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Rock Chalk Talk: Basketball
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Anything pertaining to basketball: college, pro, HS, recruiting, TV coverage
Funny text from my older brother...
8 years 8 months ago #6698
by konza63
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
My big brother (8 years older) didn't go to KU, but grew up in KCK rooting for them big-time. He remembers JoJo and Robisch and all of those from that era quite vividly. And he's the biggest sports fan I've ever seen, period. Anyway, when UConn was pulling closer to KU in the 2nd half, I got a text from him that I just now saw:
I guess you can see the shared sentiment that runs deeply in the Konza family veins.
[/i]I need KU to finish these guys off and North Carolina to lose...and it will be a GREAT night! First ConTucky biting the dust, KU on their way with UConn, now down with Williams and Carolina!!!
I guess you can see the shared sentiment that runs deeply in the Konza family veins.
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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