Re: T-Rat

[Michael W Pickens]

Your welcome.  I'm glad you liked it.  I will give you one more question
that I asked T-Rat.

Q: T-Rat who is going to win the Crosstown shoot out this year.
A: Xavier by 20!

I didn't like that answer at all.  I had another question lined up after
that one but it was like he suckered punched me in the stomach on that one.
I wasn't expecting him to say UC would win or that he couldn't tell but
that Huggs would make sure it was a close game.  He really threw me for a
loop.

The Question that I never got to ask T-Rat but I will ask the forum:

Q: Do you think that if we get James White that this is the best recruiting
class we have ever had?

Cya,

M!




address@hidden on 12/03/2002 08:49:40 PM

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Subject:  Re: [UC Basketball] T-Rat


In a message dated 12/3/02 8:59:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, address@hidden
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> Last night I went to the game and actually sat in the box seat thanks to
a
> couple of friends.  I was having a very good time watching our Cats beat
up
> on Valpo and drinking the free beer.  I enjoyed the game very much.
> However it got much better at the end.  Instead of sitting in the traffic
> after the game we hung out in the box.  I turned around and there was
none
> other than T-Rat, Terrance Gibson.  I have to say I was very impressed
with
> him.  He seemed educated and well spoken, exactly the kind of person you
> want representing your University.  He stood and talked to us for almost
an
> hour.  It was in one word Awesome.  I thought I would share some of the
> questions we asked and his comments.
>
> Q - 1992 (Final Four year) versus Kenyon's senior year.
> A - They would have never even made it past half court against our
defense.
> That team was good but it wasn't even close.  The only person on that
team
> that would have started would have been Kenyon.
>
> Q - K Legree good point guard or bad point guard.  (I had told my friends
> that he was a good point guard)
> A - Your point guard is supposed to be a floor general and Legree was
> definitely that.  He was better than Nick as a point guard.  Legree got
> everyone around him involved he just didn't have the talent around him
that
> Nick had.  Nick was a much better player but Legree was a better point
> guard.
>
> Q - True or False you don't want Legree shooting foul shots at the end of
> the game.
> A - Dumbfound look and a noshit answer.  (I was making a point with this
> one to my friends, I didn't do that one again.)
>
> He talked about the days when he was playing and the fact they didn't
have
> cell phones, pagers, cars and they lived in the dorms together.  Now a
days
> its like baby-sitting for the coaches.  They were more focused and
listened
> to everything Huggs said when he played.  The last few teams did not do a
> very good job of that.  He seemed to care about Huggs a lot and seemed
very
> proud to have played on that team.  He said that Herb Jones was the best
> player he has ever played with.  There is nothing that Herb could not do.
>
> Q - Do you think E. Hicks will be a great player when he leaves here?
> A - He told us a story about calling up Huggs to stay for a few days
longer
> at home for a family gathering and cookout because Huggs wanted him to be
> in Cincinnati to start working out.  Huggs let him stay and that is when
he
> got shot in the leg.  If Hicks had listened to Huggs and come up when he
> should have he would be a much better player right now than what you are
> seeing.
>
> He then started talking about when Huggs would put him in, that he was
> supposed to know where everyone was and what they were supposed to be
> doing.  He said he would come into the game and they had a set designed
for
> Nick but Nick would not be where he was supposed to be and so he would
get
> taken out of the game. However he would always stay close to Huggs
because
> he didn't want him to forget that he was there.   He wouldn't sulk like a
> lot of players.
>
> I won't bore you anymore with this but man it was just very nice to meet
a
> player like him.  It made me proud to be supporting the team and that we

Great story!!!  Thank you much for sharing that. :-)