Historical Association #4

[Wayne23]

5/1: Preseason #3.

Neofascist Sen. Joe McCarthy dies. The world is a better place.

Chuck Berry becomes a rock and roll pioneer, and is very popular with young white fans.

6/5: One ion the pool but we have no open roster spots.

6/26: 2 spots. We want 1 and 1.

7/3: Khrushchev survives a putsch.

8/7: C Cris More is #6 on the Norton list. C Jam Bass #9, PG Pat Bank #11, PF Omar Geer #14, PG Lan Haye #18, C Jon Madd #30, PG Ted Bayz #45, and C Ati Scoa #47.

8/21: We offer to a PG and a C.

9/11: We get the #1 overall, C Fred Reed.

9/18: We get our other guy, #7, PG Anto Bara.

NIT vs. Wake Forest. Tough schedule.

State of Arkansas National Guard troops clash with federal troops in a desegregation battle started by racist Gov. Orval Faubus.

10/2: 1st day of practice. We’re good, and we’re deep.

“Atlas Shrugged,” an unreadable sophomoric piece of garbage, is published. It significantly lowers the world’s literary standards.

11/3: Sputnik II is launched with a dog on board.

11/6: 9 man rotation:

Senior Pat Bank starts at PG, subs at SG. Junior Lan Haye starts at SG, subs at PG.

Soph Ted Bayz and frosh Ben Coto sub at SG.

Senior Jam Bass starts at SF subs at PF. Sophs Jon Madd and Ati Scoa sub at SF.

Frosh Omar Geer starts at PF and subs at C.

Junior Cris More starts at C.

The laser is invented.

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11/13: We play #14 seed Wake Forest in round one of the NIT. We’re the #3 seed.

11/14: 72-70. Lan Haye, who was pretty awful all night 6-25, 2-20 on threes, hit a 24 footer at the buzzer to save us. 19, 10 for SF Jam Bass. 11, 12 for PF Omar Geer. 15, 9, 5, 5 for C Cris More. 45 RBs, 5 TOs, but we shot only 33.8%. Not a great start to the season.

#11 seed Missouri in the 1/4 finals.

11/16: 73-69. Incredible game for Omar Geer, 30 and 21 with 4 blocks. He was more than the difference. 10, 12 for More, 8, 10, 11 for Haye. 57 RBs but 21 TOs.

#2 seed, #4 ranked Arizona in the semis. We need to play much better if we are to have a chance.

11/18: 63-68. 28.8% shooting, 1-20 on threes.

11/20: 2-1, #5. Both recruits sign.

11/25: Ike has a stroke.

12/4: 6-1, #3, RPI #2. Strong inside game led by More and Geer.

12/6: U. S. tries to launch first satellite. It blows up on the launch pad.

12/10: Albert Camus wins the Nobel for literature.

12/25: 10-1, #3, RPI #2. +10.0 PPG, +11.3 RBs, +3.6 TOs. 16.1, 11.5 for Geer, 16.5, 8.0 for More, 11.6, 9.5 for Bass, 11.1 for Bank.

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1/1/1958: 12-1, 2-0, #3, RPI #2.

1/15: 15-2, 5-1, #3, RPI #3. We lost at Northwestern by 7. Alone in 1st in the Big 10.

1/29: 19-2, 9-1, #2, RPI #1. +14.9 PPG, +14.3 RBs, +5.1 TOs. 2 game lead in the Big 10.

Cris More is #17 and Omar Geer #18 on the Norton list.

1st nuclear fission.

2/12: 23-2, 13-1, #2, RPI #1. 3 game lead in the Big 10. More is #18 and Geer #20 on the Norton list.

1st black flight attendant.

2/26: We end the regular season at 27-2, 17-1, #1, RPI #1. +17.2 PPG, +14.8 RBs, +5.4 TOs. We win the conf. by 4 games.

Still, this doesn’t feel like a championship caliber team. Hope I’m wrong!

Another rocket blows up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.

[Wayne23]

3/7: We play #8 seed Minnesota, 17-12, 8-10.

3/8: 74-62. 17, 7 for SF Jam Bass, 15, 7, 3, 7, 2 for Cris More. Good guard play.

#12 seed Wisconsin, 20-12, 7-11, in the semis.

