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Post by melton6 on Feb 14, 2007 10:50:24 GMT -5
Chuckie Becton could pull up from 25 ft on the break and not get a dirty look from the bench.
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Post by Aggie77 on Feb 14, 2007 11:00:02 GMT -5
Spruill wasn't a PURE shooter, neither was "The Bird". In fact both had an awkward looking shot. Spruill looked like he was shooting with his knuckles and Bird with his palm. Those two brought excitement to game though. They would score in dramatic fashion, because one-on-one they could take anybody off the dribble from anywhere on the court. Bird would downright embarrass you off the dribble, with the jumper, the pass, or taking it to the rack, then look back at you with that little smile, like “school is in session today baby”. The best pure shooter I saw play for A&T was none other the “The Outlaw”, James Outlaw. He was cocked and loaded on the way to gym all he needed was rim. I don’t know who has the record for FG attempts, but I’m willing to bet Outlaw is 1 or 2 on the list. If the 3pt rule was in place back then he would easily be the all-time points leader, and I'm pretty sure he played only three years.
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Post by JayBee on Feb 14, 2007 11:12:43 GMT -5
Mine too! Spruill didn't really go into those cold spurts like Rush does. Too bad they didn't have the 3 point goal back then, cause he would have easily averaged 30 points a game.
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Post by JayBee on Feb 14, 2007 11:24:03 GMT -5
Spruill wasn't a PURE shooter, neither was "The Bird". In fact both had an awkward looking shot. Spruill looked like he was shooting with his knuckles and Bird with his palm. Those two brought excitement to game though. They would score in dramatic fashion, because one-on-one they could take anybody off the dribble from anywhere on the court. Bird would downright embarrass you off the dribble, with the jumper, the pass, or taking it to the rack, then look back at you with that little smile, like “school is in session today baby”. The best pure shooter I saw play for A&T was none other the “The Outlaw”, James Outlaw. He was cocked and loaded on the way to gym all he needed was rim. I don’t know who has the record for FG attempts, but I’m willing to bet Outlaw is 1 or 2 on the list. If the 3pt rule was in place back then he would easily be the all-time points leader, and I'm pretty sure he played only three years. When Outlaw was playing, no one else got a chance to shoot that much. And like you said, he has to be #1 or 2 in field goal attempts. Outlaw was like Rush, he would go into cold spurts and couldn't buy a basket.
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Post by bluehaze on Feb 14, 2007 12:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by bluehaze on Feb 14, 2007 12:11:33 GMT -5
RUSH,Steven-NCAT......... JR 87 for 231 37.7%
He's 12 off of the single season record. I see him smashing it.
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Post by 4XLAGGIE on Feb 14, 2007 12:20:30 GMT -5
Aggie77 I know you remember Spruill's fadeaway jumpers from the corner in Moore Gym. Many a night we had to throw him back out on the court after falling into the stands on the fade...
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Post by truthseeker on Feb 14, 2007 12:58:07 GMT -5
Guys how can you not mention especially the old heads..... anyone off the squad that lost to Norfolk St. in triple overtime at the (68-69?) CIAA Tourny. finals 136-134!!! I was a little kid but I remember the G'BORO Coliseum slam packed..... Bobby Danridge hit 57 that night.... "T" had 2 small college all-americans Sophe Adams & Teddy Cambell.... both of them scored over 30 apiece!!! If I'm not mistaking didn't all 10 starters from that game get drafted by the NBA??? If anybody was there that nite help me out..... Because it was the best game I've ever seen!!! It reminded you of one of the old Lakers vs Boston Celtics playoff classics!!! In fact Red Aurebach (Celtics coach) and Red Holtzman (N.Y. Knicks coach) were sitting a few rows below us!!
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Post by Bigboy on Feb 14, 2007 13:19:13 GMT -5
I was in Okinawa when that game was played. We heard about that game all the way over there.
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Post by Aggie77 on Feb 14, 2007 14:02:47 GMT -5
Aggie77 I know you remember Spruill's fadeaway jumpers from the corner in Moore Gym. Many a night we had to throw him back out on the court after falling into the stands on the fade... A many a night, A many a night! Those were some days. That's when we would rock the house and didn't need a pep band, or a DJ, because people came to see AGGIE Basketball. Ya'll talk about the kids are so close to the court, some games there wasn't room for the cheerleaders to stand. I remember when 'The Eraser" came to town, the refs couldn’t run down the sideline (outside the line), people were sitting or standing on ever inch of floor space except in front of the benches and the scoring table. When the ball was inbounded somebody had to stand up or the player had straddle a person’s legs.
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Feb 14, 2007 16:13:59 GMT -5
After the "Eraser" came the "Pencil". Around Outlaws (who could put the ball on the floor and take to the rim) era there was Al Carter, June Harris, Darryl Cherry (a gunner from half court) and others who were pretty good streak shooters. Koger was a streak shooter. Late fifties and early sixties were players like Maurice McHartley, Hugh Evans , Hank Marshall, Vince Miller, Walter Holtzclaw and a bunch of other long range jump shooters before the 3 pointer. A&T has had its share of great shooters. Most of you saw the shooters in the seventies, like Binion, Cale, Brown, Boyd, Taggard, Griffis (great point 47% fg), streaky Bobby Moore and others. That is why all of those banners are hanging from the rafters in Corbett. We will be back!!!!!!
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Post by Maxell on Feb 14, 2007 17:25:18 GMT -5
As many times a I saw Hugh Evans referee in the NBA, I didn't know he was an Aggie.
Hugh Evans (Basketball referee) Hugh Evans was a basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 28 seasons from 1972 to 2001. During his NBA officiating career, Evans worked 1,969 regular season NBA games and 35 NBA Finals games. During the 1995-96 NBA season, Evans was ranked the second best official in the league by coaches, general managers, and NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations Rod Thorn. [1] His final game was Game 4 of the 2001 NBA Finals played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 13, 2001. Evans wore the uniform number 25 during his career in the NBA. He currently serves as an assistant supervisor of officials in the NBA front office.
Biography Evans attended North Carolina A&T and was drafted in the 12th round (80th selection overall) of the 1962 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Instead of playing in the NBA, he elected to go into baseball and spent 3 years in the San Francisco Giants minor league organization. In the late 1960s, Evans decided to go into officiating in New York and later in 1972 was hired by the NBA.
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Feb 14, 2007 17:54:22 GMT -5
Yep, he was a 2 guard who would play the point at times. He and Jerry Powell ( a true point) both came to A&T from Boy's High in Brooklyn. Jerry played with Lenny Wilkins and was an assistant with Lenny during his last year or two with the Hawks. Both Powell and Evans were great players. Powell was also an assistant to Cal Irvin.
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Post by Maxell on Feb 14, 2007 18:14:47 GMT -5
Whatever happened to the recruiting pipeline we had to New York which lasted decades?
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Post by SHB2K on Feb 14, 2007 18:58:23 GMT -5
RUSH,Steven-NCAT......... JR 87 for 231 37.7% He's 12 off of the single season record. I see him smashing it. Well... there's my answer... STEVEN RUSH... It would suprise me if he doesn't break the record in the next two games... and with another season of eligibility, I see no reason why he shouldnt be considered the best pure shooter at A&T. Since I wasn't around in the early days, all I can go on are the numbers, and if he breaks the single season record, the only ones to compare him to would be the pre-three point line aggies, and they were just wasting their time shooting long distance because threes only counted for two anyway. I don't know the exact numbers, but it seems like he shoots much better in Corbett. He's definitely the best I've seen, but then again, the best game I've ever seen in Moore gym is a 2001 intramural game with about 20 fans in attendance. I digress
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