Quiz on 22 Random Court Dedications...

[billyjack]

Also, relevant to this discussion, Tim Brando tweeted yesterday that LSU is removing Dale Brown's name from their court after honoring him only 13 months ago.

Excellent coach and excellent person... took the Tigers to two Final Fours.

Brando's original tweet:

"Incredible that Dale Brown, a man who got death threats for integrating his teams. finds himself suddenly not being worthy of an Honor bestowed upon him 13 months ago. Governor won’t answer, Werner won’t, but because he’s old. Oh, and let’s weaponize Title IX to insure it... pathetic."

[Omaha1]

Also, relevant to this discussion, Tim Brando tweeted yesterday that LSU is removing Dale Brown's name from their court after honoring him only 13 months ago.

Excellent coach and excellent person... took the Tigers to two Final Fours.

Brando's original tweet:

"Incredible that Dale Brown, a man who got death threats for integrating his teams. finds himself suddenly not being worthy of an Honor bestowed upon him 13 months ago. Governor won’t answer, Werner won’t, but because he’s old. Oh, and let’s weaponize Title IX to insure it... pathetic."

I thought they were adding a women’s coach name to the floor.

[billyjack]

Also, relevant to this discussion, Tim Brando tweeted yesterday that LSU is removing Dale Brown's name from their court after honoring him only 13 months ago.

Excellent coach and excellent person... took the Tigers to two Final Fours.

Brando's original tweet:

"Incredible that Dale Brown, a man who got death threats for integrating his teams. finds himself suddenly not being worthy of an Honor bestowed upon him 13 months ago. Governor won’t answer, Werner won’t, but because he’s old. Oh, and let’s weaponize Title IX to insure it... pathetic."

I thought they were adding a women’s coach name to the floor.

Oh, Brown's name is being replaced? Thanks for pointing this out.

[Omaha1]

There was a Twitter headline about Dick Vitale calling the change absurd which is why I recall it. Don’t remember the reason. I think it was maybe going to be co-named.

[hoops22]

Perfect Stever...
Tark, Fisher, and Dick Tarrant.
The Holy Land members know their sh-t !!

I was about to guess The Shark for UNLV but Stever beat me to it. Although I'm guessing Stever was just being nice letting us all play along, as he could have probably guessed most of them right off the bat. Am I right Stever?

[stever20]

Perfect Stever...
Tark, Fisher, and Dick Tarrant.
The Holy Land members know their sh-t !!

I was about to guess The Shark for UNLV but Stever beat me to it. Although I'm guessing Stever was just being nice letting us all play along, as he could have probably guessed most of them right off the bat. Am I right Stever?

I actually didn't think the Shark until I saw it as one of the last few.

[Omaha1]

So the next Billyjack question is to figure out who every school should name their court after if it’s not already.

Creighton would probably be Dana Altman or longtime AD Bruce Rasmussen, but a McDermott family court would work too.

[DanofXav76]

Bonnies- Bob Lanier?

Yes, excellent... Back in Summer 2019, we took a college tour road trip from Rhode Island out to eventually Madison WI, then circled back via a Milwaukee ferry to Muskegon MI.

On the 2nd day we stopped on the Bonnies campus. Many gorgeous Italian-Franciscan style buildings with Mediterranean tile roofs and great stonework. The campus was against the hills on the edge of the woods. Olean NY itself is small and remote, but it's right off the interstate.

At each campus, all self-guided, we'd at a minimum check out the student union, cafeteria, library and basketball court... some gyms were locked, some open, some open with basketballs laying around in the corner... the St Bonnies gym was unlocked, so we quietly took off our shoes and shot around for 5 minutes.

In a display case outside the court there were old trophies and Bob Lanier's giant sneakers. Fantastic.

We took 10 days, and hit D1 and D3 schools, maybe 11 or 13 altogether...

Billy, My father-in-law graduated from St. Bonaventure. Last September we did a western New York vacation to Niagara Falls, Rochester & Jamestown. I surprised my wife with a stop off to Olean, so she could see where her dad went to college. Along with walking the campus on a beautiful late summer day, we stopped into the Reilly Center and it was open. Bob Lanier was one of my guys I loved and rooted for when I was in high school. Mark Schmidt, their now long time, successful HC HC, was a Xavier assistant right before he took that job. I was hoping to "bump" into him that day but no luck.

A trip to the bookstore scored us all some Bonnie T's.
Bonus question ( without googling). Their very non PC nickname back in the day?

[billyjack]

Bonnies- Bob Lanier?

Yes, excellent... Back in Summer 2019, we took a college tour road trip from Rhode Island out to eventually Madison WI, then circled back via a Milwaukee ferry to Muskegon MI.

On the 2nd day we stopped on the Bonnies campus. Many gorgeous Italian-Franciscan style buildings with Mediterranean tile roofs and great stonework. The campus was against the hills on the edge of the woods. Olean NY itself is small and remote, but it's right off the interstate.

At each campus, all self-guided, we'd at a minimum check out the student union, cafeteria, library and basketball court... some gyms were locked, some open, some open with basketballs laying around in the corner... the St Bonnies gym was unlocked, so we quietly took off our shoes and shot around for 5 minutes.

In a display case outside the court there were old trophies and Bob Lanier's giant sneakers. Fantastic.

We took 10 days, and hit D1 and D3 schools, maybe 11 or 13 altogether...

Billy, My father-in-law graduated from St. Bonaventure. Last September we did a western New York vacation to Niagara Falls, Rochester & Jamestown. I surprised my wife with a stop off to Olean, so she could see where her dad went to college. Along with walking the campus on a beautiful late summer day, we stopped into the Reilly Center and it was open. Bob Lanier was one of my guys I loved and rooted for when I was in high school. Mark Schmidt, their now long time, successful HC HC, was a Xavier assistant right before he took that job. I was hoping to "bump" into him that day but no luck.

A trip to the bookstore scored us all some Bonnie T's.
Bonus question ( without googling). Their very non PC nickname back in the day?

That's great Dan !! Very cool about your father-in-law. Is he still with you? Any neat stories that he had shared over the years?
I think St Bona was the "Indians"...

At least a couple of other northeastern schools changed from the Indians.. pretty sure Dartmouth and less sure about UMass... prob a bunch more. The "Big Green" and the "Minutemen" are great new names.

[Nukem2]

Wisconsin Ab Nicholas