I got permission to make the guide full-size and I wanted to get a shot that would work for recruiting, too. I think Joe Barta took the photo. Loved Mike's sport coat.
I think T Kinsey would approve !! He seems to be the fashion plate for the current squad...
OMG - triple OT in the newly minted MMI vs St Johns....and winning! The Oral Roberts win on the road...who did we lose to that season? (other than Bo Lamar & the Rajun Cajuns in Las Cruces NM....)
Morehead was really good, that year it was at their place, and we were still working on the all-out fast break offense ...and full court defense.
I was at that game...4 rows from the top.
Two years before Ohio played Bowling Green for the MAC title. The Convo was full and they turned people away at the door. Still their largest home crowd in history, 14102.
I don't recall, but I would guess Ernie's friend Lou Sahadi may have had some influence. For some reason, I think they were promoting some sort of college game series. Might have even been a part of a doubleheader?
We must know each other. I recall the Miami game featured an ice storm, or at least very slick roads during the day? I drove my own car to that game. I also think we knew before that game that we were going to be in the NCAA tourney, or at least we had a pretty good idea.
Yes, I remember you well. I was writing for the Wheeling Intelligencer at the time, I made many trips on my own dime since they didn't feel the need to cover The Herd In fact, I interviewed for the job that you ended up getting. After the crash I interviewed with McMullen. He told me straight up that since, at that time, I didn't have a degree I was out of the running. My plan was to finish the degree while working at MU. He did ask to pick my brain on ways to maybe get better coverage around the state. He figured that since I was a state writer my friendship with the other writers might help.
The Marquette game was in Milwaukee. The officiating at the end of the game was horrendous. We should have won. McGuire was extremely agitated and made some derogatory comments about us after the game. That game was taken away from us.
I along with Mike Brown, Lowell Cade and Bill Smith a Charleston writer, were the ones that took the brunt of McGuire's comments. That is when he told us the we "f****** hillbillies need to go back to where we came from"
Yeah - curious as well.....
By the time I moved to Winston Salem (1989), Tacy had been retired for 4 years. I had no idea that he gave up coaching after 13 seasons @ Wake. 220 wins, 4 NCAA’s, 2 elite eights, 2 nit’s. 52 years old. Seems he’d had enough.
The huddle pay was the first time we saw a coach keep his team in the huddle as the other teams starters were being announced. Prior to that it was common for announced players to go to the other teams and shake hands before the game.
Yeah Duke, I knew that was what happened after '71-'72. My reference to "never inviting him back" would have been the years after 1985 (after he had retired from WFU). Now, it could be that Marshall did reach out to CT and he rebuffaloed them; I guess we will never know. When I contacted Mike H. (about 6 years ago), the Herd was getting ready to honor the players from that squad at halftime of a home game. I suggested it would be great to have the team's head coach present as well. I never heard back from him.
Dwight said: you just can call me “Bo”. So, is the SWL death penalty/voided NC2A wins common knowledge? I had never known that....
That Marquette game in the Cam was GREAT. A terrific comeback. As I recall, Marquette scored the first bucket in the second to extend the halftime lead before the Herd clawed back in it
Larry did not play on that team. I believe Laverne Evans, David Wade and Jeff Battle led us to that comeback win. Don Turney and Sam Ervin also played that year. It was a great win and we had almost a full house.
I really hesitated about Doc Watson! I knew Wade 100%. THAT 2nd half action would be a nice COVID19 video special? Anybody have a copy?
