Cheap, and they could lay other surfaces over it. The main floor sat above it, as did the practice court behind the west stands. They used to run the Mini in there, as well.
what high school did you attend what year
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I’m not sure that’s accurate about the Purdue games, as most weren’t televised then. The ‘71 UK game was in Freedom Hall and was considered a Kentucky home game, likely because FH had greater capacity than Memorial Coliseum. It was definitely televised as I remember the camera location was near us.
You are probably right. I just now saw on YouTube maybe 30 seconds of the first game at Mackey and against UCLA in 67. It was Mount’s first varsity game and he had a broken foot but still scored 28. Alcindor rebounded and threw long and UCLA won on a long shot at the buzzer.
The only Purdue teams I can stand are the Mount teams just because he is so much a part of Indiana b-ball history.
Speaking of McGinnis, I swear I saw this but nobody has confirmed it. The Pacers were playing at Denver and McGinnis drove baseline and dunked with one hand. They had to stop the game because he bent the rim straight down.
Not straight down, but he bent it. Before collapsible rims, it wasn’t uncommon. I saw a high level kid do it at Knight’s IU’s camp once.
IU had priority on ch 4, but Laffy had an independent channel as well iirc, that may or may not have been associated with ch 4.
i think Kokomo also had a ch 4 transmitter at some point.
i'll presume northern Indiana probably picked up their ch 4 IU and PU games as well through syndication.
i'll guess that in northern Ind that PU was the default game, whereas Indy and south IU took top billing when there was a conflict. don't know who reigned with the Kokomo transmitter tower.
Btown, not Indy, was ch 4's home licensed city of public record.. i think when ch 4 was founded, that Btown was the smallest town in the country to have their own television station.
i've got my ticket for Chesty basketball.
on a side note, i remember watching the Mount debut UCLA-PU Alcindor Mount game on tv. must see tv even as a kid.
has there ever been a back court that could shoot it as good as Billy Keller and Mount.
i didn't go, (idiocracy), to the Jefferson Airplane concert but remember when it happened. (White Rabbit is rock royalty).
remembered there were several other major acts, but had forgotten they were The Byrds and BB.
on a side note, i saw The Box Tops, (one hit wonders with "The Letter") and Archie Bell and The Drells, both at the HPER, (different yrs), and Blood Sweat and Tears on the same bill with The Guess Who at 17th st fieldhouse
Goshen 83, home of John Ritter who was a sr Bob Knight' s first yr....remember watching my future brother in law playing against Shawn Kemp in 8th grade which we still laugh about
I found some tape yesterday of Mount at Lebanon and at Purdue. He was an incredible shooter and best off the dribble with a defender in his face. I really enjoyed watching him. I would like to find the Iowa game when he had 60. If they had the three pointer at that time I understand he would have had over 70 and would have been 13/20 from three.
He had good elevation on his shot (apex of jump but also arms at maximum vertical extension and a lot of wrist on his shot) and very fast. Head down dribbling and suddenly shot release. Those shots that he just dribbled straight into the base line and launched a fade away going out of bounds are a joy to watch.
...and Keller no slouch.
In the Lebanon vs Valpo game he hit one of those shots that completely demoralizes a defender. You don’t see it very often. Mount hit a long shot with a guy all over him and the guy is shrugging his shoulders, shaking his head, and talking to himself after the shot drops perfectly. I saw Bird do it a few times in the NBA.
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Rex Mundi out of Evansville and IU class of ‘76. Our biggest game while I was there was a Semi-state finals loss to unbeaten Vincennes in ‘69. That years final four had three unbeaten teams, including Indianapolis Washington with George McGinnis and Steve Downing.
No big deal. I doubt Grace Slick remembers the Byrds were there assuming she remembers she was there.
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I interviewed Rick Mount when I was sports editor of a newspaper. Even though he was a Purdue grad, he was a nice guy.
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From 08-09 I pastored a church around Lebanon. People still talked about Rick Mount a lot. He is a community fixture.
Graduated in ‘71. Changed major 3 times at IU that added a year to getting my degree.
On another note, I passed seeing the Beatles as a youngster along with Cream, and Jimi Hendrix. It wasn’t until my brother asked about Jefferson Airplane that I said yes. Couldn’t pass seeing Grace Slick...what a hottie! Today she looks like someone’s grandma which saddens me.
On another note, I passed seeing the Beatles as a youngster along with Cream, and Jimi Hendrix. It wasn’t until my brother asked about Jefferson Airplane that I said yes. Couldn’t pass seeing Grace Slick...what a hottie! Today she looks like someone’s grandma which saddens me.
Hail the Splendid Splinter. He is at the 10 second line and he
shoots! lol
Did they have their own football field? Vaguely remember seeing them at Bosse Field but also saw them in the Reitz Bowl. Evansville had some good football back in those days.
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