04-13-2017, 08:22 AM
I became a Stanford football fan in 1971, but I became a UNC basketball fan in 1967. I grew up a Dayton basketball fan, and I was cheering like hell for them in their 1967 Final Four game vs UNC. That was the first time I ever saw UNC, and I knew immediately that something changed inside me (pardon my corniness). The most beautiful color I ever saw.
The discussion about Maravich fits very well here. The basketball "culture" of that time was "me, me, me". Stars constantly complained (openly on court) when they were taken out of the game. You had those monstrous player scoring averages. I can't prove it, but I think the words "chucker" and "ball hog" actually came into being around that time. Then here comes a team (UNC) whose players raised their fist when they were tired, asking to come out in favor of a rested teammate!
If it turns out that Roy Williams ruins everything that Dean built up, I will be very mad and very sad. I wish they would get it over with so recruits know what's what.
The discussion about Maravich fits very well here. The basketball "culture" of that time was "me, me, me". Stars constantly complained (openly on court) when they were taken out of the game. You had those monstrous player scoring averages. I can't prove it, but I think the words "chucker" and "ball hog" actually came into being around that time. Then here comes a team (UNC) whose players raised their fist when they were tired, asking to come out in favor of a rested teammate!
If it turns out that Roy Williams ruins everything that Dean built up, I will be very mad and very sad. I wish they would get it over with so recruits know what's what.