Grefe was a 6’2” forward!  We had a pretty good shooter in Dick Ellis.  With Babe McCarthy as coach, and an all-white team, we were very much a Southern Conference team .  This was my freshman year, and Garland Pinkston was on our freshman team.

Add in horrendous coaching to the travel excuse,

GW69 - Gimelstob was Jewish.  We had our quota.

But the long plane flight home.  Three time zones!

Same as it ever was…….

Our offense was as well organized as the pre-game "tailgate" and logistics from there to the game.  I rushed out of the gathering 30 minutes before the game started, and was still in the Will Call line (with dozens of other GW fans) when the game started.  Joe picked up two fouls before most of us even entered the arena.  Ask LSF about his experience of the entire situation.

An embarrassing performance, and travel isn't an excuse for having a poor game plan and no set offense to take advantage of a perceived advantage in athleticism.  Coach might be a great guy, talk a good game, and recruit better than the last guy, but, as a game coach he brought less than zero last night, beyond some "emotion".

I know I'm peripheral to the core posting group, and don't have much to contribute, but I'll be at this game (and the "tailgate" before it).  If there are any members of the athletic department present, and any of you have questions for them that you'd like me to ask, please let me know.

Of the players that I saw ('66-'71), I would say:
Bob Tallent
Ronnie Nunn (edges out Mike Tallent - eye test, style points)
Walter Szczerbiak
Mike Battle
Bill Knorr

Pat would knock out both Ronnie and Mike.  Would ask opinions on whether Clyde Burwell or Keith Morris would knock any of the above off the list.  Although he can't touch this list, my favorite player for a long time was Joe Lalli.
 

AT Hiker wrote:

We play in the tournament in Naples on the 11/22, 23 and 24. The other game in CA is San Diego. We really wanted to play South Carolina at home but they pushed the game back again. Notre Dame backed out of a game at the Smith Center after they saw who transferred into GW.

I saw us win at San Diego and lose (jobbed by the refs) at Pepperdine in late 1992. With our incoming talent, and two of our leading performers from last year, I'm looking for a sweep this time around.
 

Thanks for the advice, Gwmayhem and Joel Joseph.  I'll check with the GW ticket office, and make sure I sit behind our bench.  Would look forward to connecting with anyone else attending who shares our disease, so we can commiserate and share memories of better times.

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