I love this! Go Mick! :thumb:

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/mick-cronin-thanks-ashley-judd--slyly-lets-her-know-he-s-single-225216226.html

 

In addition to thanking Kentucky superfan Ashley Judd for her support of junior forward Octavius Ellis, Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin couldn't resist taking his shot with the actress while he had her attention Tuesday afternoon.

 

Cronin slyly let Judd know he's single in case they ever meet in person someday.

 

Cronin's tweets came one day after Judd took to Facebook to apologize to Ellis for comments made about him on social media by other Kentucky fans. Ellis drew the ire of Big Blue Nation for his physical play against the Wildcats just two days after he was ejected from Cincinnati's opening-round win against Purdue for an elbow to the throat of Boilermakers center A.J. Hammons.

 

Judd has spoken out against hateful online speech since she too became the target of a handful of Arkansas fans after Kentucky's SEC tournament victory over the Razorbacks earlier this month. When a Cincinnati radio host asked Judd to defend Ellis after he received a myriad of posts filled with racial slurs, threats and expletives, Judd responded with a lengthy Facebook post.

 

"Just as many Arkansas fans apologized to me for what a few of their fan base directed at me, with the whole of my soul, on my knees, I apologize to Octavius and his entire family for remarks made by some fans of my team.

 

"I also remind us, as I did Arkansas fans, that although this behavior is lamentably located within a sport and a time year that is supposed to give us something dizzyingly fun to share, the rage is a phenomenon that seizes our entire culture and society. Just as my original tweet was merely a delivery system ready abusers seized upon, so is Ellis' family narrative and some of his behavior those close to him describe as "admittedly exasperating."

 

"In the hatred directed at me, my being a survivor of sexual abuse and rape was also distorted and leveraged at me in bizarre ways. With pernicious creativity, some managed to yoke my being a rape survivor, my age, and marital status to their slurs.

 

"This happens. It should not.

 

"What are you going to do about it?"

 

Credit Judd for taking the time to pen such a heartfelt reply to the radio host and for championing a cause that is clearly important to her. She probably earned a lot of new fans in the Cincinnati area.

 

At the very least, she has one new suitor.

I am having trouble grabbing the tweets out of this article to post here. They keep disappearing on me within the article! :taz:

Quadri Moore's 3 point attempt on Saturday might have had a better chance of going in than Cronin hooking up with the Queen of the Bluegrass.

 

Well played though!

Hey, I admire Mick for giving it a shot!

Hey, I admire Mick for giving it a shot!

 

Yeah, what's the saying? "You miss 100% of the shots you never take."

Quadri Moore's 3 point attempt on Saturday might have had a better chance of going in than Cronin hooking up with the Queen of the Bluegrass.

 

Well played though!

 

Ha, I literally came here to say the exact same thing.

I wonder how many of the out of line tweets/posts were generated during the game? People, as do players, get competitive and wound up in the heat of the moment and do or say things they shouldn't. Maybe good advice to all fans is to refrain from tweeting or posting during the game if one is emotionally compromised.

I wonder how many of the out of line tweets/posts were generated during the game? People, as do players, get competitive and wound up in the heat of the moment and do or say things they shouldn't. Maybe good advice to all fans is to refrain from tweeting or posting during the game if one is emotionally compromised.

 

AMEN!! Put that dang phone away and WATCH THE GAME!

I wonder how many of the out of line tweets/posts were generated during the game? People, as do players, get competitive and wound up in the heat of the moment and do or say things they shouldn't. Maybe good advice to all fans is to refrain from tweeting or posting during the game if one is emotionally compromised.

 

Unknown but Ellis took a selfie and then posted it for the folks in his Twitter mentions so I imagine there was still plenty of vitriol being spewed at him after the game.