Dan Wetzel on Tark and Vegas

[NYShoreGuy]

Decades before the Super Bowl arrived, Jerry Tarkanian and his UNLV team turned Las Vegas into a sports town

Tarkanian turned UNLV basketball into a national brand when he arrived in the 1970s. And he did so while navigating the sometimes dangerous world of old-school, mob-influenced Las Vegas.

sports.yahoo.com

His book on Tark was one of the best reads I have had the pleasure to come my way in the college basketball landscape

 

[hinson32]

Decades before the Super Bowl arrived, Jerry Tarkanian and his UNLV team turned Las Vegas into a sports town

Tarkanian turned UNLV basketball into a national brand when he arrived in the 1970s. And he did so while navigating the sometimes dangerous world of old-school, mob-influenced Las Vegas.

sports.yahoo.com

His book on Tark was one of the best reads I have had the pleasure to come my way in the college basketball landscape

Great book. I also loved the John Wooden book by Seth Davis.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Great book. I also loved the John Wooden book by Seth Davis.

I have the one by Steve Jamison another top tier read

 

[HallX2]

Another great win in that ‘89 run.

 

[hinson32]

Another great win in that ‘89 run.

Yes it was. Thought it was a better win than Duke was.

 

[HallX2]

Yes it was. Thought it was a better win than Duke was.

Perhaps but we overcame a large halftime deficit to beat Duke if memory serves me.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Perhaps but we overcame a large halftime deficit to beat Duke if memory serves me.

Well it was a large first half deficit

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Well it was a large first half deficit

Duke led at half by 5 but up big early...2nd half shu put up 62

 

[radecicco]

Duke was up 18 in the 1st half, 24-8. Billy Packer observed on one play when the Hall began its comeback “(Daryl) Walker is strong, wirey, He moved (Danny) Ferry on that play.” Ferry was effective early in the first half. Once PJ cranked up the D, he was invisible. IMO, the Duke win was the best in the FF run, and the most satisfying.