March 1984
Iran-Iraq war
March 5
“No one goes pro.”
March 10
“#9 seed Washington beat #8 so we’ll play them. They’re 18-11, 9-7, and we beat them by 20 three weeks ago.”
“88-70. It took awhile. We finally took charge about midway through the 2nd half. John’s 1st good game since his return but lots of guys played well. 11 TOs, +5 boards.”
“#4 seed Va Tech, 21-9, 11-5 in the semis. They won by 14 at their place.
March 11
“The UML men were humiliated 46-72 in the semis. Coach didn’t have much too say beyond, ‘We were awful.’”
“Now we’ll see how much this hurt us in seedings for the NCAA tourney.
March 12
“Va. Tech won the title.
“UML is Ranked #8, RPI #4. A 2 seed?
“Not in the East.
“4 in the Midwest. Insultingly low. We play Washington, 16-12, again.
March 16
“61-51. Coach said the guys played like they were bored. 13 TOs, 36 RBs.
“#5 seed, #21 ranked UConn, 20-10, 10-6 in the round of 32.
March 18
“59-41. We never trailed, mostly due to excellent D. They shot 30.2%, 1-19 behind the arc. It was a terribly sloppy game, we had 21 TOS, they had 23. But we’re in the Sweet Sixteen.
“#1 seed, #2 ranked, #3 RPI Kansas, 27-6. We will need to do just about everything right to beat this team.”
March 23
“47-68. We were over matched but there is no excuse for 28 TOs. Coach says that next year he will actually have some natural PGs. He’s been playing with Shooting Guards at Pg for the past couple of years.”
April 1984
AIDS virus identified
April 4
“#5 Georgia Tech beat #1 Virginia, 75-73 for the national title.
“Awards: Jed Henk got conf. D freshman of the year. Rudy Betts made 1st team, Jed made 2nd.
April 23
“Coach asked for a budget increase. Got $10,000. Coach got a raise. Finally making $100,000.
“26-8, 12-4, got to the Sweet Sixteen, will go to conf. C next season. Team Prestige is up to 52. After 21 seasons Coach is at 534-163, .766.”
“There were rumors regarding both coaching positions and University President positions for Grace Clark. Coach told us these things never get beyond the first call since neither he nor his wife is interested in moving. Great news for UML on both counts.
“This is Betty Winns signing off. Since I’ll be graduating soon this is my last broadcast. Next year it will be sophomore Joe Butts at the mic.”