This was a painful game as I remember it. Jimmy used to say that we were the worst Christmas tournament team in the country and this game lived up to his belief.
Reading the newspaper articles of the Evansville tournament 50 years later, I get the sense of a very tired basketball team, probably reflective of schedules in those days. The 66-67 team played 25 regular season games over 66 days (not including the exam break). The 2016-17 team will play just six more games over well over 100 days - lot of games in November and December, but then the 18 conference games are spaced over 64 days.
This was a painful game as I remember it. Jimmy used to say that we were the worst Christmas tournament team in the country and this game lived up to his belief.
ReplyDeleteReading the newspaper articles of the Evansville tournament 50 years later, I get the sense of a very tired basketball team, probably reflective of schedules in those days. The 66-67 team played 25 regular season games over 66 days (not including the exam break). The 2016-17 team will play just six more games over well over 100 days - lot of games in November and December, but then the 18 conference games are spaced over 64 days.
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