Friday, October 31, 2008

A Lauran Tradition

For over 50 years now, I have been a basketball junkie and have had my picture made w/my favorite players over the years starting w/Jack Butcher of the 1957 Memphis State basketball team. I moved onto Larry Finch and Keith Lee as my all-time Tiger favorites. My first favorite Bulldog basketball player was Rickey Brown whom we befriended when he was in a hospital in Memphis. I know somewhere there must be a picture of us but I can't put my hands on it like I can for the others. The next State player I was crazy about was Lawrence Roberts and now my heroes are a couple of fellow Tennesseans. Last night we went to "Meet the Players" night at MSU and I got to get my picture w/both of them, Barry Stewart and Jarvis Vanardo. They are the only returning starters from last year's team that almost beat Memphis in the NCAAs. I think we will be good again this year even though we are young and inexperiences. Did I mention Camille and Lindsay?

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