Time To Rise And Shine

One player who has done his job quietly is Ellison. He does the requisite 6'10" things, playing goalie in the 2-2-1 zone press and menacing opponents with his long arms. But he has also done 5'10" things—he flicked a blind, over-the-shoulder pass to Hall for a jumper during the Cards' 89-67 pasting of Florida State last Wednesday—and even senior things. When Houston hung within a point of the Cards midway through the second half on Saturday, Ellison knocked down two straight dunks, knocked in a couple of follows and knocked away two Cougar shots to put Louisville up by eight. Says Crum, "He's as consistent as any freshman we've had here since Scooter and Rodney McCray and Derek Smith." It's not insignificant that the handprints of each of those three are immortalized in Crawford concrete. And Ellison has most of his future ahead of him.