Sixty Years Ago
 

My best friend and I watched our first NCAA tournament. Loyola of Chicago beat Cincinnati in OT. I have not missed one since. The best time for basketball is tonight. It’s the competitive spirit leftover from basketball that keeps me racing.

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Being from California I was fond of UCLA and the John Wooden years.

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Great tournament this year, both men’s and women’s!

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Congrats to the UCONN Men!

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Definitely one of the best times of the year. Have to agree the competitive spirit that dad and I both shared for racing is absolutely a carry over from playing.

Rick

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Yes, the competitive spirit flowed into the streets off campus last night in Storrs ,Ct. Street signs and light poles torn down, light poles rammed through glass storefronts. It was a lil chilly last night so furniture was set on fire and a few vehicles overturned and set on fire also ….nothing like a good celebration ….

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MJ, could be a blue state thing. One could contrast that with the UT Football celebration after beating Alabama or perhaps some rowdy fans at the Ole Miss game (but recognize Lane Kiffin is probably the most hated man in the area, to the point that the road accessing the campus sewer treatment facility is called “Kiffin Way”). In any case the passion surrounding college sports is quite a phenomenon. Recall growing up not too far from Larry; Dan Issel and Louie Dampier were big heroes, even when Pistol Pete came to town.

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Being born and raised in CT, the dominance that UCONN displayed for the entire tournament was incredible.

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Take aways from the tournaments.
Women. Refs called so many fouls, if you just grazed someone, the whistle blew.
Men. What's a foul... It was great. Best thing was the refs, didn't change in the last several minutes.
UConn. Men won the championship. Women didn't make the final four as they have done for the last 16 years.
With all the excitement, the close games, the upsets, the blowouts, the wildest thing of all was LSU's coach Mulkey's outfits.
Now, back to drag racing.

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Yes sir, I was very fortunate to attend the 2012 and 2013 Final Fours. Pretty darn exciting when I pulled into the arena parking lot and the sign sez.. The Road Ends Here !!!!!

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I have been to a quite few Final Fours both as someones guest and by buying my own tickets--- no matter what team you are for its something to see everybody rooting for both teams--- quite an accomplishment to make it that far no matter which team you like--I remember one I went to in Indy and they sell team practice tickets money goes to NCAA Charity---they sold like 30,000 tickets at $20 a piece and this is just to watch one team practice ---FED 387

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Hidy Larry hope y’all are doing well just curious what Kentucky team did you play for and how long was you basketball career ?

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I played for Lowes H.S. I went to West Georgia College with a friend off of our high school team my freshman year. Sophomore year I played at Gainesville Junior College and in March of that year Patsy and I married. I'm an Austin Peay aluminums and the athletic department paid an for an extra quarter so I could student teach. I finished in December 1972 walked in graduation spring of 1973. I was not a very good college player but good enough to be part of the team.
After college I started flying toy airplanes.

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Well that’s cool I know you’re a Kentucky fan now so I thought you maybe played for a state college there I never played but ive been a Memphis Tigers fan since about the 80s my wife and our 2 sons graduated there hope to see you at the races soon