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Thanks for letting me ramble...I met Coach Valvano at a basketball camp in Maine back in 1980, while he was at Iona and nowhere near national fame yet. That camp had Hubie Brown (the Hawks head coach) and Tom Davis who coached BC but at the point the Iowa head coach. Coach Valvano was the opening night speaker and was by far the most memorable of all. The team I assigned to for the week was was Iona and Coach Valvano made a point of coming to one of our Monday sessions. I stayed up until one in the morning (at least twice) watching those amazing regionals in the 1983 tourney. I can still remember jumping up and down in joy when Lorenzo Thomas finished off Whittenburg's shot. Just watched the ending again.......pure joy! Thank you.

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Thank YOU for sharing this story. I love hearing about stuff like this. Because it only humanizes these people that we watched or listened to from a distance so much more. Cheers!

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always top inspiration

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