... 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...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: “Where Glory Does Not Stay” — entry #28 from “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" 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...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: Their Coach Said We Played Them the Best Game — entry #27 from “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" 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...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: “We Are All Up for This Game” — entry #26 from “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" 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...]
More Basketball Coaching Books Now at the Hoops U. Store
We've been offering books for sale ever since we opened up the Hoops U. Basketball Store. Now, I am pleased to announce that we have a deal with one of the largest book distributors in the world so we will have a greater collection of books to purchase! We'll be carrying the latest releases, most popular editions, as well as some classic basketball coaching books! We'll even be offering some books before they hit the street! You will find books from coaches that share valuable X's and O's, … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: “I Started!” — entry #25 from “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" 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...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: “We Can Finish 8-and-9!” — entry #24 from “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" 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...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: In the Year 2053
February 18, 2013 I didn’t write Friday’s post on the CENTAUR SEASONS blog about last week's David Brooks column in the New York Times intending that the post would be the first of a two-parter. Well, now it is. That David Brooks CENTAUR SEASONS post ended with George Kelly, a member of “the first first Centaur basketball team” that played the 1968-69 season in Allentown city industrial league, talking about how impossible it was back then to imagine what the four-building college might … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: “We Are Now 1-and-0!” — Entry #22 from “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" This CENTAUR SEASONS post was written 40 years ago. PREVIOUS GAME: Centaurs 89, Rutgers, South Jersey, 68, last night NEXT GAME: Lehigh CCC, in three days CENTAUR SEASON: 3-9 BUT WAIT, WE ARE REALLY NOW 1-AND-0! At practice the day after the Wilmington game, that awful 88-52 drubbing, Coach Sabota was unusually forgiving. He told us that at Wilmington maybe he … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: “Losing Is Kinda Bad for a Person” — entry #22 from “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" This CENTAUR SEASONS post was written 40 years ago. PREVIOUS GAME: Centaurs 52, Wilmington College 88, two nights ago NEXT GAME: Rutgers, South Jersey, home, in five days CENTAUR SEASON: 2-9 I ASKED CHRISTOPHER CASHMAN, SENIOR CO-CAPTAIN, TO WRITE IN MY DIARY. HERE'S WHAT HE WROTE: Well, post-Wilmington (88-54?) [88-52, actually], my last away game ever at … [Read more...]