Aaron Hutchins feature

[Eye]

https://www.limaohio.com/sports/333884/hutchins-love-of-game-stronger-than-ever?fbclid=IwAR0O5KZ8I2I9Vs9fKAo8SXyPGRVBzymv7cTG3znyUbpVdxsolU5Q2KAMoBw

[Warrior of Law]

Good story; thanks for sharing.  He was so much fun to watch and the teams were pretty decent during his run.  I must have forgotten about the car accident.  He could have played professionally somewhere.

[The Lens]

They use a photo of him being guarded by Steve Nash.  Aaron won that one.  Fantastic article, thanks for sharing.

[Goose]

He was a lot of fun to watch and I was big fan of his. Thanks for sharing the story.

[Cheeks]

They use a photo of him being guarded by Steve Nash.  Aaron won that one.  Fantastic article, thanks for sharing.

Game was at the MECCA, it was great.  First regular season game since 1988 there with SC ranked 22nd.  We blew them out.  Mike was in a very good mood after the game.  LOL 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/12/16/Marquette-78-No-23-Santa-Clara-49/6602819090000/

The next year MU came out this way to play at Santa Clara and we totally crapped the bed after having a big lead.

We were up by 19 points with under 13 minutes to play....and lost by 7.  That was painful

Santa Clara 79, Marquette 72 o November 29, 1996
Toso Pavilion o Santa Clara, Calif.
The Broncos, winless after losses to No. 2 Kansas and No. 13 Fresno State, opened their home season against a Golden Eagle team which was one week removed from a Top 25 ranking. Santa Clara trailed by 19 points, 58-39, with 12:58 remaining, but outscored Marquette 37-8 to take a 76-66 lead with :30 seconds left before winning the game by seven points. Freshman Brian Jones set a SCU freshman scoring record with 34 points. He scored 21 of his 34 points in the last 12:58 of the game to key the biggest come-from-behind win in school history. "Two more diverse personalities haven't been seen since Sybil became a psychological case study," wrote Candace Putnam of the San Jose Mercury-News. "But there they were on display for all to see on the Toso Pavilion floor Friday night: First-Half Santa Clara and Second-Half Santa Clara. Fortunately for the Broncos, Second-Half Santa Clara turned out to be the dominant personality, scratching and clawing its way back from a 19-point deficit whose groundwork was laid in the first half, and on to a dazzling 79-72 victory over the Marquette Golden Eagles."


I had forgotten about the severity of Hutch's injury.  Did not recall him projected to be that high up with NBA GMs.

[Floorslapper]

Great story.  Thanks for sharing.  Hutch was a favorite.  I'd forgotten he'd gotten in the car accident.  Really sad that he never got the chance to explore his NBA dream.  Hutch was clutch, and he was also a really nice guy.  K.O.'s last big recruit to MU.

[muhoops1]

Did he attend the game against Buffalo?  I could have sworn I saw him.  I believe Duane Wilson was there as well.  Perhaps my eyes deceived me.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Did he attend the game against Buffalo?  I could have sworn I saw him.  I believe Duane Wilson was there as well.  Perhaps my eyes deceived me.

Could have swore I saw Joe Chapman in the hallway too but my double take was too late so couldn't confirm

[dw3dw3dw3]

Did he attend the game against Buffalo?  I could have sworn I saw him.  I believe Duane Wilson was there as well.  Perhaps my eyes deceived me.

Hutch, Duane, and Jujuan were there.

[Herman Cain]

Hutch, Duane, and Jujuan were there.

https://twitter.com/chosenJAUN/status/1076354357216591873

[rico49]

"Hutch was clutch" ,mentioned previously in a post, truly was the biggest reason why my oldest son, 46, became a HUGE Marquette fan and a hoops Badger-hater. He was sitting among the UW students at the Badger/Warrior game at the Fieldhouse, wearing a MU knit hat, with some of his Madison friends while the fans giving him big time "Scheis".  The game became closer, and MU scoring surged with Hutch hitting a shot to win the game at the buzzer!  The Bucky students got into his face, he got into theirs, his buddies laughed at how much crap he was getting and helped him get away from the mob... he has not pulled for Bucky bball since then and leads the hater-squad to this day.  My other son, two years younger and a UW graduate, shares his venom toward his alma mater bball fans also!  All because of Aaron Hutchins!!

[Herman Cain]

Great Sports Illustrated article on Hutch
https://www.si.com/vault/1996/11/15/223982/aaron-hutchins

[Floorslapper]

Great Sports Illustrated article on Hutch
https://www.si.com/vault/1996/11/15/223982/aaron-hutchins

Great find Herm. Didn't know that backstory of Aaron. Hard to fathom all the adversity he faced from birth to having been in a two car wrecks (neither of which were his fault) at critical points in his basketball career?

