MU best transfer ever

[Lennys Tap]

Jim Boylan. Was the missing piece.  PG on the National Championship team. Discussion over.

Agree. Might have led us to two in a row if the imfamous Peter Pavia had not called a flagrant on Whitehead followed by tech's on Whitehead and Hank to steat the Miami (Ohio) game.

Jim was from tiny Assumption College and wanted to transfer to N Carolina. Dean Smith didn't take transfers (unless your name was Bob McAdoo) so he recommended Jim to Al. All Boylan does is beat Dean in the national championship game. Sweet.

[Dawson Rental]

My 'starting 5':

Whitehead
Crowder
Eford
Worthen
Walton

I'd go to battle with that group any day and twice on Sunday.

Sorry, Eford does not qualify since he was neither a JUCO or a transfer, forever's Alzheimer's nothwithstanding.

[Dawson Rental]

I will agree that if they are serious in what they are rumored to believe, then they have seriously misjudged just how integral basketball is to MU's identity.  

BOT, time to step in here, people.

[Dawson Rental]

gee - why can't I be a part of the "trust me, my sources say Larry Williams and Fr Pilarz are trying to return MU to SLU level circle jerk"

Don't feel bad Madtown, It ain't the meat, its the motion.

[SweetAlaska]

Got to be Gary Brell, the real deal Goose. He played ball at the University of North Dakota under legendary coach Bill Fitch and with Phil Jackson.

Ric Majerus brought the home boy back to play for the Warriors--he did have a cup o' coffee at UWM but did not play.

After sitting out the year he joined MU and helped fill the hole in the lineup when Brute Force graduated.

Bama has penciled in the numbers; in the two years Goose played, the Warrriors racked up winning percentages among the highest in Marquette history.

Quite the team with Dean the Dream.

Goose also had etiquette, pulling out the switchblade in the Garden to cut the nets after pounding the Johnies for the NIT crown.

Played for Fitch and played for Al, for my money the best transfer of all.

[Dawson Rental]

David Boone

I had turned off the computer for the night and thought of this one and turned the damn thing back on just to find that someone else remembered him.     He was a good one.    Lazar and Jae before it was cool.   

Actually, if you go back to the start, Boone was the first name mentioned in the first post by Goose.

From St. Mary's in California.

[augoman]

great thread, scary how knowledgeble 4ever seems..., or is he looking em up?  I thought his alzheimers was at about the same progression as mine.

interesting how we never thought of them as transfers, only aware of the jucos when the urinal made comment on them.  Bob Lackey (black swan) was one of my faves, especially after the fight with NMich.  which I have it on pretty good info was started by Izzo after an elbow.  Actually told the coach in a timeout huddle that he was going to slug someone if he got another elbow.

[RealChiliWarrior]

Roney Eford's prep school was New Hampton (N.H.) Prep

Eford prepped at Maine Central Institue in Pittsfield, Maine.

[RealChiliWarrior]

great thread, scary how knowledgeble 4ever seems..., or is he looking em up?  I thought his alzheimers was at about the same progression as mine.

interesting how we never thought of them as transfers, only aware of the jucos when the urinal made comment on them.  Bob Lackey (black swan) was one of my faves, especially after the fight with NMich.  which I have it on pretty good info was started by Izzo after an elbow.  Actually told the coach in a timeout huddle that he was going to slug someone if he got another elbow.

Lackey and Izzo never played against each other as Izzo's career at NMU was 1973-1977 and Lackey graduated following the 1971-1972 season.

[RealChiliWarrior]

A list of significant transfers needs to include Jerry Holman.  Sat-out the 1972-1973 season as a transfer from U of Detroit.

Jerry bailed us out in the 1974 Mideast Regional Final victory against Michigan(w/ Campy Russell and C.J. Kupec) when Maurice Lucas fouled out.

The following season(1974-1975) he stepped in as our 5 when Lucas went hardship to the A.B.A.

[Goose]

SweetAlaska
Said like someone that knows his stuff. Would have to say the real Goose was quite the player and character. You are correct on the winning percentage being among the all time best, but the switchblade might have been cooler than all the wins combine.

[ATWizJr]

Got to be Gary Brell, the real deal Goose. He played ball at the University of North Dakota under legendary coach Bill Fitch and with Phil Jackson.

Ric Majerus brought the home boy back to play for the Warriors--he did have a cup o' coffee at UWM but did not play.

After sitting out the year he joined MU and helped fill the hole in the lineup when Brute Force graduated.

Bama has penciled in the numbers; in the two years Goose played, the Warrriors racked up winning percentages among the highest in Marquette history.

Quite the team with Dean the Dream.

Goose also had etiquette, pulling out the switchblade in the Garden to cut the nets after pounding the Johnies for the NIT crown.

Played for Fitch and played for Al, for my money the best transfer of all.

Didn't he play his HS ball at Pius XI?

[Goose]

Goose was a Pope and followed By Gre "The Pope" Johnson to MU a few years later.

[Dreadman24]

Rob Jackson

[ATWizJr]

Goose was a Pope and followed By Gre "The Pope" Johnson to MU a few years later.

Let's not forget " Don" Gary Grzeszk and the all time Kojis from ND.  In fact, the Catholic Conference schools produced quite a few MU players.  St. Kate's Rocke Calvelli and Chones immediately come to mind. And how about Allie McGuire, and Rosenberger from MUHS!  More?  There are.

[Goose]

One of my all time favorites was Jerry Homan. Loved when Al said "a year ago I had no idea how we would win with him and now I do not know how we will win without him". Can also add Rick's recruit of Pat Foley from MUHS.

[MUMac]

John Mueller is from MUHS, as well.

[ATWizJr]

 Was Damon Key from MUHS?

[Goose]

Damon was a 'topper.

[ATWizJr]

MUHS was the Hilltoppers, Pius XI the Popes, what was Notre Dame?

[Goose]

ATWiz
Too young to remember ND. What was their handle?

[PJDunn]

David Boone.  Everyone else is lining up for 2nd place.

Best JUCO...got to go with Jae.

[ATWizJr]

ATWiz
Too young to remember ND. What was their handle?

Cannot remember.  If it comes to me I'll let you know.  I do remember their colors were red and white.  Anybody else out there help? 

[MU82]

David Boone.  Everyone else is lining up for 2nd place.

Hmmm. I'll go with Robert Jackson, who was instrumental in MU lining up for fourth place in the entire nation.

[ATWizJr]

Hmmm. I'll go with Robert Jackson, who was instrumental in MU lining up for fourth place in the entire nation.

Boylan.  Instrumental in MU lining up for first place in the entire nation.