ClintonIAfan
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That's one spot ahead of Maryland, and tops in the Big 10! This team is ahead of the team at the beginning of Sam Logic's senior season. They have a great chance to win the conference.
Publication ranks Iowa 8th
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judzeehawk
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Being ranked number 1 hasn't done very good for National Championships either if you follow women's basketball at all.
hawkeyes87
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Dang, every now and then Duke breaks out an "I'm pretty old" post! Was it the Civil War your dad was in?
( Just kidding man- no disrespect meant to you or your father Congrats to you on a good, long life!)
But, I need a clarification. That Miller team was a little before my time... 1970, I think? I'm sure Gilmore wasn't a Hawk. So he was part of knocking them out? I wanna say they lost to... San Francisco? Was he on that team?
BILLYBOBSTEXAS
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Think Florida, then eliminate the first three you think of.
BILLYBOBSTEXAS
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But then again I could be wrong!
Northside Hawk
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It was Jacksonville, who made the final four that year (one year after Drake made it)
Duke has the story. The version I was told was that the official scorer inadvertantly marked a foul charged on Artis Gilmore to Pembroke Burrows. So at halftime when a ref double checked the scorebook Gilmore was marked for three, not four fouls. When he committed another in the second half, he played the rest of the game with four when he should have been disqualified with five.
BILLYBOBSTEXAS
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I believe Burrows had the winning tip in at the end. He went on to be a Florida highway patrol officer.
hawkeyes87
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I'd have had to eliminate more than the first three to get to Jacksonville! Don't know where I got San Francisco...
Thanks for the info.
Northside Hawk
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So did Gerry Wright, who to the best of my knowledge is still on the beat in California.
ClintonIAfan
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Didn’t they have to expand the lane after 1956 for Bill Russell? Had they not been so late it could have been different.
Northside Hawk
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Heck, as rarely as they call lane violations today, does it really matter where the lanes are?
thedukeofearl
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The team that lost to San Francisco with Bill Russell in the Championship game was in 1956. I was living in Philadelphia at the time.....
Ralph Miller's team 1969/70 was undefeated in the BigTen and lost to Jacksonville with Artiis Gilmore, the A Train who played with 5 fouls late in the game they won, 104-103. I believe they averaged over 100 points a game in the BigTen.....
Artis was an All American who played in the pros for many years.....
That same year Drake made it to the Elite Eight....
Downtown Freddy Brown and John Johnson both played on the Seattle Supersonics NBA Championship team in 1979......
Those were the Golden Years for the Hawkeye Basketball along with Mr. Davis's first year that made it to the Elite Eight in 1987.....
I never saw the Fifties team. Have just read about them. Luck of the draw, they just happened to play against Bill Russell who is considered the best center in NBA history.....
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hawkeyes87
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Ah, thanks. Good to know I didn't totally dream up an Iowa vs San Fran connection!
As I said, the '70 Miller team was a little before my time, but by '78-79 I was watching those back-to-back Sonics / Bullets finals. Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld & co vs Gus Williams, Dennis Johnson, and the Hawkeye pair. Great games!
