The story is up on USA Today on how the NCAA turned to Coach for 'new' pep talk:
"One thing we want to push is the sheer volume of how many student-athletes participate in NCAA sports," said Dennis Cryder, NCAA senior vice president for branding and communications. As for using Wooden, Cryder said, "He is iconic without question."
Read rest of the piece here.
GO BRUINS.
WATCH: the final moments of Coach Wooden's final UCLA game (winning banner number 10).
I got chills watching that clip. Thanks 805Bruin for uploading it. GO BRUINS.
Kind of a goofy video from Elie Seckbach which features "interviews" with incoming Ben Ball warriors Reeves Nelson, Brendan Lane, and Anthony Stover (with some bonus comments from Coach John Wooden). The freshmen not surprisingly were reserved. Stover seems like a funny character. As for the interview Elie ends it with a huge understatement. GO BRUINS.
I will get to news coming out of Pac-10 media day later. For now I wanted to post this video from WWL on Coach being honored as the greatest ever. Coach takes a priority over everything in Bruin Nation. GO BRUINS.
