Paying tribute to the legacy of basketball in the City of Louisville, not just at the University. A lot of great players never got to be Cards, went somewhere else or never played college ball at all.
Thanks BooneCo_Card. The guys doing the broadcast didn't really get into that. The morning CJ failed to do so also. Anyway Ron King Louisville Central comes to mind although I have forgotten why he chose to play at FSU.
Ron King and teammate Otto Petty were snatched up by FSU Coach Hugh Durham. A lot of recruiting violations had them on probation, $$$ may have been involved. The Seminoles were ineligible for most of Dave Cowens' career. The FSU team that went to the NC had just come off probation that year.
You must have missed it during the game but the announcers did mention the uniforms during the game. They had a whole segment about them and they told the story of how Peyton got the team together this past year and told them the history of the dirt bowl. Also Edward’s in the post game mentioned them as well.
Durham is from Louisville and played at Eastern HS. No doubt he had the connections to recruit King and Petty.
Hugh Durham also had the guts to integrate his teams b4 it was largely acceptable. Opportunities for black athletes were limited if you weren't a sure-fire star like Wes or Butch. Mike Redd had to go to KY Wesleyan for heaven's sake!
