by Wayne23 » Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:51 am
3/9: #8 seed West Virginia, 13-16, 6-10, won the play in. We won by only 8 at our place but then by 25 there in the regular season finale.
3/10: 67-44. 24, 12 for Jarr, 4 others had 9 or more. +19 TOs.
#5 seed, #18 ranked Oklahoma, 18-11, 6-10, in the semis.
3/11: 78-71. We were up 16 at the half, got it to 20. The final was as close as it got in the 2nd half. 20, 5, 4 for Roll, 19, 7 for Jarr, 16, 5 for Hand. +13 TOs.
#6 seed Oklahoma ST, 19-11, 6-10, upset Texas. Beat them by 21 there.
3/12: 88-74 and the title. 28, 2, 7 for Roll, 14 for Hull, 14, 6, 4 for sub Al Pepp, 11, 5, 3 for Grif. They doubled Jarr all night but we found the open man regularly. +12 TOs.
30-3, #1, RPI #1.
#1 overall. We play 15-17 New Orleans first.
3/16: 68-42. 14 for Roll, 10, 11 for Jarr. +13 RBs, +10 TOs.
#8 seed Syracuse, 19-10, in the 2nd round.
3/18: 80-69. 25, 4, 4 for Roll, 15, 10 for Jarr. +11 TOs.
#4 seed, #12 ranked UCLA, 23-7, in the Sweet Sixteen. Very strong inside team, esp. at PF.
3/23: 57-67. They owned us inside, -12 RBs, and their PF got 32 and 11. We shot 30.8%. I’d hoped to end my career with a title, but it was not to be.
We flew home and I got in the pickup and headed for Wyoming.
4/3: We lost to the champs. #12 UCLA won the national title.
4/4: Awards: Toe Jarr made 2nd team All American and I got the national COY. In conf., and 1st team. Cay Roll made 2nd team, and I got Conf. COY.
I found out about the title and the awards from my hideaway in Wyoming. I got there with no difficulties and I was not followed. Believe me, I kept a close watch!
I wound up my 50 year career at 1520-256, .856. Most wins, highest pct. In NCAA Div. I history. 16 national titles is also a record. National COY 20 times, Conf. COY 24 times, both records. I went to the NCAA 47 times, NIT twice. Only missed one season of going to a post season tourney.
It was a great career!
Final post coming up.