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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 2490142, member: 504"] My 4 years were 1963-67, matching Wes B., Tom Penders, Bill Holowaty Ron Ritter (good guy) and coach Fred Shabel, and over lapping Dom Perno, Dan Hesford, Ed Slomczenski and Toby Kimball (1 to 3 years ahead of me) and Bill Corley, a year behind me. Some of our best teams until the Calhoun Era. The Field House was jammed no matter the opponent. UConn opened every season against AIC and without focusing on it, I know I would have seen Calhoun play for them Students had the best seats along the sidelines, lower deck and the end zones. It was not unusual for a game to be date night for students. The lights were shut off over the stands and only shone over the court. My freshman year, when freshmen couldn’t play varsity, the frosh team was so good, students packed the place early and got in free with a student ID (imagine, the game was played for students, not donors.). Because that led to overcrowding, the next year students were charged fifty cents and have been paying ever since. There was no women’s team, several years before Title IX changed things. When students stomped on the bleachers, you could see the dust rise. Games with arch rival URI were always close and we’re always for the YanCon leadership with UMass a wannabe. The game my senior year with Rutgers when Wes dueled Bobby Lloyd, both in the top 3 scoring nationally with 40 to 39 points and knocked Rutgers out of a tournament bid (NIT I think, the NIT was a big deal then), was a classic. I don’t believe I missed a single home game. One word on Kimball. Hands down the best rebounder in school history and maybe college history. Boy could the men use him now. About 6’9” with broad shoulders and sharp elbows, he was a nice guy but tough as nails on the court. He set an NCAA tournament record in a memorable losing game to St. Joe’s of Philadelphia with 29 rebounds. He was also a reliable scorer with a short hook shot. He played several kind of unremarkable years in the NBA. Not quite fast enough for a high level of play and trouble getting the hook shot off as a 6’9” center. Not sure about the others, but sadly Toby , Wes and Bill Corley (excellent shooter, very quick who at 6’7” could jump out of the building) have all passed away. [/QUOTE]

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