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<blockquote data-quote="Vespidae" data-source="post: 938976" data-attributes="member: 2957"><p>What made the Cremins years so special?</p><p></p><p>Frank McGuire. </p><p></p><p>McGuire was a New Yorker and ... Cremins' coach at South Carolina. People often think that Homer Rice picked some young kid from App State to coach at GT, but the reality is he selected Cremins based on his ACC experience AND his tutelage under McGuire. It was McGuire who opened up NYC (and all his contacts) to Bobby Cremins and his style of Five Best Play. </p><p></p><p>Here's the Wiki snapshot on McGuire:</p><p></p><p>McGuire holds the record for most victories in a season without a loss, together with Bobby Knight of the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, at 32-0.</p><p></p><p>He achieved the number one ranking with both the University of North Carolina and South Carolina, and is one of five coaches--John Calipari, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Rick Pitino are the others—to take two different schools to the NCAA Finals. He is one of 15 coaches, as of 2021, to take multiple schools to the Final Four. The others are: Roy Williams, Lute Olson, Jack Gardner, Forddy Anderson, Larry Brown, Eddie Sutton, John Calipari, Rick Pitino, Gene Bartow, Hugh Durham, Lou Henson, Bob Huggins, Kelvin Sampson, and Lee Rose.</p><p></p><p><strong>McGuire was famous for using his New York City ties to enlist players to come south to play at UNC and USC</strong>, and was known as one of the top recruiters in the sport, frequently joking about how successful his New York City players, many of them Jewish and Catholic, were in Baptist-prevalent North Carolina and South Carolina.</p><p></p><p>After the low point of Tech athletics in the late 70's, the arrival of Homer Rice and the hiring of Curry (and later Ross), Cremins, and Jim Morris ushered in a helluva lot of excitement. Great times to be a Tech fan then ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vespidae, post: 938976, member: 2957"] What made the Cremins years so special? Frank McGuire. McGuire was a New Yorker and ... Cremins' coach at South Carolina. People often think that Homer Rice picked some young kid from App State to coach at GT, but the reality is he selected Cremins based on his ACC experience AND his tutelage under McGuire. It was McGuire who opened up NYC (and all his contacts) to Bobby Cremins and his style of Five Best Play. Here's the Wiki snapshot on McGuire: McGuire holds the record for most victories in a season without a loss, together with Bobby Knight of the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, at 32-0. He achieved the number one ranking with both the University of North Carolina and South Carolina, and is one of five coaches--John Calipari, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Rick Pitino are the others—to take two different schools to the NCAA Finals. He is one of 15 coaches, as of 2021, to take multiple schools to the Final Four. The others are: Roy Williams, Lute Olson, Jack Gardner, Forddy Anderson, Larry Brown, Eddie Sutton, John Calipari, Rick Pitino, Gene Bartow, Hugh Durham, Lou Henson, Bob Huggins, Kelvin Sampson, and Lee Rose. [B]McGuire was famous for using his New York City ties to enlist players to come south to play at UNC and USC[/B], and was known as one of the top recruiters in the sport, frequently joking about how successful his New York City players, many of them Jewish and Catholic, were in Baptist-prevalent North Carolina and South Carolina. After the low point of Tech athletics in the late 70's, the arrival of Homer Rice and the hiring of Curry (and later Ross), Cremins, and Jim Morris ushered in a helluva lot of excitement. Great times to be a Tech fan then ... [/QUOTE]
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