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!
One of my favorite all time memories was when the Hilltoppers destroyed uk in the 1971 NCAA tournament Mideast Regional round of 16. The Hilltoppers won 107–83. Thats when I heard so much about Rupp's racism against McDaniels and black players and why I continue to despise the kitties.
Jim Rose - Hazard
Jim Richards was the head coach at Glasgow HS and brought Bailey and Dunn with him when he became Johnny Oldham's assistant.
It’s hell to get old. I didn’t remember squat about Nova til you posted this. 🤣
^^^^ YESSIR^^^^ was going to say the same, they did a quick mention then came back to go longer. compared it to rucker park, talked about how it runs into multiple months. down at shawnee park.
