Neither had Forwards Ron Gathright and Toke Coleman, both headed for the University of Louisville. 1 man, 6-foot-4 Mike Casey, and Guard Bill Busey, who together led Shelby County to the state championship and will both attend the University of Kentucky next year, had never seen Mount. "But I didn't even see him work out," said Tyrone. The anxiety was increased by the fact that nobody associated with the Kentucky team had seen much of Mount except Tyrone Bedford, the 6-foot-4 center who was up for a look at Purdue the same time Rick was. We're anxious to see what we can do against him." We can't let him have his 25 without a struggle. "I know they're big and they have the great shooters," Reibel said. But Kentucky's Joe Reibel was plainly worried about him. Mount had been involved in a motorcycle accident a few weeks earlier, had scratched himself up and was off in his shooting (7 for 26 attempts) in Indiana's big pre-game scrimmage. Rick Mount's style is such that you would pick him out from among a group of guys horsing around or just standing there and say: "That one, that's the star," no matter in what particular capacity you might be wanting a star. There are singers and there is Frank Sinatra. His horizons of glorification, indeed, seem limitless.
Much of the early sale for both games was a tribute to the accomplishments of Mount, who, because of appearance and manner as well as ability, is plainly destined to become more than just a provincial idol. And we know why all these advance tickets have been sold, too." "They helped a lot in keeping this team close. "I had a couple of boys then that I coached during the year," he said. Rewarded with a return invitation from the Lions Club (which sponsors the games for charity), Joe felt things would not be as easy as last year. Xavier's High in Louisville, has been associated with this series for three years and in 1965, as head coach, beat Indiana twice. Joe Reibel, a crew-cut 28-year-old who looked like one of his players' kid brother, coached the Kentucky team, and his problem was similar. You think these guys ever heard of assists? I thought-uh-oh, we may be the first team in history to go through a game without a pass." They're looking to shoot from 30-35 feet. Everybody-they go right to the ball like a magnet. I'm trying to figure out where he doesn't shoot from. "Somebody asked me, where does Mount shoot from. "Why, they come across that midline and the ball is in the air!" he said. We have too many shooters."īefore he met his team in Indianapolis 10 days prior to the game, Cleon had heard about the players' shooting ability. "I know what we have," said Reynolds, who in his 33rd year of coaching-he is now at Marian College-was a rookie in the All-Star series.
Even the short guys on Indiana were tall.
Steve is 5 feet 8, which is 11¼ inches less than what he has high jumped. There were 7-foot Chuck Bavis Mike Noland, a 6-foot-6 forward who shot 53% from the floor in his senior year 6-foot-4 Mike Niles, who shot 56% Winkler, who broke Robertson's Indianapolis city season scoring record Ken Johnson, a 6-foot-6 rebounder and Steve Norris. 14) whose legendary exploits were swamping Ronald Reagan in local newspaper columns, Indiana was crammed with talent.
It was also said that the Hoosiers were the best shooting team ever, and anyone who coached them and failed to improve upon Indiana's 23-12 lead in the series might just be the worst coach in the state.īesides Rick Mount, the 6-foot-3 guard from Lebanon (SI, Feb. It was generally assumed that this Indiana team was the best the state had produced for the All-Star series since 1956, when Oscar Robertson scored 75 points as Indiana won twice. "This group," said Major Schnieders, the young trainer who is constantly ragged as to whether his name isn't really Schnieders Major, "is a bunch of nuts." And you might say that Reynolds, who somehow manages to look like a distinguished country club president and an elf at the same time, also helps in this respect. Winkler, you might say, helps in this respect." "We want to win this game-both of the games-but we aren't going to have any drudgery about it. "We're here to have fun, that's what this is all about," said Reynolds.
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