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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I was
there too. It was Louisville 8 and Lester 8 , then the knee gave out and we
were never the same. We also lost to Purdue in the consolation game. BTW that
was the last year that there was a consolation game.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
Herky [mailto:herky-bounces@lists.herky.net] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Keith Voigts<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, April 04, 2015
9:22 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Stephen Somermeyer';
herky@lists.herky.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Herky] Basketball
PAST<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I was
there with you at Market Square Arena. Had a blast with my then 13 year
old son. We walked out after the loss to Louisville and had to run a
gauntlet through fans wanting our final game tickets. No way, we came to
see basketball and wouldn’t give the Looovll fans the satisfaction of using our
tickets.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I believe
Iowa lost to Purdue in the consolation game—Joe Berry Carroll made and a** of
himself after the game by mocking Lute.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A few
weeks later I met Lute on a flight from Tucson to Dallas and we became
friends. I did some recruiting around the New Orleans area and we and our
wives would meet up whenever we came back to Iowa. Someday I will share
the story of our Dinner at Antoine’s in New Orleans during the ’82 Final Four.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>
Herky [mailto:herbounces@lists.herky.net] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Stephen Somermeyer<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, April 04, 2015
4:01 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> herky@lists.herky.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Herky] Basketball
PAST<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>25 years ago I was fortunate to be in the crowd for the Final
Four game in Market Square Arena with the Hawkeyes playing Louisville. It
was a very good game with Ronnie Lester matching basket for basket against
Darryl Griffin. Then Ronnie landed awkwardly driving to the bucket and
reinjured his knee - The Hawks couldn't win without him so they lost to
the eventual champ. We also had tickets for the consolation and
championship games. After Iowa played in the first game - and I
don't remember whether they won or lost - we walked outside during the break
and sold our ticket stubs which gained entry to MSA for the
championship game for 4X their face value. We then walked to a
nearby bar and enjoyed numerous pitchers of beer while watching it on TV.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Lute Olson had Iowa flying high but the winters got to
his wife so they eventually ended up at Arizona. Lester never quite
regained his superb quickness so was just OK in the NBA. Jordan
liked him which probably didn't hurt to lengthen his career.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Have been to several other Final Fours since but
nothing has matched the excitement of seeing the Hawkeyes playing in it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>I'm very fortunate to live in Indianapolis which is a great sports
city.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'>Steve<br>
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