Joe B. Hall passed away this morning.

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CAVPUT said:
He was a good one. Really hated the '78 bunch kinda like I hated the celtics when I was a sixer fan. Robey and Givens....gah...what a nightmare duo.
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I remember the Tennessee crowd yelling, "Sit, Joe, Sit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 
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TartanTurff said:
People forget he followed the basketball legend Adolph Rupp at the helm of the UK program, while Rupp maintained his office in Memorial Coliseum, kept his weekly TV show and had indicated a preference for Gale Catlett as his successor, with pressure for the renewal of the rivalry with Louisville expected after decades of no games and Hall did lose to Louisville at Stokely when their paths next crossed in a tournament regional. Not an easy way to make a living. Mears gave him fits and wore orange every game when Hall was wearing blue. Together they preserved the legacy of the rivalry that comes to life now from time to time.
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Catlett coached at West Virginia.
 
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rockydoc said:
Jmo, and nothing to do about him as a person, but with the talent he had he should have won more National championships. I’ll say the same about our Phil Fulmer in football.
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That Final Four meltdown against Georgetown in 1984 still baffles me. Should have won that one.

Probably would have won it in 1975 if Wooden hadn't announced his retirement on the day of the game.
 
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esarmstrong said:
I remember many a game when the chant would begin in my four years as a student at UT (1979-83). It was also reserved for Alabama's Wimp Sanderson, "Sit, Wimp, Sit!"
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And Dale Brown......

I was there those same years. (78-83) Seems like a lifetime ago.
 
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