Selection Sunday - Part 2

It's 30 years ago this whole Larry/Magic thing started.

Part 2 was always coming but thanks for the great comments from Part 1.

Let's get straight into it!

EAST

Pittsburgh - Ontario Lett fouled his way out of Perth, but was quite impressive for the Panthers at tourney time.

East Tennessee St - #24 for your Hobart Devils, Calvin Talford.

Oklahoma St - Randy Rutherford launched bombs for OK St before Canberra and Brisbane, now he is back on the coaching staff of the Cowboys.

Tennessee - Townsville tennis player JP Smith (current NCAA ranking of 10) can be seen at Crocs games when he is not hitting balls.

Florida St - Assistant coach Corey Williams (not Homicide) was at Oral Roberts before here. He helped Cam Tradgardh work on his passing skills during CT's brief college career.

Wisconsin - Kirk Penney introduced the UGG BOOT to Wisconsin. The Badgers offered the Kiwi colder weather.

Xavier - David West of the New Orleans Hornets is one of the Musketeers all-time greats. He is currently a teammate of Sean Marks. (I need to claim him for this, please.)

Portland St - Coach Ken Bone offered me a scholarship to Seattle Pacific. Townsville Sun Glen Stump went to school there.

UCLA - One time Perth import Joe Shipp has a brother, Josh, on the Bruins roster.

Virginia Commonwealth - Head Coach Anthony Grant was a teammate of Dave Colbert's at Dayton.

Villanova - Dwayne McClain won a title at Nova in '85 but could not do the same for the Kings.

American - Melvin Thomas mastered his low post game here.

Texas - Joey Wright was as big as Texas when he was a Longhorn. Look for him to be back in the NBL next season.

Minnesota - Dusty Rychart was a walk-on, will Rick Rickett thought he was NBA after two seasons with the Gophers.

Duke - Billy McCaffery (Vanderbilt) and Mike Chappell (Michigan St) both started here but moved on to greener pastures.

Binghamton - Assistant Coach Mark Macon is a native of Saginaw, Michigan. Home of former Hawk and Croc Damon Lowery.

SOUTH

North Carolina - Cecil Exum got to mix it with Michael Jordan and the rest of the Tar Heels.

Radford - This school is in the Big south Conference. you will also find Coastal Carolina there as well. Clint Reed and Anthony Susnjara both attend Coastal.

LSU - One of Australia's all time greats went here. Ed Palubinskas lead the 1976 Olympics in scoring.

Butler - The Bulldogs home gym was where the movie Hoosiers was shot. In 1996 the Adelaide 36ers toured the States and played in this very gym. Quite a memory.

Illinois - Two blasts from the past, Audie Matthews and Tom Gerhardt

Western Kentucky - Darnell Mee and the Hilltoppers went to a sweet sixteen.

Gonzaga - Paul Rogers, Axel Dench, Casey Calvary, Bakari Hendrix, Jeff Brown, and Mike Champion..oh and me!

Akron - Somebody help me out here, please.

Arizona St - Tony Ronaldson managed a year with a talented Sun Devils squad back in the early 90's.

Temple - Rick Brunson teamed with Eddie Jones and Aaron McKie for the Owls. Then he teamed with Brett Maher and yours truly for the 36ers.

Syracuse - Dave Patrick started his college career here. Now he recruits many Aussies to St Mary's.

Stephen F Austin - Coming out of the Southland Conference where Aussie Ryan Bathie made All Conference 1st team for Nicholls St.

Clemson - Sydney King waterbug Ed Scott was one of the Tigers best.

Michigan - Home of the Fab 5 and Chris Webber's great time out call. I guess because DJ Rod has Twitted Jalen Rose, this counts in some type of way.

Oklahoma - Ebi Ere pulled on the Sooner jersey for two years.

Morgan St - The Bears are coached by Todd Bozeman who at one time coached the Cal Bears and Jelani Gardner. That relationship turned bitter in a hurry. Who sold who out?

Please leave your comments again. The tourney will begin Friday, Aussie time.