Riaan Umqeqeshi we-basketball wasekolishi URick Pitino useke waqeqesha u-Iona izinkathi ezintathu.
Eyesine iphezulu emoyeni.
Umqeqeshi oyinhloko u-Rick Pitino we-Iona Gaels ubukele esiwombeni sokuqala bebhekene ne-Connecticut Huskies emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament obubanjelwe eMVP Arena ngoMashi 17, 2023, e-Albany, eNew York. (Izithombe ze-C. Morgan Engel/NCAA nge-Getty Images)
Ngemuva kokuhlulwa kuka-Iona ngo-87-63 ku-UConn Huskies ngoLwesihlanu, uPitino wabuzwa ukuthi ngabe ukulahlekelwa ngomzuliswano wokuqala kwaba okokugcina njengomqeqeshi oyinhloko weGaels.
“Anginayo ngempela impendulo kuyo, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso kuwena,” kusho uPitino. “Angazi noma kunjalo noma cha, ngoba ngigxile kukho konke kulo mdlalo, ngizama ukuthuthukisa umdlalo. hlela ukushaya i-Connecticut.”
U-Pitino kunamahlebezi okuthi nguyena okhethwayo esikhundleni sokuqeqesha e-St. John’s, isikole esiqhele ngamamayela angu-20 ukusuka e-Iona.
Umqeqeshi oyinhloko u-Rick Pitino we-Iona Gaels usabela esiwombeni sesibili ngokumelene ne-Connecticut Huskies emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament eMVP Arena ngoMashi 17, 2023, e-Albany, eNew York. (Izithombe zikaRob Carr/Getty)
“Angikacabangi nhlobo ngakho,” kusho uPitino ngesikhathi ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe unaso yini isikhathi sokuthatha isinqumo ngekusasa lakhe. “Ngizwa umbuzo ovela kuwe, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi uma uqala ukucabanga kusengaphambili, uhlale uhluleka.
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“Sifake umzamo omkhulu kulo mdlalo. Angazi. Angazi noma ungifanele, omunye umsebenzi. Angikwazi lokho. Yinto, njengoba ngishilo ngaphambili, ngiyazi wena.” konke kubhekiselwa e-St. John’s, kodwa angikaze ngiyibone i-St. John’s. Kukhona ongithumelele isiqeshana.”
Umqeqeshi weSt. John’s oxoshiwe uMike Anderson ngeledlule ngemuva kwamasizini amane futhi ehluleka ukuletha iRed Storm emqhudelwaneni weNCAA.
“Ngemuva kokuhlola ngokugcwele uhlelo lwe-basketball yabesilisa, iNyuvesi yethu inqume ukuthi kudingeka ushintsho ebuholini nasekuqondiseni I-St. John’s Basketball,” kusho umqondisi wezokusubatha uMike Cragg esitatimendeni, ngokusho kwe-ESPN. “Sifisela umqeqeshi uMike Anderson nomndeni wakhe okuhle kodwa ekusaseni labo.”
Umqeqeshi oyinhloko u-Rick Pitino we-Iona Gaels ubukele esiwombeni sokuqala bebhekene ne-Connecticut Huskies emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament eMVP Arena ngoMashi 17, 2023, e-Albany, eNew York. (Izithombe zikaRob Carr/Getty)
AmaGaels kaPitino adlule ngo 27-8 ngaphambi kokuwa UConn emqhudelwaneni futhi wahlanganisa umzamo omkhulu wesigamu sokuqala ngokumelene namaHuskies.
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U-Iona uhambe phambili ngo 39-37 ekhefini ngaphambi kokuthi akhishwe ngamawu-26 esiwombeni sesibili.
“Bengicabanga ukuthi sinethuba elivumelekile lokuwashaya uma siya emdlalweni, kodwa siphume ngesiwombe sesibili, bavele basilawula,” kusho uPitino. “Ngakho bafanelwe ukuhalaliselwa.”
