Kolek planning to go pro
Mo Aker and Jerel.
Acker gave my friend the clap that was less nice.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
This thread is about personal experiences... unless your friend then proceeded to give you the clap.Not a basketball player, but during the 07-08 season, I often crossed paths with I4 in the mornings as he was walking from his Escalade into the Al (and I was walking from the Wells St structure to Straz Hall)... we would always exchange a brief "hello" or "how's it going." Seemed like a genuinely nice guy at the time.
So you like the reefer, aina?
Not a player but the biggest punk I encountered: Riley Crean
Pops Sims. We are from the west side of Michigan and first met him at an all-star game in Kalamazoo after he committed to Marquette. Talked to him a few times during our student years and then saw him a few years after Marquette at Summerfest and he came up to me and said hello.
I was on a plane from Milwaukee to Houston and happened to be seated across the aisle from Jimmy Butler. He was sitting next to a girl I recognized as another student and you could tell she was absolutely star-struck. So to cut the tension, Jimmy proceded to talk to her. For three hours. At one point he looked across at me in my MU sweatshirt and hat and asked, "You a big fan, too?" Like an ass, I replied, "You're pretty good." To which he said with absolute sincerety, "Thanks. I really appreciate it."It was a nice departure from my Dominic James encounter: "I'll be making millions, motherf-----!" (Granted, my buddy had just told him he was overrated.)I also sold Crean a Jimmy V bracelet. In return I got a story of him hamming it up with Dick Vitale at a Jimmy V fundraiser. I was just amazed he gave me the time of day, let alone five minutes.
I heard an "unnnnnngggg" and my life flashed before my eyes, so I just jumped off the elevator immediately and lived to talk about it.
I know it's supposed to be personal stories but my friend's story about his encounter with James is too good not to tell. After bar close a friend of mine goes into Marquette Gyros during James's senior year and Dominic is standing in there with Trend. My friend walks up to Dominic and puts his hand on his shoulder and says, "Yo Dom, I gotta talk to you." Dominic tells him to give him a minute and my friend says, "No, now! I love you, man, but you better start studying your Italian." Trend then replied, "What'd this m'fer say?!" as my friend walked out of MU Gyros.