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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Tavaras Hardy

Tavaras Hardy is on the path to becoming the greatest Wildcat of all time.  In fact, no player has ever worn the sacred Cats jersey more than T-Bone.  118 times to be exact.  Though we will never forget the bad times with Tavaras, such as when his air ball cost the Cats an upset win over Mateen Cleaves and the Spartans, we also occasionally can remember the good times, if we close our eyes and think really hard.  Clapping your hands helps.

Tavaras had the unfortunate pleasure to play with some of the biggest NU transfer traitors around: David Newman, Brody Deren and Gimme More Steve LePore.  With such A-level talent leaving the cozy confines of Welsh-Ryan Arena for places like Drake and Creighton, the Cats could never recover under Kevin O'Neill. 

In all reality, we truly admired how hard Tavaras always played, and that he has stuck with this program for so long, when so many others bailed.  Nobody deserves to see some success at this place more than him.  And now, he is even in his second season as assistant coach. 

At this point in the post we start making demands.  When The General marches into Evanston, we want Tavaras to remain on the staff.  Tavaras has committed his life to the misery of this basketball program, and he deserves to see its triumphant ascendancy to .500.  So please Coach Knight, when you clean out the cupboard, keep some T-Bone in there, just in case.