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Message: [QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 3805502, member: 9355"] I remember Doug Melody as 15-year old in Jim Calhoun's basketball camp. He was a great motivational speaker. I ran into Jim Calhoun a few times at the Sugar Shack which was across the street (Rt 195/Storrs Rd) from my high school. I never had the good fortune to meet Dee Rowe even though I sawhis plaque at the Field House all the time when I played pickup games there. He sounds like he was founding father of UConn basketball in a lot of ways. I never knew he was so instrumental in getting UConn to the Big East back in 1979 or that he played a big part in getting Calhoun to coach at UConn. [/QUOTE]