From: ehlerswm@hackney.ecn.purdue.edu (William Mark Ehlers)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Purdue Banquet
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:58:48 GMT
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Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Well last night was the only banquet for a Big Ten team in Indiana.

The banquet went pretty well as far as banquets go.  The last couple haven't
been as funny since all of the humor has been cut way down to save time.  
Besides, Reiter wasn't there and Lavin is now at UCLA.  Those two guys are
hilarious.  But believe it or not, Gene made up for it with some humor of his
own.

For anybody who might be interested, the dinner served was Chicken Breast,
potatoes, and vegetables.  The Purdue Glee Club also performed.

Now for the awards:
LAMBERT AWARD (highest GPA for the past 2 semesters) - CRAIG RILEY (5.88)
RAY EDDY (DAVE BARRETT) "Mr. Hustle" - MATT PAINTER  (voted by players)
COURAGE AWARD (for taking the most charges) - IAN STANBACK (13)
	"He would have had more, but Harmon wouldn't call 'em."  Gene Keady in
refrence to referee Eric Harmon who was at the banquet after umpiring the 
Purdue / Indianapolis baseball game that afternoon.
REBOUNDING AWARD - IAN STANBACK
MVP (voted on by the players) - WOODY AUSTIN 

Misc. Notes/Comments - 
No mention was made about Trice's decision concerning his transfering.
Bruce Webber was in charge of introducing the freshman and presenting them with
their watches.  Following with form, he had a few comments about each of them.
When he came to Herb Dove, he mentioned that he has a tendency to get a little
uptight and nervous etc.  "He will be a great player for us if he doesn't 
commit suicide after missing a layup during warm-ups."
"Now his room mate doesn't worry about anything.  If he makes a mess he doesn't
care because he knows that Herb will clean it up.  This watch will be real
important to Brandon because now he won't have an excuse for being late for 
practice."  Bruce talking about Brandon Brantley.
He also told the story about how when Spiker was asked by a reporter how he got
to be such a crowd favorite, his response was that it took a lot of $5.00 hand-
shakes.
Bruce Webber had one other piece of trivia about the recent birth of his third
daughter a few days before the IU game.
"When my first daughter was born before an IU game, we won that game, my 
second daughter was born before the 89-90 season and we won both games, and my
third daughter was born a few days before this last IU game and we won.  My
wife Meagan has just one thing to say to coach Keady, 'No more unless the Big
Ten is on the line.'"

The evening ended with a highlight film and the two seniors making their final
comments to the crowd.  Woody was his quiet self in expressing his thanks for 
all of the support he recieved during his "hard times".  Riley on the other
hand turned out to be a real comedian.  He managed a few impersonations of 
his teammates and even Frank Kendrick.  He also stated how impressed and proud
he was of Woody for making it back to the team after all he had been through.
The quote that seemed to sum up how we all felt about Woody was:
"There were many times this season when I would be running back down the court
thinking, 'Damn, he's good.'"

That's about all that went on last night,

later,
			---Mark
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