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eCat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:00 pm I suspect most of you can't stand the idea of watching it but the Southern Basketball series on ESPN is pretty good. Of course the first episode is a Kentucky love fest, but then it gets to the 70s with Pete Maravich. I was too young to really appreciate this guy

They were interviewing Dan Issel, maybe one of the best college players ever and he had this to say

"I was the second leading average scorer in college basketball that year and Maravich beat me by 10 points......10 points per game"

Rupp's philosophy was you can't guard Maravich, but he can't beat you by himself, so they'd let Maravich score his 40 or 50 points and then watch LSU lose to UK. Maravich, as great as he was, was 0-6 against Kentucky and back then, the league champ would be the only team to go to the tournament. The tragedy in that is Maravich never got to play in a single NCAA tournament game.

If you get a chance, watch that episode just to watch what Maravich was doing in the game. The NCAA had also outlawed the dunk so this guy was putting on a show every game.

hedge wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 12:10 pm "Lakers made some nice moves as well."

What'd they do, trade Jack Nicholson for Spike Lee?

crotch wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:33 pm

eCat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:00 pm I suspect most of you can't stand the idea of watching it but the Southern Basketball series on ESPN is pretty good. Of course the first episode is a Kentucky love fest, but then it gets to the 70s with Pete Maravich. I was too young to really appreciate this guy

They were interviewing Dan Issel, maybe one of the best college players ever and he had this to say

"I was the second leading average scorer in college basketball that year and Maravich beat me by 10 points......10 points per game"

Rupp's philosophy was you can't guard Maravich, but he can't beat you by himself, so they'd let Maravich score his 40 or 50 points and then watch LSU lose to UK. Maravich, as great as he was, was 0-6 against Kentucky and back then, the league champ would be the only team to go to the tournament. The tragedy in that is Maravich never got to play in a single NCAA tournament game.

If you get a chance, watch that episode just to watch what Maravich was doing in the game. The NCAA had also outlawed the dunk so this guy was putting on a show every game.

Southern Basketball is a great series....At about the 5 minute mark of the second episode, they tell the story about Mississippi State's Joe Dan Gold. Gold was from Benton, Kentucky and was the Superintendent for 8 years here in Morgan County where I taught 7th grade. Had many a conversation with Joe Dan but not one time did he ever mention about the team having to sneak out of town to play Loyola of Chicago. Joe Dan is best remembered for the center court handshake with Jerry Harkness of Loyola that stunned those watching the game. Joe Dan died while residing here in the county back in 2011. Pretty decent fellow to converse with if you could actually get a word or two in the conversation.

BTW... hope all is well with you, eCat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dan_Gold