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Username Post: Loyola vs Fairfield-- MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP
Lou 
Masters Student
Posts: 406
Lou
Age: 112
Loc: Atlanta
Reg: 07-19-06
03-05-12 05:19 PM - Post#124179    
    In response to DICKEY

They were a bunch of misfits who as luck would have it finally all got eligible at the right time, and with the help of a great coach had a wonderful weekend. It was a wonderful team to follow, assuming you don't mind roller coasters and know there was a happy ending.

They were a 5 seed, had a very up and down year. The stars were Tracy Bergan, a good guy with a tough history who struggled to stay eligible, and Mike Reese, a BC transfer. Dave Credle, a DC kid who had started at Utah (?) but had a really bad knee injury and came home after it, was our center. (Poor guy couldn't jump, but was tough as nails. He always hit a 10 footer early in the game and never took the shot again the rest of the game, seemingly every time out.) Darius Johnson was the best freshman, and hit a clutch shot in the final. Mike Malone, now a Golden State assistant, was a guard.

Remember this is a team that won only 2 games the year prior and had a coach basically fired mid-season due to his personal issues, not to mention one of his recruits getting on the wrong side of the law during that season.

We beat St. Peters in OT, killed top seeded Canisius in the semis and then beat Manhattan to make the tourny.

And as JP says, I am smiling just thinking about it. Even thinking about the SGA president climbing on top of a dumpster right at the bridge in Charleston trying to make a speech at 1am to a bunch of drunk kids still celebrating. (was that before or after we met the bus as it returned?)

Would be nice to see hit happen again. And hopefully more often than every 18 years or so.

Also worth noting the women also won the MAAC that year, their first of 2 straight. Patty Coyle remains the best coach at Loyola in the modern era, men or women.
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Edited by Lou on 03-05-12 05:21 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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