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Who are your 3 favorite Frog Basketball players All-Time

Limp Lizard

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too many to mention. But Mickey McCarty gave me a lot of smiles. Played safety when we would run the zone press.

Also pulled the most hilarious flop of all time. A 140-lb guard brushed by him and Mickey went flying to the floor. And the ref (you think our B12 refs are bad now) called a foul on the poor guard. The DMC crowd erupted into laughter.
 
Wog68

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Limp Lizard said:
too many to mention. But Mickey McCarty gave me a lot of smiles. Played safety when we would run the zone press.

Also pulled the most hilarious flop of all time. A 140-lb guard brushed by him and Mickey went flying to the floor. And the ref (you think our B12 refs are bad now) called a foul on the poor guard. The DMC crowd erupted into laughter.
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The ref probably was Shorty Lawson. It seemed that he and his running mate (Can't remember his name) called a lot of our games. Shorty was truly terrible.
 
Limp Lizard

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Wog68 said:
The ref probably was Shorty Lawson. It seemed that he and his running mate (Can't remember his name) called a lot of our games. Shorty was truly terrible.
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Shorty did not like TCU and the feeling was mutual. If he officiated in a game against Texas you were screwed.

It was a big boon to the SWC when he retired. Allbut one of the schools had a short blurb of the "been a long time, hope you enjoy your new life." From Austin it was like a Eulogy to George Washington...the longhorns loved him.
 
WIN

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Wog68 said:
The ref probably was Shorty Lawson. It seemed that he and his running mate (Can't remember his name) called a lot of our games. Shorty was truly terrible.
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That was about the time Paul Galvan was officiating. Don't think he who you are referring to though. He did not do many of our games as i recall.
 
Wog68

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Limp Lizard said:
Shorty did not like TCU and the feeling was mutual. If he officiated in a game against Texas you were screwed.

It was a big boon to the SWC when he retired. Allbut one of the schools had a short blurb of the "been a long time, hope you enjoy your new life." From Austin it was like a Eulogy to George Washington...the longhorns loved him.
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It took me all morning, but Shorty Lawson's running mate was Percy Penn. He ran down the court like he had a cobb up his rear.
 
Purple Cavalier

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Three favorites puts it on the responder to use criteria that can be explained and justified. My criteria is 1. Made a difference on the court, 2. Made a difference in the world and 3. Carries the TCU name and tradition to new heights. The first two are easy:

1. James Cash center for only TCU team to make the Elite 8, he brokeTCU’s color barrier and then went on to be a Harvard professor and Board Member of some of America’s most influential companies, including Microsoft.

2. Mickey McCarty, power forward on the same Elite 8 team he was SWC MVP in both basketball AND BASEBALL...but went on to play pro football where he won a Super Bowl ring (first Frog to do so). Later in life he became a legendary softball player. His life was troubled and ended early, but he was a favorite of everyone who saw him play basketball at TCU.

3. This is the toughest one, because I’m looking at pro and coaching careers to find my third choice, but I have to go with Jamie Dixon because he came home. There are lots of candidates, but he made The Shot!

Using my criteria, who did I miss?
 
Boomhauer

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Purple Cavalier said:
Three favorites puts it on the responder to use criteria that can be explained and justified. My criteria is 1. Made a difference on the court, 2. Made a difference in the world and 3. Carries the TCU name and tradition to new heights. The first two are easy:

1. James Cash center for only TCU team to make the Elite 8, he brokeTCU’s color barrier and then went on to be a Harvard professor and Board Member of some of America’s most influential companies, including Microsoft.

2. Mickey McCarty, power forward on the same Elite 8 team he was SWC MVP in both basketball AND BASEBALL...but went on to play pro football where he won a Super Bowl ring (first Frog to do so). Later in life he became a legendary softball player. His life was troubled and ended early, but he was a favorite of everyone who saw him play basketball at TCU.

3. This is the toughest one, because I’m looking at pro and coaching careers to find my third choice, but I have to go with Jamie Dixon because he came home. There are lots of candidates, but he made The Shot!

Using my criteria, who did I miss?
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Great list. And I never heard of Mickey McCarty before this thread. Dude sounds like a hoss, wish I could’ve seen him play.
 
Wog68

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Boomhauer said:
Great list. And I never heard of Mickey McCarty before this thread. Dude sounds like a hoss, wish I could’ve seen him play.
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I played freshmen ball with Mick and we were lifelong friends. Mick was the finest all-around athlete I have ever seen. If there was a ball involved, he could do it. Sadly, his life took a turn with health issues. He had to have 2 heart transplants.
 
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