[personal] Re: [Husker] Another loss for the basketball team

[Bob Beach]

Todd Richards wrote:
>    My fondness for Nebraska basketball goes back to the late 60's and early to mid 70's when my dad and I went to most of the home games in the old coliseum.  Man what fun that was on those cold winter nights.  That place rocked, and we were very competitive most of the time.  Does anyone remember watching Jerry Fort shoot the ball.  What a thing of beauty.
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>   Todd in Tennessee
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    I remember those times.  Probably the year I remember with the most 
fondness is 65-66.  That year the starting lineup was Stuart Lantz, 
Grant Simmons, Nate Branch, Willie Campbell, and Tom Baack.  They went 
20-5 I believe and didn't go to the NCAA because the NCAA was taking 
something like 28-32 teams at the time.  But, you bring back a lot of 
memories.  That old Coliseum was a special place.  It wasn't state of 
the art but it was a terrific home court advantage.  Much more than the 
Devaney Center is now.


Bob Beach