Posted on March 20, 2013 During this 75th anniversay celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the memory blog CENTAUR SEASONS on HoopsU.com remembers not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins with a never-before-heard, two-hour audio interview. A MARCH MADNESS SPECIAL, brought to you here on HoopsU.com  exclusively through CENTAUR SEASONS. A multipart series now through the Final Four Today’s feature: THE PLEASURES OF WINNING -- WITHOUT ALCINDOR, WITHOUT WALTON. To … [Read more...]

Posted on March 19, 2013 During this 75th anniversay celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the memory blog CENTAUR SEASONS here on HoopsU.com remembers not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins with a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio interview. A MARCH MADNESS special, brought to you on HoopsU.com exclusively through CENTAUR SEASONS. The first installment of a multipart series now till the Final Four Today’s  featured section: A TEACHER, NOT A … [Read more...]

Posted March 7, 2013 Meet John Cooper. The anti-Steve McKee. If you’ve been a regular reader of CENTAUR SEASONS, especially the “History of the Events of the Allentown College’s 1972-1973 B-Ball season …,” the diary of my junior season, you already know him. With our 6-and-11 campaign now mercifully over, I looked around for a way to wrap things up in a CENTAUR SEASONS post or two. From outside the box Coop came immediately to mind. John Cooper is the 6-foot-4 big guy who played me … [Read more...]

Posted March 6, 2013 Our  1972-1973 Centaur Season -- subject of (deep breath) "A History of the Events of the Allentown College's 1972-1973 B-ball Season, as Chronicled by, and with the Personal Memoirs + Occassional Philosophizing of the Author, One Stephen J. McKee" -- ended on February 27 with a 72-67 victory over Baptist Bible College. That rare victory brought our record to 6-and-11. But in our last six games, all at home, we were 4-and-2. When you play on a team like the Centaurs, … [Read more...]

... AS CHRONICLED BY, AND WITH THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS + OCCASSIONAL PHILOSOPHIZING OF THE AUTHOR, ONE STEPHEN J. McKEE" This CENTAUR SEASONS post was written 40 years ago today. PREVIOUS GAME: Centaurs 72, Baptist Bible College 67, final game CENTAUR SEASON: 6-11 Our last game of the season, against Baptist Bible College, we designated “Senior Night.” Bob Hoeffner, Joey Thompson, Bobby Stormes, Dave Glielmi, Gary Cacciatore and I decided to arrange some sort of special event for … [Read more...]

... AS CHRONICLED BY, AND WITH THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS + OCCASSIONAL PHILOSOPHIZING OF THE AUTHOR, ONE STEPHEN J. McKEE" This CENTAUR SEASONS post was written 40 years ago, in February 1973 PREVIOUS GAME: Centaurs 61, Philadelphia Pharmacy 79, three days ago NEXT GAME: Baptist Bible, tonight, last game of the season CENTAUR SEASON: 5-11 Bobby Stormes, Joey Thompson, Dave Glielmi, Bob Hoeffner, Gary Cacciatore and myself have been planning a “Senior Night” for the last game on the … [Read more...]

... AS CHRONICLED BY, AND WITH THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS + OCCASSIONAL PHILOSOPHIZING OF THE AUTHOR, ONE STEPHEN J. McKEE" This CENTAUR SEASONS post was written forty years ago. PREVIOUS GAME: Centaurs 61, Philadelphia Pharmacy 79, two days ago NEXT GAME: Baptist Bible, tomorrow night, last game of the season CENTAUR SEASON: 5-11 It was a completely different first half against Philadelphia Pharmacy than the first half of the first game against Philly Pharmacy on Feb. 24. In fact, … [Read more...]

... AS CHRONICLED BY, AND WITH THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS + OCCASSIONAL PHILOSOPHIZING OF THE AUTHOR, ONE STEPHEN J. McKEE" This CENTAUR SEASONS post was written on February 24, 1973, forty years ago today. PREVIOUS GAME: Centaurs 86, Northampton CC 65, two days ago NEXT GAME: Philly Pharmacy, tonight CENTAUR SEASON: 5-10 I don’t have to KILL myself, as I promised last time I would have to do if we didn't beat Northapmton CC. Well, we did beat Northampton – but it took almost 30 … [Read more...]

... AS CHRONICLED BY, AND WITH THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS + OCCASSIONAL PHILOSOPHIZING OF THE AUTHOR, ONE STEPHEN J. McKEE" This CENTAUR SEASONS post was written in February 1973. PREVIOUS GAME: Centaurs 58, Messiah College 64, two nights ago NEXT GAME: Northampton Community CC, tonight CENTAUR SEASON: 4-10 We lost to Messiah two nights ago, 64-58. WE WERE UP FOUR AT HALFTIME! (We CAN beat these guys -- just like I said in my last enry.) It was, to say the least, a completely … [Read more...]

... AS CHRONICLED BY, AND WITH THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS + OCCASSIONAL PHILOSOPHIZING OF THE AUTHOR, ONE STEPHEN J. McKEE" This CENTAUR SEASONS post was written 40 years ago, in February 1973. PREVIOUS GAME: Centaurs 81, Lehigh CCC 76, four days ago NEXT GAME: Messiah College, tonight CENTAUR SEASON: 4-9 We beat Lehigh CCC, 81-76. We were ahead almost the whole way, usually by 7 to 9 points. They knocked it down to 3 to 5 points for a while, but it was one of those games that one team … [Read more...]