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Sports in Mourning: RIP John Thompson, dead at 78

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Always been a fan of this dude. Great coach.
 
His Arizona teams in the 1990s were a great way to have an introduction into college hoops. Seemed like every year they were a Sweet 16 team. Great coach.
 
Don't you just know the RJKarl must have a story about running into Lute somewhere. No, I'm not wanting to read it because it would devolve into a name-calling contest after about 5 posts.
 
I remain extremely grateful that he and Mike Bibby beat Kentucky in 1997.
 
Great coach. My condolences to his family, friends and former players. They are now missing a piece of their lives.
 
Coach Forbes grew up going to his basketball camps at Iowa and had some very nice things to say on Twitter.
 
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a great coach with even better hair.
 
Man, what a crazy week in basketball. Two of the all time greats passed away within days of each other. John Thompson, dead at 78.
 
mersk862 said:
His Arizona teams in the 1990s were a great way to have an introduction into college hoops. Seemed like every year they were a Sweet 16 team. Great coach.
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this made ZERO sense to me until i realized that ph had changed the thread title
 
Buttermaker said:
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Hell, I was surprised too when I saw I had posted in a thread about John Thompson until I opened it (I had been on the boards for maybe all of 2 minutes earlier in the day).

That being said, another great coach gone from us. College basketball is more fun to watch when the Hoyas have a good team.
 
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Loved the irony of hearing Jim Calhoun talking yesterday about Thompson's intimidating officials.
 
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