Historical Association #5

[Wayne23]

3/9: We play #12 seed Washington ST, 8-20, 3-15, in the 1st round.

82-60. Never a game. 7 with 8 or more. +8 RBs, +7 TOs.

#4 seed Arizona, 19-8, 12-6, in the quarter finals. We won by 19 here, lost by 6 in OT there.

3/10: 82-67. 6 players had 11 or more. 47 RBs, 8 TOs.

#1 seed, #6 ranked UCLA, 26-3, 16-2, in the semifinals. They won by 10 at our place.

3/11: 56-68. Their D stifled us. Suth had 17, no one else had more than 9.

24-8, 11-7, RPI #19.

3/12: #7 South. We play #10 seed Marquette, 17-12.

3/17: 71-68. After the first two minutes we never led until Ken Carr’s 3 won it for us with 2.2 to play. 19, 6, 3 for Carr, 16, 16 for Simm.

#2 seed UCLA, 28-4, in the 2nd round. They’ve beaten us twice so far this season.

3/19: 23 for Suth. We never led, but we kept it close all night. Got it down to one possession, with the ball, four times late, but couldn’t convert on any of those occasions.

4/3: #3 Duke beat UCLA for the title.

4/4: Awards: Ryan Simm makes PAC 12 1st team, and I get COY.

4/9: Ohio ST wants us but I see nothing to be gained by going there. I’d leave California for the right school, but not just to make a lateral move.

1st artificial heart implanted in a human.

4/17: Golda Meir becomes Israel’s head of state.

Prague Spring is put down by the Soviets.

4/18: Nixon begins carpet bombing Cambodia.

4/23: I ask for a facilities upgrade. No.

25-9, 11-7. Overall, I’m 231-92, .715, after 10 years.

[Wayne23]

5/1: National, International Basic.

5/21: People’s Park demonstration in Berkeley. Vile scum moron Gov. Reagan calls in the National Guard and 1 is killed, 1 blinded and 126 others are injured while a peaceful demonstration is broken up.

5/30: 30,000 demonstrate against the brutality at People’s Park.

6/5: Transfers: 2 we’re interested in.

6/16: No luck.

6/26: 5 scholarships. We want 3 bigs.

7/18: Chappaquiddick.

7/20: Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the Moon.

8/8-8/10: Tate/LaBianca murders by the Manson gang.

8/15-8/18: Woodstock.

8/21: We offer to 2 PGs, a PF, 2 Cs.

9/2: Ho Chi Minh dies.

9/18: Got 2 Cs, #35 and #39. Lost a PF and a PG.

NIT vs. #8 ranked LSU.

9/25: Got a C, #73, and 2 PGs, #140 and 155.

10/2: 1st day of practice. I think this could be a very good team. We’re picked to finish 6th.

11/6: The lineup is very unsettled, but for now it’s an 8 man rotation:

Frosh Kam Jona starts at PG but splits time equally with frosh Tad Holt.

Senior Ken Carr starts at SG but splits time equally with junior Bid Suth.

Frosh Tali Mano starts at SF, subs at PF. Senior Tors Rahm subs at SF.

Junior Hugh Fine starts at PF subs at C.

Junior Ryan Simm starts at C.

[Wayne23]

11/13: NIT opener tomorrow vs. #1 seed, #8 ranked LSU. We’re the #16 seed.

11/14: 68-60. Great start to the season! 17, 17 for PF Hugh Fine. 17, 7 for C Ryan Simm. We led most of the way, by as many as 14.

#8 seed Texas Tech in round 2.

11/16: 75-73. Ryan Simm powered his way in for a layup with less than a second to play in OT. He had 22,9. 11, 13 for Fine, 9, 11 for SF Tali Mano.

#5 seed, #20 ranked Wake Forest in the semifinals.

In D. C., 250,000 protest the war.

11/18: 58-59. Simm was clearly fouled on the last play of the game. The refs called a blocked shot. The neutral crowd booed for more than a minute. 17 for back up guard Tad Holt, 12, 8 for Simm.

11/20: I can’t believe we’re not ranked!

All 5 recruits sign.

Something that will come to be called the internet is invented.

