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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 2, 2023 20:58:03 GMT -6
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The number worn by UWM legend Marc Mitchell, a Washington High product who helped put us on the map in the early '90s. Former coach Steve Antrim said that Mitchell is viewed as a "guy in town." One half of the Mitchell-to-Greene combination that often began games with a resounding alley-oop slam and the team's floor general, the program went 43-14 in his two seasons, including a 23-4 record in 1992-93. The 6-foot Mitchell owns two of the 11 double-doubles in state D-1 history, one in each of his two seasons with the program and two of the five in school history. He remains third in program annals in both assists (345) and steals (156). He went on to become a successful high school coach in the city and was recently inducted into the school's Bud K. Haidet Hall of Fame.
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Post by tyrunner0097 on Nov 3, 2023 10:14:20 GMT -6
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The only notable name that comes to mind is Kyle Kelm. Pretty solid forward from 2009-2014, was on the 2014 NCAA tournament team in his senior season, so was happy for him to get that.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Nov 3, 2023 10:40:30 GMT -6
Brock Stull also warrants mentioning. He became a key player during the tumultuous turnover from Jeter to Jordan to Baldwin.
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Post by FTA1982 on Nov 3, 2023 14:06:59 GMT -6
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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 3, 2023 17:35:42 GMT -6
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The number worn by Mark Briggs, Marshall High. Key contributor on our early '90s teams. Give it up for all the glue guys.
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Post by PantherU on Nov 3, 2023 18:45:05 GMT -6
3. The only notable name that comes to mind is Kyle Kelm. Pretty solid forward from 2009-2014, was on the 2014 NCAA tournament team in his senior season, so was happy for him to get that. Avo's original number. Someone should post a picture of Goodhue at the 2006 semifinals, IYKYK
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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 3, 2023 18:57:17 GMT -6
I believe that it was also C-Hill's original number.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 4, 2023 5:41:55 GMT -6
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The number assigned to and worn by Chris Hill for all but the first of his five years in the program from 2001 until 2006. He was the pace-setter for our Glory Years teams from 2002-06. A Chicago Whitney Young graduate and a lifelong winner, Hill was recruited by Bo Ryan and developed by Bruce Pearl. Now an assistant at Western Illinois under former Panthers assistant head coach Chad Boudreau. There are countless things to say about Chris and his career and character, but they say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Can anyone link a photo of the Little General flying under the scorer's table in our 83-75 victory over No. 10 Boston College in the Round of 32 on March 19, 2005? That in a nutshell is what I want our program to be about: No holds barred and everything left on the court.
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Post by tyrunner0097 on Nov 4, 2023 8:03:21 GMT -6
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Kaylon Williams, a transfer from Evansville, played only from 2010-2012, but a nifty point guard for the Panthers. Got a triple-double against Butler in 2011, with the capper play being a showboating 3 in the face of Matt Howard, and also had a game-winning 3-pointer against Green Bay in 2012 (the game where Keifer Sykes made a dunk, saluted the crowd, and got what proved to be a costly tech called on him for it). Kaylon was the one who did many of those alley-oop feeds to Ryan Allen in those years.
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Post by FTA1982 on Nov 4, 2023 9:15:49 GMT -6
2 ... The number assigned to and worn by Chris Hill for all but the first of his five years in the program from 2001 until 2006. He was the pace-setter for our Glory Years teams from 2002-06. A Chicago Whitney Young graduate and a lifelong winner, Hill was recruited by Bo Ryan and developed by Bruce Pearl. Now an assistant at Western Illinois under former Panthers assistant head coach Chad Boudreau. There are countless things to say about Chris and his career and character, but they say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Can anyone link a photo of the Little General flying under the scorer's table in our 83-75 victory over No. 10 Boston College in the Round of 32 in 2005? That in a nutshell is what I want our program to be about: No holds barred and everything left on the court.
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Post by FTA1982 on Nov 4, 2023 16:17:29 GMT -6
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Nov 4, 2023 19:31:27 GMT -6
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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 4, 2023 20:18:09 GMT -6
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It was the number worn by Akeem Springs, who had two strong seasons in the Black & Gold. A 6-foot-3 guard from Waukegan, Ill., he averaged 13.2 points per game as a junior in his final year as a Panther. Perhaps his best showing was a 21-point outing on Nov. 17, 2015 in an 86-78 loss at No. 17 Notre Dame, a game in which he shot 4 of 4 from 3-point range. Additionally, he sank four straight free throws down the stretch in the last minute of a one-point win over Wisconsin at the Kohl Center, the program's first over the Badgers in 23 years.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 5, 2023 18:14:55 GMT -6
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The number worn by Panthers legend Jordy Aaron. His late-season suspension is hotly debated. Still, here we'll focus on his stellar run through the 2013-14 Horizon League Tournament that netted him tourney MVP honors and highlight his three games that season against conference favorite Green Bay. To say that Aaron averaged 14.7 points per game, hit 68 of 198 3-pointers (34.3%), and earned second-team all-league honors tells only a tiny fraction of the story. Against the Phoenix, he scored 26 points on 9 of 19 from the field, including 5 of 9 from 3-point range, in a heartbreaking 93-86 overtime loss at the Arena on Jan. 12, 2014; 30 points on 8 of 13 shooting, including 4 of 6 from downtown, in an uplifting 73-63 victory at the Resch Center on Feb. 8 in a game that wasn't nearly as close as the final score indicated; and topped it off with 28 points on 9 of 16 from the field, including 4 of 8 from distance, in a thrilling 73-66 overtime victory at the Resch in a semifinal game in which the Panthers were given little chance but led nearly wire to wire. Saving his best for last, he scored 16 points in a first-round win over UDM, 20 points in a second-round win over overmatched Valpo, 28 points over the Phoenix, and 18 points in a 69-63 victory over third-seeded Wright State at the Nutter Center in arguably the program's seventh-most-important victory. Most inspiring was that Jordy had lost his mother only a few years earlier and dedicated his tournament run to her memory.
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Post by tyrunner0097 on Nov 5, 2023 18:49:45 GMT -6
I jokingly called him "Feast or Famine" Aaron. He would get you either 20+ in a game or <10.
He was still fun to watch, and loved hearing him being introduced as "from The Bronx, New York."
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