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Post by aggierattler on Mar 30, 2013 0:36:18 GMT -5
So I am happy to see this blog. I am watching NCaa games and thought about my youth. My aunt, Joyce Spruill, who was one of the great female atheletes and coaches at A&T gave me the oppurtunity to be around the best players of the late 70's and 80's as an aggie ball boy. The ambiance of those games have never been matched since. Joe Binion who I admired as a young chap, was one of the smoothest players and unstoppable scorers I have ever seen play. In MEAC play, no one could match him. His game was one that being a 6 8 player who could bring the ball up,, face the basket and drive or shoot jumper at will. He was a low dribble so he was able to keep great control of the ball. Other greats,, Claude Williams. Favorite move, going to the hole in the paint and going between his legs for finger role. Ice Grifftths, fave move.. Aggies had a 3 on two break, Ice in the middle,, He ball fakes to the left , and then to the right,, and both defensive players go for the fake and Ice finger rolls it for the score unabated. Eric sleepy Boyd , raining jumpers from the 3point line area.. He played calmly and smooth all the time. George Cale.. Rainbow jumper from the cafe. We he was hot,, unconscious on the court.. Tough downtown Jimmy Brown,, mid range jumper was always money,, Juan Lanaza,, banging big time in the paint, always making clutch put backs or dunks to get the crowd going crazy... I will need an hour to talk about the aggietes basketball team. However, nothing was like an 80's battle with Howard , Famu or SCSU, the girls games were unreal. To be continued ...as well as Jimmy Brown! Attachments:
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Post by aggierattler on Mar 30, 2013 0:39:50 GMT -5
But what about Doc Anderson???  Attachments:
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Post by aggierattler on Mar 30, 2013 0:43:01 GMT -5
And how about Ron Stinchcomb??  Attachments:
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Post by aggierattler on Mar 30, 2013 0:44:59 GMT -5
And Nathan "Pedro" Pettus??  Attachments:
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Post by marchingband1969 on Mar 30, 2013 8:15:09 GMT -5
Except for the last 10 years or so, if you watched A&T basketball you saw some stars. I thought the players in the 1960's and 1970's were awesome but there were some great players in the 1980's and 1990's. And how did we get such great players? Great coaches! Cal Irvin, Don Corbett, and Gene Little were great coaches. We've had a few dud coaches along the way but overall, we've had the best coaches in the conference. I hope that tradition continues.
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Post by aggierattler on Mar 30, 2013 17:16:05 GMT -5
Except for the last 10 years or so, if you watched A&T basketball you saw some stars. I thought the players in the 1960's and 1970's were awesome but there were some great players in the 1980's and 1990's. And how did we get such great players? Great coaches! Cal Irvin, Don Corbett, and Gene Little were great coaches. We've had a few dud coaches along the way but overall, we've had the best coaches in the conference. I hope that tradition continues. Agreed!! Attachments:
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Post by aggie2ru on Mar 30, 2013 23:25:20 GMT -5
And Nathan "Pedro" Pettus?? Always a fan favorite........RIP Pedro!!!! We miss you man!!! |
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Post by aggie2ru on Mar 30, 2013 23:37:26 GMT -5
June Harris was the best pure PG to ever play at A&T and in the MEAC. YEP!!! Even ahead of... June wasn't no joke BUT......hard to go against the PG (Al Attles) who led A&T to it's highest finish nationally in school history. Point in fact, because Al was "the greatest BB playa in A&T's history" Al's resume outshines everyone else who came through the yard. |
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Post by aggierattler on Mar 31, 2013 18:23:58 GMT -5
June wasn't no joke BUT......hard to go against the PG (Al Attles) who led A&T to it's highest finish nationally in school history. Point in fact, because Al was "the greatest BB playa in A&T's history" Al's resume outshines everyone else who came through the yard. Yeah...I agreed with that several pages back on this thread. Al Attles' Aggie resume is second to none. ;D Attachments:
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Mar 31, 2013 23:27:48 GMT -5
June wasn't no joke BUT......hard to go against the PG (Al Attles) who led A&T to it's highest finish nationally in school history. Point in fact, because Al was "the greatest BB playa in A&T's history" Al's resume outshines everyone else who came through the yard. Yeah...I agreed with that several pages back on this thread. Al Attles' Aggie resume is second to none. ;D Good picture of Al, Joe Cotton and Hugh Evans. The best back court combo was Al Attles and Joe Howell. Howell could play the point, but was a big time scorer and played the two position mostly. Attles was the master orchestrator. He was a defensive genius, a master passer (blind or any type) and ballhandler who could score. But he loved to facilitate. Both he and Howell had a lot speed and leaping ability. Aggierattler, nice of you to remember Pedro. He was a diehard loyal Aggie. He would drive down from Philly to track meets. Home Boy of Joe Howell, Vince Miller (who played with Wilt at Overbrook) and few others who played at A&T. |
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Post by Bigboy on Apr 1, 2013 9:01:49 GMT -5
Pedro was a true aggie. He was in Greensboro so much that I thought one time that he had moved here. Even when his health was failing he still found a way to get here for most games (BB and Football). Rest in Peace Pedro, you are truely missed.