3/9: 72-69. They led by as many as 11 and were in it all the way. We won it inside, 36-4 in the paint, 13-0 on 2nd chances. 18, 11 for Geer, 18, 10 for Bass, 13, 13 for More.

#2 seed, #7 ranked Maryland, 24-8, 13-5, for the title. Beat them by 31 in the regular season.

3/10: 62-56. 16, 14 for Geer, 13, 6 for More. It was a defensive battle. +9 RBs. 18 TOs, but they had 19.

30-2, 17-1. #2, RPI #1.

3/12: #1 overall. We play 20-11 American first.

3/16: 91-65. 24, 11 for More, 22, 10 for Geer, 17, 8, 8 for Haye. 47 RBs, 5 TOs.

#8 seed Oklahoma ST in round 2.

3/18: 71-55. It wasn’t that close. 12, 16 for Geer, 15, 6, 3 for Bank, 9, 15 for Bass. 62 RBs.

#4 seed, #13 ranked North Carolina, 26-6, in the Sweet Sixteen.

3/23: 78-76 in OT. Whew! We escaped. 24, 18 for Geer, 23, 16 for More. 64 RBs, 7 TOs. We shot very poorly.

#3 seed, #8 ranked UConn, 27-6, in the Elite Eight. Beat them by 19 in the regular season.

3/25: 79-65. 24 for Haye, 17, 10 for Bass.

We play #1 ranked Duke, 36-1, in the national semifinal. This won’t be easy.

It’s #3 UCLA, 33-4 vs. #4 Arizona, 31-6, in the other game.

3/27: Khrushchev solidifies his power.

4/1: 68-83. Well, that was ugly!

4/3: UCLA wins it all.

4/4: Awards: Omar Geer and Cris More made Big 10 2nd team.

4/23: Budget. Yes, $26,000.

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5/1: Preseason #1.

VP Nixon tours Latin America and is greeted by protests, some of them violent, in reaction to illegal CIA action in many countries in the area.

5/23: Mao Zedong launches “The Great Leap Forward.”

6/5: No open slots for transfers.

General De Gaulle becomes Premier of France.

6/26: 3 scholarships. We want 2 guards.

7/27: Alaska becomes the 49th state.

8/1: Illegal covert U. S. action in Indonesia, led by the Dulles brothers, fails to overthrow the government.

8/7: 9 on the Norton list: PF Omar Geer is #14, PG Lan Haye #15, PG Ben Coto #25, C Jon Madd #26, PG Ted Bayz #29, PF Al Phip #32, C Ati Scoa #43, and C Cal Dolk #49.

UCLA has #1 through #4.

8/21: We offer to 2 PGs and a C.

8/30: The Notting Hill race riot occurs in London.

9/18: We get one, lose one. We get a PG, #3.

Coaches Classic vs. Western Kentucky.

9/25: Got a C, #4. Lost a PG.

10/2: Lost one.

1st day of practice. This is a very good team.

1st trans-Atlantic jet plane service.

10/9: Got the last one, a PG, #28.

Eugenio Pacelli, “Hitler’s Pope,” dies.

10/29: Boris Pasternak refuses the Nobel Prize for Literature, under pressure from the Soviet government.

11/6: 7 man rotation:

Frosh Anto Bara is at PG. Senior Lan Haye is at SG.

Soph Ben Coto starts at SF, subs at PG and SG. Soph Omar Geer subs at SF.

Frosh Fred Reed starts at PF, subs at C. Senior Cris More starts at C, subs at PF.

Junior Jon Madd subs at PF.

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11/13: 81-64 over Western KY in the 1st round of the Coaches Classic. We’re the #2 seed. 19, 16 for PF Fred Reed, 18, 5, 4 for SG Lan Haye, 16, 6, 4 for PG Anto Bara, 10, 13 for Cris More. 50 and 9. This is going to be a very good team.

#10 seed, #7 ranked Temple is next.

11/15: 89-75. 29, 17 for Reed, who looks like he’s for real. 11, 11, 5 for More. 49 RBs, 9 TOs.

#3 seed, #9 ranked UConn in the semifinals.

11/17: 80-59. 17, 14 for Reed, 17, 9, 4 for Bara, 18, 6 for More. 44 and 11.

#12 seed, #9 ranked Utah for the title.

