It’s official: Sendek is hip
March 18th, 2008, 11:27 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Mark Heller
It’s a 9 p.m. tipoff at Wells Fargo Arizona for Arizona State’s NIT second-round game against Southern Illinois on Thursday. Why so painfully late?
No idea, but one theory is because of how far the Salukis — who beat Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in Carbondale, Ill. – have to travel on such short notice.
“That’s almost Friday. It’s Friday for me, I can tell you that,” Sendek, whose team defeated Alabama State in its first-round contest on Tuesday, joked of Thursday’s extra-late start.
He was just getting started.
“We have to encourage all the Sun Devil fans to go home after work and school, take a long nap and get refreshed and come out for the late-night game,” he said.
“When you’re hip anyway, the action doesn’t start until about 9 o’clock anyway.”
Sendek’s hip?
“Very hip,” he said, “and you can quote me on that.”
All hail: “Hip” Sendek. We always suspected he had a little shake-’n'-bake suave.
Once the press-conference laughter finally subsided, it was noted the Sun Devils reached 20 wins for the ninth time in school history and first since 2002-03 season.
“It’s a good number,” Sendek said. “It’s an earmark we’ve made some progress. But that’s not where our attention is right now.”
