pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Living in the Evansville TV market for my early years, all we saw was UK basketball. I couldn't stand it, while many here became homers for UK. Evansville was DII, winning several championships in the 1960s. I loved the Purple Aces, also by the grace of God and a wonderful father I loved the Illini, too, but hardly ever saw them play. I still remember the evening when the news broke the UE Basketball team, coach and staff had perished in a plane crash. My first year of college. They had not been DI long, if I remember correctly. Its does my heart good to see that Walter McCarty has them on the right track, wish I could have seen them take down UK. I had to console my co-workers today, NOT! I might find a Purple Aces shirt for casual friday.
I grew up in McLeansboro, Il years ago and remember watching WPSD 6 in Paducah on a VHF atenna with tape delays of UK games at 10:30 pm, after news & sports and they would tell you to avert your eyes while they flashed the score...Watching Evansville stations on a UHF antenna and seeing Evansville on tape delay also...the Aces had jerry Sloan, Larry Humes , etc with Arad M. as their head coach and winning numerous D2 titles with such an exciting style of fast break and athletic play...the good ole days seeing black & white grainy replays and adjusting the rotor for the antenna to always try to get a clearer picture...
I really feel old after typing that paragraph...time for a nap...................................