78 All American Team

[bigsaintg]

See if you can name them all without looking them up. I got all but 1. What an amazing group of talent

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[Tony]

Mar 17, 2020 20:31:28 GMT -5 bigsaintg said:

See if you can name them all without looking them up. I got all but 1. What an amazing group of talent

If you can name them all, #1 you are old..#2 you have great eyes, pic is very small..BTW thats the 1979 team, not 78.. Number 15 in Holy Cross uniform is Ron Perry-- very good player but I dont remember him making any All American teams-- he was drafted by both the Celtics ( 3rd round) and White Sox in MLB-- he played minor league ball for two years for Glen Falls

[greengold4ever]

Mar 17, 2020 20:31:28 GMT -5 bigsaintg said:

See if you can name them all without looking them up. I got all but 1. What an amazing group of talent

got'em, just a college hoop geek I guess...............and the 2 regal stars that really launched the tournament into becoming March Madness......................

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3 years after this team, I was born.  Good times.

[greengold4ever]

Mar 18, 2020 14:38:30 GMT -5 @saintkk said:

3 years after this team, I was born.  Good times.

and thus the birth of analytics

[bigsaintg]

Tony - I was ten and this was back when college hoops was more fun and guys stayed 4 years and you got to know them rather than today when the rosters are in constant flux and you could listen to sports talk radio and banter with Granack. It was the pre-season All American team again when you couldn't wait to get SI and see who was on the team and who was ranked #1 to start the season.

Mike O'Koren - UNC
Jim Spanarkle - Duke, he and O'Koren went to HS together
James Baily - Rutgers
Bill Cartwright - USF
David Greenwood - UCLA
Dr. Dunkenstein Louisville
Sid Moncrief - Arkansas
Ron Perry - Holy Cross
Larry Bird - ISU
Magic Johnson - MSU

Only one I got wrong was Moncrief as I said Darrell Walker who was more like 83. Back then schools like HC, USF and ISU could get these players and they got recognized. Simpler times.

Dr. Dunke

[hoopjunkie]

Damn, that was an easy one!! Since you already posted the answer the only thing not mentioned was the coach. Foster from Duke. This was the 78-79 team so you and Tony were both right . That looks like a Playboy AA team?! Ronnie Perry was a legend back then!! Moncrief was part of the “Triplets,” at Arkansas along with Ron Brewer and Marvin Delph......and DT Dunkenstein was Darrell Griffith

[bigsaintg]

Mar 19, 2020 4:04:11 GMT -5 hoopjunkie said:

Damn, that was an easy one!! Since you already posted the answer the only thing not mentioned was the coach. Foster from Duke. This was the 78-79 team so you and Tony were both right . That looks like a Playboy AA team?! Ronnie Perry was a legend back then!! Moncrief was part of the “Triplets,” at Arkansas along with Ron Brewer and Marvin Delph......and DT Dunkenstein was Darrell Griffith

Your a lot older than me 😭

[greengold4ever]

Mar 19, 2020 4:04:11 GMT -5 hoopjunkie said:

Damn, that was an easy one!! Since you already posted the answer the only thing not mentioned was the coach. Foster from Duke. This was the 78-79 team so you and Tony were both right . That looks like a Playboy AA team?! Ronnie Perry was a legend back then!! Moncrief was part of the “Triplets,” at Arkansas along with Ron Brewer and Marvin Delph......and DT Dunkenstein was Darrell Griffith

yeah that Razorback team was super good & athletic, they finish 3rd in the tourney beating ND with Kelly Tripucka in the consoltation game of the final 4 in 1978, Kentucky beat Duke in the final....with Jack Givens I believe as the MVP............