Here it is: The Cathedral of Basketball.

[crimsonblue]

Respect it.

[ChoralScholar]

1. Is this a gymnasium of some sort? From a high school or community college, perhaps?

</snark>

[taterguy]

2. Respect this

This is the back road where David Thompson honed his skills to become the greatest college basketball player of all-time.

Actually it's not but how the hell would you know?

[crimsonblue]

3. lmfao.

David Thompson? Best college player ever? Wow. That's either ignorance or alcohol speaking.

[taterguy]

5. Maybe you should check with an expert on college basketball like Bill Walton

Thompson ruined Walton's life.

Read the fucking book if you don't believe me.

Name one player who achieved something more significant than ruining Walton's life.

And putting that over-rated John Wooden in his place.

[Mabus]

7. LOL. And what did Dr. Scholl have to say?

paraphrasing a question by Karem Abdul Jabbar about what Walton had to say.

You do realize they changed some of the rules in basketball because of KU alum Wilt Chamberlain? How may rules did they change because of Walton. :rofl:

[madinmaryland]

9. What the fuck are you talking about.

What fucking book? The one David Thompson wrote or the one John Thompson wrote??

[Mabus]

11. Apparently a statement Thompson made after doing a couple of lines

"But Thompson disappeared just as rapidly as he had arrived when cocaine and alcohol abuse robbed him of his skills and his composure, his life and his soul." And apparently his senses. :rofl:

http://www.amazon.com/David-Thompson-Skywalker/dp/1582616523

[Mabus]

10. Dave Thompson of the all-cocaine team?

Bwhahahahaha.

What did he say when wasn't David "Skywalker" Thompson.

:rofl:

[taterguy]

21. Thompson couldn't afford cocaine in college

And seriously, dude barely lost a game.

Didn't have much help either.

That big clunky Burleson and a midget point guard.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Mabus will be along shortly

for reverence and genuflection.

[Mabus]

6. F**ckin' A. Pay Heed. All Who Enter: Beware of The Phog

All Hail AFH.
A proud member of the Phog Phlock!
Beak 'em Hawks.

Talk about the Sooners
The Cowboys and the Buffs,
Talk about the Tiger and his tail,
Talk about the Wildcats,
and those Cornhuskin' boys, But I'm the bird to make 'em weep and wail.

CHORUS:
'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
Up at Lawrence on the Kaw
'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
With a sis-boom, hip hoorah.
Got a bill that's big enough
To twist the Tiger's tail
Husk some corn and listen
To the Cornhusker's wail-
'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
Riding on a Kansas gale.

[evlbstrd]

14. Uh-oh.

How many women did Walt have? That also prompted new rules, I believe.

[Mabus]

18. There was me, my mom, my sisters....

Well, you know, anything for the Jayhawk Nation.

[Mabus]

8. Amen and amen

I have worshipped there many a time.

Crimsonblue, I wish I had met you before we moved from Lawrence to this ACC hellhole known as Rockville.

[TZ]

12. AHEM!

*tapsfoot* ACC Hellhole? :grr:
:hi:

[madinmaryland]

13. Ahem! That would be College Park, MD.

At least since Lefty Driesell left. Yeah jr. won one once.

:hide:

[TZ]

15. Gary Williams has surpassed all of Lefty's records btw.

So PFFFFT...

[madinmaryland]

16. Funnily, the Big East dumped one of their worst teams on the ACC, and they

have competed for the ACC championship the last couple of years!!

[Mabus]

17. You know I love *you* but I'm a Jayhawk, born and bred

:shrug:

[TZ]

19. Yeah I know...

I just gotta stand up for my ACC peeps..:)

[crimsonblue]

28. The Phog on gamedays is my happy place.

Even camping for games is fun; last week, Self brought donuts for the early morning campers. :D

[Road Scholar]

20. Is that a joke or what? That's not even in NC. Damn! Get a

fukin' life.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Richardo]

22. There are 11 National Championship banners inside this one:

[crimsonblue]

27. I will concede that you guys have the greatest college coach of all time

But with all respect, the Phog is much better. Plus, we have the inventor of the game and the father of basketball coaching.

[taterguy]

29. Seriously, those championships are suspect

Wooden became a much better coach when rich Alums started showering gifts on players.

Besides, he only would have won a couple if the ACC Schools had integrated earlier.

[Richardo]

31. Eleven

[taterguy]

32. 11 Fraudulent championships. BFD

BTW, what did you writhe before the edit?

[Richardo]

34. Nothing - I edited to add Joe Bruin

Eleven.

[tigereye]

23. mm, I thought that was in North Carolina or Los Angeles..

:evilgrin: Here in PIttsburgh the Pete is the Cathedral of Basketball, but we don't have any of those NCAA trophies, alas. :(

[Blue_Tires]

24. proud to be the 5th rec

i miss it terribly (even though it looks different now...)

[dawgmom]

25. Yeah? Get back to me after you've won FIVE championships

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WnxiSuPkz2c/SPV4sD9UtAI/AAAAAAAAAv4/M-f4V-jipCA/S1600-R/NCAA+Title+Banners,+Assembly+Hall.jpg

And yes, I know my beloved Hoosiers are re-building from the basement. I've got a special spot in hell waiting for the asshole who fired Bob Knight, and the bigger asshole who hired that biggest asshole Kelvin Sampson, who brought shame to what had always been a clean program.

[crimsonblue]

26. Kansas has 5 championships. n/t

[dawgmom]

30. Five NCAA championships? I think not.

You're counting the mythical Helms championships, which aren't recognized by the NCAA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical_national_championship#College_basketball

[crimsonblue]

33. You didn't ask for NCAA Championships

and Helm's Championships are not mythical. We have the banners to prove it.