Hey Guys.
As a former Div I player, there are way too many hoops memories to even remember (especially at 75 - Ha!) Here are a couple.
My first college - for a year, was in the deep south. We had a game over at Auburn U. My roommate, Tim & I were the leading scorers on the very balanced, together team. It was the wild 60's & a friend gave us small doses of "something" to try out on the long bus ride over to Alabama. Not too heavy, but fun. We thought it would wear off long before the game.
Perception was definitely different, but it really, really enhanced our game - especially depth perception. Our team was all between 6'3" & 6'5", skinny & could press & run all night long. Auburn was all 6'5" - 6'10". They were built, Slow, all-white & moved like football players - & mean , dirty, & arrogant as heck. We were 'four days & a night."
Tim & I were actually still enjoying the visual effects at game time. We pressed the heck out of them. They chased us all night!nI don't think Auburn got it across 3/4 court but a few times, We fouled most of them out by halftime.
Tim & I could not miss. In fact, we didn't. Tim scored 49 points & I 46. 91 points - two teammates. Neither of us missed a single shot ALL NIGHT. We hit them all. Neither of us wanted to bring the ball in on the rare occasions when they scored, for fear of not seeing it again - with both of us in the zone. Ha! We won 129-29 & enjoyed "the ride."
Afterward, we bused back to our campus in New Orleans our & coach ( a young guy in his 20'a) tells us to follow him. He walks us over to Tulane Stadium & proceeds to run Tim & I up & down the steep stairs for an hour, in the dark. We were SOO sick & tired. He ran with us & got sick too.
I said to him, "THIS is our reward for breaking an NCAA SCORING RECORD?" He told us that when he saw our eyes he knew exactly what was going on with us & he'd have to deal with us later - Seeing that he had tried some of the same the night before. Ha! That's why he ran with us - as part of theare punishment.The 60'a were a "try anything" blast! I also liked the scale of the game & our players better back then, even without the shot clock, the three-point line, & no money in it.
SECOND MEMORY - IS a series. It was ALL those great home games I enjoyed playing in Madison Square Garden. NYU played all our homegames at MSG. It was thrilling to hear your name called out over the PA by the legendary announcer John Condon - "That was Father Demo!"
Great Memories from over half a century ago.
Father Demo
