake Forest found out Wednesday when it was upset at home by unranked Virginia Tech. And maybe that’s not a bad thing.
There are few things more meaningless — wings on an ostrich, perhaps? — than being No. 1 in college basketball in November, December, January, February or March.
latimes.com
1/22/09
Magnolia Tribune
