RIP - Hall of Fame coach Guy Lewis

[Buffnik]

Amazing coach whose Phi Slama Jama teams started to usher in the modern game and moving it away from boring 4-corners snoozefests.

Coach who probably doesn't have the fame or credit he deserves.

5 Final Fours & organized the 1st nationally broadcast regular season college basketball game in 1968 (Houston vs UCLA in the Astrodome).

Legend.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/story/_/id/14230875/hall-fame-coach-guy-lewis-houston-cougars-dies-age-93

 

[leftybuff]

I lived in H-town and my bro was an undergrad at UH during the Phi Slamma Jamma years. I saw at lot of games at Hofheinz Pavilion. Guy Lewis was one of a kind. RIP, there is a seat and red checkered towel waiting for you in that great basketball court in the sky....