October 15 and I always think of Lefty and his creation of Midnight Madness.
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Few weeks back, Paul Houley and Tommy Murphy were in Buzyy’s Country Store when Keith Raley rolled in. Keith and Tommy had not seen each other in several years and as they reminisced they discussed their St. Mike’s basketball team that won the Parochial School championship that year (1967 or 68.) Keith said goodbye, left but returned soon after with this team photo.
Team members were (back row left to right) – Kevin Clark, William Boyd and Robert Earl Radford, Donnie Hammett, Tommy Titus, Leroy Owens. Front row – John Clark, Keith Raley, Tommy Rob Drury, Larry Messick, Francis Balta, Tommy Murphy and Arnold Sewell.
Video-wise, here is one for you of our very own Tubby Smith making a Midnight Madness entrance at Texas Tech a few years back when he was their head coach. (Tubby is now head coach at the University of Memphis.)
