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Lou Henson dies at 88
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<blockquote data-quote="Illiniaaron" data-source="post: 1545066" data-attributes="member: 29101"><p>One of my college roommates was an ag engineering major and he made a free-throw shooting machine as a project. It was similar to the jugs machines you see that throw baseballs or footballs. There was a photo-op that was set up with some media and Coach Henson came down to the lab to see it work. Since I was the buddy of the person who made the machine I was able to attend and meet Lou. He was dressed in a suit and tie and watched intently as the machine hit shot after shot. He then proceeded to take off his coat, loosen his tie, and then give everyone in attendance a tutorial on how to shoot free throws. Without any warm up he calmly sank like 7 or 8 in a row, I honestly don't remember them even grazing the rim. It left the impression on me the level of excellence it must take to coach or play sports at such a high level. And also what a nice man Henson was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illiniaaron, post: 1545066, member: 29101"] One of my college roommates was an ag engineering major and he made a free-throw shooting machine as a project. It was similar to the jugs machines you see that throw baseballs or footballs. There was a photo-op that was set up with some media and Coach Henson came down to the lab to see it work. Since I was the buddy of the person who made the machine I was able to attend and meet Lou. He was dressed in a suit and tie and watched intently as the machine hit shot after shot. He then proceeded to take off his coat, loosen his tie, and then give everyone in attendance a tutorial on how to shoot free throws. Without any warm up he calmly sank like 7 or 8 in a row, I honestly don't remember them even grazing the rim. It left the impression on me the level of excellence it must take to coach or play sports at such a high level. And also what a nice man Henson was. [/QUOTE]
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