Posted by Iroquois Plisken
John Wooden dead at age 99. The coaching world has lost Hercules. He was an inspiration to many, many coaches and players, and nobody meant more to basketball in a majority of the country (Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, etc. excluded) than he did.
We here at PLS offer our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Wooden for making NCAA Basketball as prestigious as it is today. Make no mistake, when Florida defeated UCLA in the consecutive years of 2006-07, it was a big deal. Don't think the significance was lost on the players, either.
Requiescat in pace.
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