Over the last week, Stephen A. Smith made a bold claim about Loyola-Chicago’s basketball team, calling into question their legitimacy to be in the national championship game. He acknowledged sounding like a hater with a preface to his quote.
Smith was asked on a segment of First Take if he would be interested in seeing Loyola-Chicago in the championship game.
“No. I know that sounds like I’m the Grinch, or whatever,” Smith said. “Please forgive me, but when it comes to the national championship game, I want to see the two best teams in the nation.”
And he’s right, he does sound like the Grinch: just dumping on them and de-legitimizing them as a program.