Does anyone know what team was honored at half time?





GO BOBCATS

Come on, Al . . . IT WAS THE GREATEST TEAM!  The 2011-12 team was oh so close to the Elite 8.  Yes, I realize that it took less games to reach the Elite 8 back then, but also you had less teams chosen for the field and it was, therefore, tougher from top to bottom, IMHO.  The 1964 OHIO had to play what I would argue was a tougher route to the Elite 8 -- beating both Louisville and then Kentucky -- than the 2012 team did to reach the Sweet 16 (Michigan and South Florida).  

I was told in the Rohr Room of a sad aspect of the team reunion today.  Power forward Don Hilt, who was planning on coming to the reunion, recently passed away after heart surgery.  I think the term "power forward" was probably invented after some sports journalist saw Hilt dunk the ball.  The only other player that I've ever seen in person who came close was Gary Trent.   

Well, well, well, I stand corrected.  While I didn't see Baumholtz play, I knew people who did and by all reports he was phenomenal. Jim Snyder was also on that team, and I had a fraternity brother whose father had been on that team -- Malokas. 

I do remember that "sit down," but I hadn't thought about that for years.  What I remember most about Hilt was his broad shoulders (like a fullback with pads on).  If an opposing player was dumb enough to be near him when he went up for one of his patented dunks he couldn't help but commit a foul because those shoulders would just literally push a defender out of the way.  It was kind of like Moses parting the Red Sea.  It's hard to describe, but for those old farts who actually saw it, you'll know what I mean.

I'm with you in this. He was a heck if a pool player as I remember too