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Post by aggie2ru on Apr 1, 2013 10:56:02 GMT -5
Yeah...I agreed with that several pages back on this thread. Al Attles' Aggie resume is second to none. ;D Good picture of Al, Joe Cotton and Hugh Evans. The best back court combo was Al Attles and Joe Howell. Howell could play the point, but was a big time scorer and played the two position mostly. Attles was the master orchestrator. He was a defensive genius, a master passer (blind or any type) and ballhandler who could score. But he loved to facilitate. Both he and Howell had a lot speed and leaping ability. Aggierattler, nice of you to remember Pedro. He was a diehard loyal Aggie. He would drive down from Philly to track meets. Home Boy of Joe Howell, Vince Miller (who played with Wilt at Overbrook) and few others who played at A&T. 60's ............Remember the backcourt combo of Hugh Evans (NBA ref for over 25 yrs) and "JP" Jerry Powell (who played w/the unbelievable Connie Hawkins at Boys High in Brooklyn). JP was a close friend of NBA legend Lenny Wilkins amd was on his ATL Hawks staff for a number of yrs. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Apr 1, 2013 11:02:51 GMT -5
Except for the last 10 years or so, if you watched A&T basketball you saw some stars. I thought the players in the 1960's and 1970's were awesome but there were some great players in the 1980's and 1990's. And how did we get such great players? Great coaches! Cal Irvin, Don Corbett, and Gene Little were great coaches. We've had a few dud coaches along the way but overall, we've had the best coaches in the conference. I hope that tradition continues. hey! back in the 70's, warren renolds won a few championships during his tenure coaching at a&t too...  |
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Post by aggie2ru on Apr 1, 2013 11:10:21 GMT -5
June wasn't no joke BUT......hard to go against the PG (Al Attles) who led A&T to it's highest finish nationally in school history. Point in fact, because Al was "the greatest BB playa in A&T's history" Al's resume outshines everyone else who came through the yard. Yeah...I agreed with that several pages back on this thread. Al Attles' Aggie resume is second to none. ;D rattler.......I sorta equate Coach Cal Irvin signing Al Attles at "T" to Coach K (Duke) signing Johnny Dawkins with jump-starting their respective coaching careers. Al and Cal were both from Newark, NJ and the "northern pipeline" was fully opened and established once Al came south. With Coach K pulling Dawkins from DC it signaled that K was ready to add some "color" to his squad. |
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Apr 1, 2013 17:55:31 GMT -5
Good picture of Al, Joe Cotton and Hugh Evans. The best back court combo was Al Attles and Joe Howell. Howell could play the point, but was a big time scorer and played the two position mostly. Attles was the master orchestrator. He was a defensive genius, a master passer (blind or any type) and ballhandler who could score. But he loved to facilitate. Both he and Howell had a lot speed and leaping ability. Aggierattler, nice of you to remember Pedro. He was a diehard loyal Aggie. He would drive down from Philly to track meets. Home Boy of Joe Howell, Vince Miller (who played with Wilt at Overbrook) and few others who played at A&T. 60's ............Remember the backcourt combo of Hugh Evans (NBA ref for over 25 yrs) and "JP" Jerry Powell (who played w/the unbelievable Connie Hawkins at Boys High in Brooklyn). JP was a close friend of NBA legend Lenny Wilkins amd was on his ATL Hawks staff for a number of yrs. Yes, I remember Jerry. He had family ties in eastern NC. I would see him in DC at Howard when A&T played football there. He had a son that attended Howard. He applied each time there was a coaching vacancy at A&T. He was a JUCO coach then. He and Hugh came together to A&T. Back then I believe it was only Boys High, now I believe it is Boys and Girls High. I guess you remember him assisting Cal. |
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