12/4: 5-2, RPI #28. Hugh Fine and Ryan Simm are very solid inside.

12/25: 9-2, RPI #34. +11.3 PPG, +9.9 RBs, +3.0 TOs. Ryan Simm leads us with 16.5, 9.9. Hugh Fine gets 12.3, 9.3.

[Wayne23]

1/1/1970: 11-2, 2-0. Won at #23 Stanford.

1/15: 14-3, 5-1, #23. Tied for 2nd.

1/29: 18-3, 9-1, #21, RPI #17. +12.1 PPG, +9.3 RBs, +3.1 TOs. Alone in 2nd.

2/2: Bertrand Russell dies.

2/12: 21-4, 12-2, #20, RPI #15. 2 back of 1st, 2 up on 3rd, with 4 to play.

2/26: 24-5, 25-3 to end the regular season. #19, RPI #13. Alone in 2nd. +11.6 PPG, +8.3 RBs, +3.3 TOs. Simm leads us with 17.0, 10.0.

[Wayne23]

3/9: We play #7 seed Cal 1st. They’re 13-16, 8-10.

3/10: 80-50. 15, 23 for Simm, 17, 19 for Fine. 63 RBs, 8 TOs.

#6 seed Stanford, 18-12, 8-10, in the semis. We beat them twice in the regular season. Their 2 best players are out with injuries.

3/11: 84-48. Never a game. +22 RBs.

#1 seed, #2 ranked UCLA, 31-1, 18-0, for the title. They won by 19 there.

3/12: 55-72. 25 TOs. They were simply too good for us.

26-6, 15-3, #17, RPI #12.

#4 Midwest. We play #13 Arkansas ST, 21-10.

3/16: 75-61. 6 guys with between 8 and 17. 7 TOs.

#5 seed, #20 ranked Arizona, 23-8, in round 2. They won by 12 there, we won by 22 at our place.

3/18: 55-66. Frustrated as can be! We shot 27.7%.

4/3: #2 UCLA is national champ.

U. S. population passes 200 million.

4/4: Awards: Ryan Simm makes PAC 12 1st team again. Hugh Fine makes the 2nd team. I get Conf. COY.

4/9: I would accept a good offer to move.

Crappy offers.

4/22: The first Earth Day.

4/23: I ask for a facilities upgrade again. Got it, C+ to B!

258-99, .723.

[Wayne23]

5/1: national and international basic.

Ugh! Two guys transfer out. Both guards, and that leaves us with one decent guard.

5/4: Kent ST.

5/14: Jackson ST.

6/5: Looking at transfers.

Nope.

6/26: 6 scholarships. We want 3 and 3.

8/21: We offer to 3 PGs, an SF, 2 PFs.

9/4: Salvadore Allende elected President of Chile.

9/18: Got 2, an SF, #50, and a PG, #52.

Hawaiian Shootout vs. South FL.

Nixon says he wants to prevent Allende from taking office.

Jimi Hendrix ODs.

9/25: Got the rest, a PF, #48, a PG, #56, a PF, #63, and a PG, #68.

9/28: Nasser dies of a heart attack.

10/2: 1st day of practice. We’re picked 6th. We’ll do better than that.

10/4: Janis Joplin ODs.

11/3: Tragically, Reagan is re-elected as Gov. of Cal.

11/6: 9 man rotation:

Senior Bid Suth is at PG with frosh Dan Niel subbing.

Frosh walk on Mark Fizz is at SG with frosh Jim Scot backing up.

Senior Ryan Simm starts at SF, subs at PF and C.

Junior Dan Ledo is at PF. Senior Hugh Fine is at C.

[Wayne23]

11/9: Charles DeGaulle dies.

11/18: Gonna be a long season. We lost our opener at Harvard. Today we play South FL in the Hawaiian Shootout. We’re the #1 seed.

80-55. 16, 12 for Simm, 18, 5 for Fine. 6 TOs. We were a totally different team today.

#4 seed Rutgers in the semis.

11/19: 74-72. They missed an open 16 fotter at the end. 18, 8 for Fine, 20 for SG Mark Fizz, 13, 16 for PF Dan Ledo, 12 for PG Bid Suth.

#7 seed, #23 ranked Air Force for the title.

