Sport's Illustrated misses Al McGuire

[jaybilaswho?]

Al McGuire tops the list of top 25 things SI misses in basketball.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/remember-when/basketball/25things.html?eref=sihpT1

25 Things We Miss In Basketball
1. Al McGuire
McGuire was not a color man, he was a poet. He took a televised basketball game and turned it into performance art. Big centers were "aircraft carriers." A flashy, unnecessary move was "French pastry." Traveling resulted from the insensitive (but innocently phrased) "Chinese steps." You had to rely on "your seniors." When a game was out of reach, it was "curtains," and for the winners it was "seashells and balloons." If you want to make the argument that every former coach or player dropped in front of a microphone tries to be a "personality" nowadays, you wouldn't be wrong, but in college basketball, every one of them owes a debt to McGuire. He did it first, and not to make his voice louder than the rest, but just because it was him. —Tim Layden



Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/remember-when/basketball/25things.html?eref=sihpT1#ixzz0OYPuR0AV

[GGGG]

And #13:


13. Marquette's Untucked Jerseys
The greatest sartorial flourish in college basketball history came courtesy of a player. In 1976, a few years after the NCAA banned the famous bumblebee-striped uniforms worn by Marquette for creating "a psychedelic effect" on opposing players, Al McGuire's team did them one better. Star forward Bo Ellis was taking some fashion-design courses, and one day teammate Lloyd Walton asked McGuire if he would let Ellis design the team's uniforms. Half-jokingly, McGuire agreed. But that night Ellis returned to his dorm, pulled out some colored pencils and designed a jersey that featured untucked uniform tops with MARQUETTE running across the bottom hem instead of the chest. The untucked jerseys were a hit, and they found a place in hoops history when Ellis led Marquette to the national title that season. Naturally, the NCAA banned the look a few years later. —G.W.



BTW, #3...UConn v. Tennessee????  I never watched them play when they actually did play.

[jaybilaswho?]

Thats what I get for not continuing to read the second page of the story.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I miss our nickname.

[4everwarriors]

Me too.

[Aughnanure]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/remember-when/basketball/25things.html?eref=sihpT1

Also #13 is Marquette's untucked jerseys

hope this hasnt been posted yet, just saw it and didnt see a topic or link on here yet.

[g0lden3agle]

Already posted in the superbar

[Aughnanure]

no offense, but this deserves to be posted in the Hangin' at the Al...i don't remember the last time I saw an article about Marquette not linked on the main board....that not a board I think people regularly check anyways...thanks for the heads up though

[Warriors4ever]

Did you read the top 25 they don't miss?  Includes the 4-corner offense of Dean Smith.  MU took care of that in '77.

[MU B2002]

And #13:

BTW, #3...UConn v. Tennessee????  I never watched them play when they actually did play.

Women's teams...

[rugbydrummer]

Women's teams...

You know, Geno Auriemma & Pat Summit???    please tell me you've heard of them

[rugbydrummer]

Also I miss #20 too NBC's NBA theme song, Roundball Rock -- that is my favorite thing to hum to myself other than Ring Out ... good thing Nelly immortalized it in "heart of a champion" ....


I can't quite believe that it originated from John Tesh, though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_h7Lm7C9Nk

[IAmMarquette]

Women's teams...

Women play basketball...?


(Before someone jumps all over me for "sexism," I'm kidding. I know women play basketball...

It's just not fun to watch.)

[Skatastrophy]

Yahoo sports rehashed this "25 things we miss about college bball" with a focus on the untucked MU Jerseys:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/From-the-Archives-Marquette-s-untucked-jerseys-?urn=ncaab,187357