• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

#4 Ohio State 72, Cincinnati 50 (Final)

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes
OSUBasketballJunkie;689973; said:
Getting back to the game........

Scout.com (Free)

Game observations by Kyle Lamb.
Click to expand...

386206.jpg


WOW, a trophy for winning one game in the Wooden Tradition. Did Butler get a trophy too? :biggrin:

There are many people that would argue the "real Wooden tradition" was his players tasking $$$ from Sam Gilbert:

"According to many UCLA players during the 1960s, Gilbert was known as Papa Sam. His home was always open to the Bruins and it was not uncommon to see several players lounging near his pool with him and his wife Rose on a weekend. The players trusted him as a confidant and a mentor. Players such as Sidney Wicks, Lew Alcindor, Larry Farmer, Bill Walton, and many others all came to Sam for friendship and counsel.

Sam was known to push the NCAA rules to the limit. If a player did not have money for books, he would arrange for the books to be purchased and delivered to the player. If a player needed an apartment, Sam always knew of an available one. Sam helped the players find the best deals on anything they needed.

Many people around the college basketball world have argued that Sam Gilbert committed infractions far worse than those above. Former Long Beach State and UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian has stated how he believes that the only team in Los Angeles with a higher payroll than the Bruins in the 1960s and 1970s was the Lakers. Tarkanian, along with a slew of others, believe that Gilbert provided the players with cash, cars, and whatever else they needed. Tarkanian?s program at UNLV came under suspicion of NCAA rule infractions and he constantly brought up that UCLA never faced as much pressure from the NCAA in regards to Sam Gilbert?s supposed infractions as his program did because John Wooden was untouchable."

see link for the entire article:
http://www.english.ucla.edu/ucla1960s/7071/austin12.htm
 
Upvote 0
Link

UC gets kicked when it's down
Column by The Post's Lonnie Wheeler

INDIANAPOLIS - From the sound of it - that is, from the sounds that Thad Matta's making - another 44 years might pass before Ohio State and the University of Cincinnati play each other again in basketball. And in spite of UC's preferences to the contrary, that may not be a bad thing. By then, Greg Oden will be 62 years old and less likely to affect every shot the Bearcats take.

Continued....
Click to expand...
 
Upvote 0
ScriptOhio;689983; said:
386206.jpg


WOW, a trophy for winning one game in the Wooden Tradition. Did Butler get a trophy too? :biggrin:
Click to expand...

Yes, they did (actually, now that I think about it, I think it's the "standing trophy" and our names were just added to the base along with Butler, engraved on the plaque)...I thought it was a bit funny as well, but hey, we won our game so I'll 'take it'. :biggrin:
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top