Dale8R
03-18-2006, 05:22 AM
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/APWires/sports/D8GDTJ288.html
Another bit of my childhood gone. Way back in the olden days, one of the highlights of the year was when Coach Specht would take us to Chicago Stadium to see the DePaul/Loyola doubleheaders when both were powerhouses and brought in the top teams in the country. I can't remember the Loyola coach, but Ray Meyer . . . different story altogether.
CHICAGO — Ray Meyer, who built DePaul into a national basketball power during a 42-year span, coaching a generation of players stretching from George Mikan to Mark Aguirre, died Friday at age 92.
Meyer twice took the Blue Demons to the NCAA Final Four, helped develop Mikan - who would eventually become basketball's first dominating big man - and coached DePaul to the 1945 NIT title.
By the way, that was back when winning the NIT was as big or bigger than winning the NCAA. Fact.
From the days of two-handed set shots to the slam dunk era, Meyer either coached or broadcast 1,467 consecutive Blue Demons games, a 55-year streak.
Another bit of my childhood gone. Way back in the olden days, one of the highlights of the year was when Coach Specht would take us to Chicago Stadium to see the DePaul/Loyola doubleheaders when both were powerhouses and brought in the top teams in the country. I can't remember the Loyola coach, but Ray Meyer . . . different story altogether.
CHICAGO — Ray Meyer, who built DePaul into a national basketball power during a 42-year span, coaching a generation of players stretching from George Mikan to Mark Aguirre, died Friday at age 92.
Meyer twice took the Blue Demons to the NCAA Final Four, helped develop Mikan - who would eventually become basketball's first dominating big man - and coached DePaul to the 1945 NIT title.
By the way, that was back when winning the NIT was as big or bigger than winning the NCAA. Fact.
From the days of two-handed set shots to the slam dunk era, Meyer either coached or broadcast 1,467 consecutive Blue Demons games, a 55-year streak.