dougvolfan
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Gotcha... I was about to say. I lived there when Federmann and Willie Burton were decent players, but often out matched in SEC play.
The down fall of Devoe - lack of recruiting and the shot clock. But his teams were always sound defensively.I guess to many years have passed for me to make that joke. When I was a kid, my friends and I would make fun of him and his lack of athletic ability. So, it was kind of an inside joke with myself!
We were lucky to get A. Houston. It was a package deal with hiring his father as our coach.
Mears coached in an era where basketball was not even a priority in the SEC. The man never won a single NCAA tournament game. ETSU and several Tennessee colleges did that. Ernie and Bernie were great but Mears was not a great coach - a good one but Bruce and Barnes are both light years better. Dribble Dribble pass pass. I liked Ray particularly called by John Ward but the worst ACC teams would have romped Ray's boys every night. He did play Rupp and Joe Hall tough - that is for sure. He lost to VMI in NCAA tournament. Virginia Military. Sad but true.
Poor Ray Mears, he was going nutzoid well before Ernie/Bernie days, he was nearly impossible to play for, ranting and raving on the sidelines along with Executive Coach Stu Aberdeen, Nutzoid II. He had to promise Ernie/Bernie that they would have any shot, at any time, anywhere on the court to persuade them to come to UT.
He called it the two-star system.
Do you remember those 3 pointers Ellis hit against Kentucky and Auburn, though?
Poor Ray Mears, he was going nutzoid well before Ernie/Bernie days, he was nearly impossible to play for, ranting and raving on the sidelines along with Executive Coach Stu Aberdeen, Nutzoid II. He had to promise Ernie/Bernie that they would have any shot, at any time, anywhere on the court to persuade them to come to UT.
He called it the two-star system.
Dale was a great basketball player and an all-round great athlete. I played golf with him a few years ago and he played very well. He is a really nice guy.Sorry if I wasn't clear. Someone said Ellis did not shoot from the 3 distance til he was a pro. Not true. He did. But he didn't often v and it didn't count 3 points so there was no reason to do so since he could easily create his own shot closer to the basket. He graduated about 1983 and the 3 point shot was adopted by the whole NCAA in 1986.
If I remember right the Southern conference had a player that shot the first college 3 but not sure which player or game it was in.
Mears coached in an era where basketball was not even a priority in the SEC. The man never won a single NCAA tournament game. ETSU and several Tennessee colleges did that. Ernie and Bernie were great but Mears was not a great coach - a good one but Bruce and Barnes are both light years better. Dribble Dribble pass pass. I liked Ray particularly called by John Ward but the worst ACC teams would have romped Ray's boys every night. He did play Rupp and Joe Hall tough - that is for sure. He lost to VMI in NCAA tournament. Virginia Military. Sad but true.