Word: mccutchan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...which is a mite embarrassing to Coach Arad McCutchan, 52. Arad is an odd name ("My great-grandfather picked it out of the Bible. It means 'a wild ass' "), and McCutchan is an odd coach. A balding, soft-spoken math teacher, he has a notion that the game ought to be played for fun. He wears flaming red socks ("for luck"), dresses the Purple Aces in bright orange road uniforms and warmup robes of yellow, red and green because "I like some color, and purple is hard to see." McCutchan limits his own recruiting to the environs...
Trying to Be Gracious. It's easy to enjoy the game when you have horses like McCutchan's. Forward Jerry Sloan turned down a $14,000 offer from the Baltimore Bullets to play one more year of college ball. Larry Humes, a 6-ft. 4-in. forward, is averaging 32.8 points a game, Center Herb Williams is only 6 ft. 3 in., but he can leap 11 ft. 4 in. Northwestern was fresh from a big victory over Kansas when it stopped by Evansville for a "breather." Guard Sam Watkins scored 26 points and Evansville...
...more little Evansville wins, the harder McCutchan has to hunt for Goliaths to beat. So he is doing his bit to be gracious. Leading Louisiana State by 30 points, he benched Forward Humes, who had scored 45 points, needed two more to tie a school record. The final score was only 93-73, but L.S.U. Coach Jay McCreary was not fooled. "Evansville," he sighed, "is head and shoulders above anyone we've played this year...
| 1 |