Village Voices - We don't write papers, we build scrapbooks

Growing up in Indiana, it was almost a requirement that you loved basketball.

Now, I’ve never gotten into the pros. Our former artist Thomas is a huge Bulls fan and knows the NBA like I know the NFL, but that was never my cup of tea. For me, I always preferred the college hoops. You could play zone defense, the stall used to be a part of the game, and there was just a lot more strategy involved and players weren’t going through the motions for a paycheck.

Anyway, back in 1976, when I was only 13, I can remember first getting into college basketball and the NCAA tournament. As a young...