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Originally Posted by Gerald
MAKO19 said: "Anyone on here ever heard of Berryl Shipley?"
I was at USL back then. My freshman year there would only be a few hundred people at a home basketball game. For the '66 season, after the first few wins..... the stands started filling up.
I think it was either the '69 or '70 season when USL broke into the top 10 ranking and you had to get to the game early to get a seat.
Bo had very good support from other team members. Flimming (sp) look as if he took another hit he would out. Ivory..... was a horse under the basket. I can't remember the centers name.... but he was dating a girl in the same dorm as my girlfriend. We often talked in the dorm while waiting for our date to come down. Lets just say the team really enjoyed the two trips out to the Hawaii Tournament.
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Thats a great story! Thanks for sharing! I was not lucky enough to be around when you guys were rocking the Blackham but I have heard that same story from my Dad about getting in line first thing in the morning just to get a ticket to get into the game!
If you have not yet I recommend reading the book "Slam Dunked." It has a lot of interviews from the people who were directly involved with the entire scandal. Its not that easy to get a copy but if you search hard enough online you should be able to find a used one.
Also, there is a guy who is currently working on a movie titled "Lights out in the Blackham." He has been working on it for years but some of the clips he has released so far are VERY impressive! It really does have the potential to end up on ESPN as a 30 for 30 film. It would be great for Shipley's legacy to spread outside of the Southern States.
Im skeptical that ESPN would air it thou because it will no doubt show how racist the NCAA was at one time.