Historical Association #6 1st season 1974-‘75

[Wayne23]

5/1: National Gold.

Preseason #15.

6/5: No one of interest in the transfer pool.

6/26: 2 scholarships.

7/4: U. S. Bicentennial.

7/20: Viking I.

8/4: First ever outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease kills 29.

8/7: PG Brad Camp is #23 on the Norton list. SG Roy Lona is #26, PG Tav Duns #31, and PG Dar Maye #34.

8/21: We offer to a PG and an SG.

9/9: Mao Zedong dies.

9/11: We get a PG, #40.

9/18: We get the SG, #11.

No in season tournament.

10/2: 1st day of practice We’re picked to finish 1st in conf.

11/2: Jimmy Carter is elected POTUS.

11/6: 10 man rotation to start. That will change:

Soph Tav Duns is at the Point with frosh Jed Haro behind him.

Soph Roy Lona is at SG with senior Jam Leed backing up.

Soph Brad Camp is at SF. Frosh Mo Marn subs at SF.

Frosh Aron Stag starts at PF with senior Ric Bows behind him.

Soph Dar Maye is at C with junior Cris Cham subbing.

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11/20: 2-0. Beat 2 ranked teams. #14. Backcourt is kickin’ it!

Both recruits signed.

12/4: 5-1. #9, RPI #16. Roy Lona is scoring a lot of points at SG. We’re #3 in the nation in TOs (9.3). We only allow 3 steals a game.

12/25: 8-1, #8, RPI #3. +14.9 PPG, +4.2 RBs, +5.3 TOs, +2.8 steals, +6.1 assists.

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1/1/1977: 10-1, 2-0. #7, RPI #1.

1/15: 14-1, 6-0. #6, RPI #1. I think this is developing into a very good team. I don’t think we’ll run the table in conf. play, but I DO think we’ll win the
conference, probably easily. We do a lot of things well. The surprise is that we’re #3 in the nation in RBs- playing all PGs and SGs.

1/21: Full pardon for most Vietnam draft evaders.

1/23: “Roots”

1/29: 18-1, 10-0, #6, RPI #1. +14.1 PPG, +3.9 RBs, +6.8 TOs, +5.6 assists, +4.5 steals. 3 game lead in conf., and maybe we Will run the table in conf., after all.

Roy Lona is #20 on the Norton list, and Dar Maye is #30.

2/12: 21-2, 13-1, #5, RPI #2. UConn beat us- at our place. Earlier we beat them at their place. We still have a 5 game lead in conf.

Lona is #17 on the Norton list.

2/26: We end the regular season at 25-2, 17-1, #5, RPI #2. We win the conf. by a whopping 6 games. +13.6 PPG (#7), +3.4 RBs (#6), +6.6 TOs (#1), +5.4 assists (#2), +4.5 steals (#31, but #1 in margin). Roy Lona leads us in scoring with 18.9.

3/5: Little used Jed Haro decided to go pro. He didn’t play much but he had a lot of potential.

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3/9: We play #9 seed Memphis, 10-18, 7-11, first.

3/10: 76-57. It was never close. 21, 4, 4 for Lona, 15, 5 for C Dar Maye, 13, 8 for PG Tav Duns. 4 TOs.

#4 seed Tulsa, 18-10, 11-7, in the semifinals.

3/11: 79-43. Again, never a game. 16, 9, 4 for Duns, 17, 5 for Lona, 15 for sub Mo Marn. 4 TOs, for the 2nd straight game.

#2 seed Cincy, 20-9, 11-7, for the title. We beat them by 3 there and by 17 at our place.

3/12: 66-58. They gave us a game! They worked hard not to let us do what we wanted to do, and turned us over 18 times, but in the end we had enough.

28-2, 17-1, #5, RPI #2. We expect a #1 seed. Which one?

#1 West. We play #16 Indiana ST, 16-15.

3/15: Luciano Pavarotti makes his U. S. debut.

3/17: 79-68. 20, 5, 7 for Duns, 18, 10 for SF Brad Camp, 17, 9 for Marn. Too close!

#8 seed Wake Forest, 19-12, in the 2nd round.

3/19: 60-45. Great D! 16, 8 for Camp.

#4 seed, #20 ranked Missouri, 22-8, in the Sweet Sixteen.

3/24: 87-72. 36 for Lona, who couldn’t miss. 17, 6 for Camp, who’s having a great post season.

#3 seed, #12 ranked Michigan ST, 26-8, in the Elite Eight. They’re tough inside.

3/26: 70-62, and we’re in the Final Four! We held our own inside and dominated outside. 22 for Lona, 14 for Marn.

#10 ranked Purdue, 27-7, in the national semifinal. This game is one we can win, and we’re the only #1 seed left.

4/1: Not tonight, 61-82. Their PF had 35 and 17, and they were too tough inside.

4/3: Purdue wins it all.

4/4: Awards: Dar Maye is Conf. Def. POY. Roy Lona made Conf. 1st team. Maye and Brad Camp made 2nd team. I am Conf. COY.

4/23: I ask for a budget increase. Got $15,000.

32-3, 17-1, Final Four. Overall, 81-19, .810.

[Wayne23]

3 years in I've decided that I mad a mistake. I started with too good a school. Let's try this again.