11/19: 89-70 and the title! Huge game for tourney MOP Fred Reed, 25 and 24. 23, 8 for More. Great play by the backcourt.

I have a feeling this is the year!

11/20: 4-0, #1! All 3 recruits sign.

12/4: 8-0, #1, RPI #1.

12/9: The fascist John Birch Society is founded.

12/25: 12-0, #1, RPI #1. +17.9 PPG, +18.2 RBs, +5.8 TOs. Reed leads us with 18.5, 13.0. More has 12.0, 10.2. 14.2 for Haye, 13.0 for Bara, 10.8 for Coto.

12/31: Batista flees Cuba as Castro’s troops take control

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1/1/1959: 14-0, 2-0.

1/7: The U. S recognizes Castro’s new government in Cuba. After all, CIA funding made it possible!

1/15: 18-0, 6-0. Tied for 1st with Maryland, 3 up on 3rd place.

1/29: 22-0, 10-0. #1, RPI #1. Still tied with undefeated, #3 Maryland. Everyone else is out of the hunt. +20.2 PPG, +19.7 RBs, +6.4 TOs. Reed leads us with
17.5, 12.0.

Cris More is #10, and Lan Haye #18 on the Norton list.

2/1: Swiss voters reject women’s suffrage.

2/12: 26-0, 14-0, #1, RPI #1, 1 up on Maryland, 3 on Illinois, 5 or more on the rest.

Cris More is #14 and Lan Haye #17 on the Norton list.

2/22: The first Daytona 500 is won by Lee Petty.

2/26: We end the regular season 30-0, 18-0, #1, RPI #1. 1 up on Mayland, 6 or more on the rest. +22.0 PPG, +21.1 RBs, +5.4 TOs. No team is unbeatable but

it will take a strange set of circumstances for this team to lose.

3/1: Ho Chi Minh declares a people’s war to unite Vietnam.

[Wayne23]

3/7: #8 seed Penn ST, 17-11, 9-9 is 1st up.

3/8: 76-53. 24, 13 for Reed, 11, 12 for sub Omar Geer. 52 RBs, 8 TOs.

#4 seed Indiana, 18-11, 11-7, in the semis.

3/9: 86-64. 20, 9 for Reed, 16, 12 for sub Omar Geer. 61 RBs, 11 TOs.

#2 seed, #3 ranked Maryland 30-1, 17-1, for the title. Beat them by 26 at our place.

3/10: 97-89. We led by as many as 28, and the final score was the result of a 7-0 run by Maryland at the end of the game. 21, 16 for tourney MOP Fred Reed, 21, 9 for Haye. 4 others with 12 or more.

33-0, #1, RPI #1.

3/12: #1 overall. We start with 17-16 South Alabama.

3/16: 83-49. 16, 16 for Reed. 50 RBs, 4 TOs.

#8 seed Mississippi ST, 22-8, in Round 2.

3/18: 90-65. 21, 13 for Geer, 20, 7 for Reed. 46 RBs, 4 TOs.

#5 seed, #17 ranked UConn, 24-9, in the Sweet Sixteen.

3/23: 84-64. 26 for Haye, 16, 13 for Reed, 14, 9 for Geer.

Unranked #7 seed Kansas, 23-10, in the Elite Eight.

3/25: 70-59. 16, 13 for More, 17, 10 for Reed. It was never close.

We play #2 ranked UCLA, 34-2, in the national semifinal. Beat them by 20 at our place. We need to control their outside game; we’re better inside.

On the other side it’s #3 Duke, 34-2, vs. #5 Arizona, 32-5.

4/1: 77-87. The refs killed us. They went 47-59 from the line and we went 21-37. 22 shot difference.

4/3: UCLA wins the title.

4/4: Awards: I get National COY, which is kind of hollow. Fred Reed is Big 10 Frosh OY and Cris More is Def. POY. Haye, Bara, and Reed make 1st team, More makes 2nd.

The Mercury Seven, The first U. S. astronauts, are selected: John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Gus Griscom, Wally Scare, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.

4/15: John Foster Dulles resigns as Secretary of State. He and his brother held tremendous power and exerted it for neo-fascist causes. His brother Allan will continue to hold great power for many years.

I retire from coaching with an overall record of 832-195, .810. 4 national titles at three different schools. I’ve had enough.