09-11-2019, 07:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-11-2019, 08:00 PM by SF_Cardinal_Fan.)
(09-11-2019, 07:39 PM)Phogge Wrote: I saw Russ and KC many times at Kezar Pavillion. Phil Woolpert was a great recruiter and an apostle of Pete Newell when Pete was at USF and Phil at SI. As far as I know neither cheated.
I live in SF and have attended many USF basketball games. One of my favorites was about 12 years ago when Newell arranged for Bob Knight's Texas Tech team to play USF. The gym was packed with great energy (everybody wanted to see Bob Knight) and Jerome Gumbs (a career 5 points per game Dons player) had the game of his life to score about 35 points and lead USF's win.
Another strong memory I have is Deb Gore Mann firing Jesse Evans on Christmas Eve and hiring the legendary retired OK State coach Eddie Sutton to finish out the season. Sutton lived for two months at the Fisherman's Wharf Holiday Inn and got his 500th career victory. It was remarkable how quickly he had USF's roster playing traditional old school textbook basketball (boxing out for rebounds, player movement, ball movement, proper defense etc...).