11/20: 72-71. They missed a 12 footer at the end. 20, 9 for Fine, 11, 14 for Ledo, 15, 7 for Simm, 13 for Suth. +19 RBs, 11 TOs.

We’re 3-1, and ranked #25.

All 6 recruits sign.

12/4: 6-2. #19, RPI #15. Lost to #15 St. John’s there. Fine leads us with 15.8, 8.6.

Nixon creates the EPA.

U. S. continues putting heavy pressure on the Allende government.

12/25: 9-2, RPI #13. +11.0 PPG, +11.9 RBs, +4.3 TOs. Fizz leads us with 16.5. 14.0, 8.6 for Fine.

[Wayne23]

1/1/1971: 11-2, 2-0. Why aren’t we ranked?

A ban on advertising cigarettes on television goes into effect.

1/15: 15-2, 6-0, #20, RPI #16. Tied for 1st with #9 UCLA.

1/25: Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda.

1/29: 17-4, 8-2, #23, RPI #15. Tied for 3rd. +9.2 PPG, +14.6 RBs, +1.5 TOs.

2/12: 20-5, 11-3, #22, RPI #17. Tied for 3rd, 2 back of 2nd, 4 up on 5th.

2/26: 21-8, 12-6, 4th place. #25, RPI #24. +6.1 PPG, +12.6 RBs, +0.3 TOs.

[Wayne23]

3/9: We will play #12 seed, last place Arizona ST, 9-19, 4-14, in the quarter finals.

3/10: 89-61. We’ve been pretty awful for the last few weeks. Hopefully this is a sign that we’re waking up. 19 each for starting guards Fizz and Suth, 14, 12 for Simm.

#1 seed, #4 ranked UCLA, 27-2, 18-0, in the semis. They won by 12 at our place.

3/11: 73-77. We played really well but they were too talented. 26 for Suth.

22-9, 12-6. RPI #25.

#7 South. We play #10 Brigham Young, 21-9.

Voting age is lowered to 18.

3/17: 73-58. 19, 11 for Fine, 13, 14 for Simm, 18 for Suth but he had 11 TOs.

#2 seed, #7 Ranked Indiana, 29-4.

3/19: 51-90. Disappointing end to a disappointing season.

3/29: William Calley is found guilty in the My Lai massacre.

4/3: #4 Oregon wins the title.

4/4: Awards: Hugh Fine and Ryan Simm make the PAC 12 2nd team.

4/9: I’ll take any decent offer. I’m going nowhere here at USC.

Going to Ohio ST.

Charles Manson is sentenced to death.

4/23: I ask for a budget increase. I get $13,200.

Overall record: 281-109, .721.

Brutal Haitian dictator “Papa Doc” Duvalier dies. His son, “Baby Doc” is named President for Life.

[Wayne23]

5/1: Not enough $ to buy any reports.

60% of Americans oppose the war in Vietnam.

NPR first broadcast of “All Things Considered.” Millions are cured of insomnia.

6/5: Looking at transfers.

6/16: No luck.

NYT begins publishing the Pentagon Papers.

6/26: Yikes! 9 scholarships and less than $25,000.

7/3: Jim Morrison ODs.

8/21: We offer to 5 PFs, 4 PGs.

9/12: Attica prison uprising begins.

9/18: Got 2 PGs, #20 and #46. Lost 1 PG and 2 bigs.

In Hoops for Troops vs. Missouri. Decent schedule.

9/25: We get another PG, #26. We lose 3 more bigs.

10/2: We lose 5. Still haven’t gotten a big and we’re about out of $.

1st day of practice. We’re picked 6th in the Big 10.

Disney World opens in Orlando.

10/9: We get a PF, #30.

11/6: 9 man rotation:

Juco junior Brad Reed is at PG with walk on soph Jim Horm backing up.

Senior Wade Toke is back at SG. He’s a 4 year starter and probably our best scorer. Senior Joe Cape backs up.

Senior walk on Lar Talo is at SF, backed by senior walk on Kyle Foge, who also backs up at PF.

Senior Pat Well, another 4 year starter, is back at PF, subbing at C. Senior Cris Raaw backs up.

Senior Pete Rich is back at C.