MU should honor his legacy and retire 12.

[GGGG]

Great find Herm. Didn't know that backstory of Aaron. Hard to fathom all the adversity he faced from birth to having been in a two car wrecks (neither of which were his fault) at critical points in his basketball career?

MU should honor his legacy and retire 12.

Let's not go overboard here. Very good, but not great player. I mean he never even made first team all conference.

[tower912]

Great find Herm. Didn't know that backstory of Aaron. Hard to fathom all the adversity he faced from birth to having been in a two car wrecks (neither of which were his fault) at critical points in his basketball career?

MU should honor his legacy and retire 12.

For Derrick Wilson, too!

[Floorslapper]

Let's not go overboard here. Very good, but not great player. I mean he never even made first team all conference.

Personally thought Hutch was great. Hutch was fairly similar to Markus. Uncanny offensive ability (albeit not as great as Markus), but a better ball handler and passer.

Made the retire jersey comment more from the perspective of what he's overcome in his life. Did you read the article Herm linked. Incredible amounts of adversity (and bad luck).  Hutch was always nice on campus too. Never carried himself with an attitude at all. Clutch player.

[GGGG]

Personally thought Hutch was great. Hutch was fairly similar to Markus. Uncanny offensive ability (albeit not as great as Markus), but a better ball handler and passer.

Made the retire jersey comment more from the perspective of what he's overcome in his life. Did you read the article Herm linked. Incredible amounts of adversity (and bad luck).  Hutch was always nice on campus too. Never carried himself with an attitude at all. Clutch player.

Yeah I read it.  Both tonight and when it came out 20+ years ago.  I loved Hutch.  But I just don't think you retire a number because someone overcomes adversity. 

Does anyone know if he achieved his degree?

[Eldon]

I love Hutch.  When I was a kid, I asked my mom to buy me an an Aaron Hutchins jersey for my birthday, but Champs/Fan Fair didn't make them

To my knowledge, Hutch was like one or two classes short of his degree (I think there was a post on this question somewhere around the 100-years of MUBB time).

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

That 1996 team was as good a team that MU has had since AL.  A dominant team with multiple future pros.  Were set up for a deep tourney run but had a horrible horrible shooting night in the NCAa tourney againt Nolan Richardson n Arkansas, rough end to a trenendous season

[NorthernDancerColt]

That 1996 team was as good a team that MU has had since AL.  A dominant team with multiple future pros.  Were set up for a deep tourney run but had a horrible horrible shooting night in the NCAa tourney againt Nolan Richardson n Arkansas, rough end to a trenendous season

Roney Eford was the man. Odd shooting form (agree with you on Morrow's shot) but a knack for scoring. Amal McCaskill was nothing when I saw his St. Joseph team take on my alma mater Carmel. Gerald Eaker was a 5-star bound for Ohio State, and Amal was not even a 3-star, yet he had a nice MU and NBA career.
Chris Crawford had a lanky body that could slip through holes in the defense, fly in for jams, contort and put-back rebounds. Had an ok NBA career also.

[lohaus]

Gosh, I still remember Crawford with a bomb for 3 against Cincinnati at the Bradley to seal it up. I swear he was in front of the beginning of the coaches bench. Talk about a crowd exploding!

[Eye]

Crawford made a similar shot to wrap up the UL win in '97. Lovette 13-of-13 from the line. MU won in OT.

[Cheeks]

Crawford made a similar shot to wrap up the UL win in '97. Lovette 13-of-13 from the line. MU won in OT.

Back in the day I created the MU athletics website (1995, this was early early days of HTML 2.0) and was able to capture a few memories digitally. 

Hutch's shot with Homer call.  http://web.archive.org/web/19980625192838/http://www.gomarquette.edu:80/homer3.wav

I sent this to Homer today as a memory for fun.  Anyone want to guess who the person is that is screaming "YES, YES" after Louisville misses?   That would be Bill Cords.  He knew how huge that win was for NCAA hopes.

Also have the video of it, but poor quality...video rendering back in 1996 was not great and the tools primitive.

I have Crawford's shot as well with Homer's call if people want to hear it.

[Eye]

I'd be happy to listen to Crawford's shot, too, if it's not too much work.

[Cheeks]

I'd be happy to listen to Crawford's shot, too, if it's not too much work.

Here are both with a few images

https://www.youtube.com/v/YdFoXZo2-OI&feature=youtu.be


https://www.youtube.com/v/VXpej6ZLGhs&feature=youtu.be