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 Final Four Replay Review

 

HOOP HISTORIANS 2008
SAN ANTONIO, TX

Championship Game:  Kansas 75, Memphis 68 (OT)
National Semifinals:  Memphis 78, UCLA 63;
Kansas 84, North Carolina 66

 

• This year marked the first time that all four number-one seeds advanced to the Final Four.

• The annual Welcome dinner was held at the Texas Land and Cattle Steakhouse on the San Antonio Riverwalk.

• The Hoop Historians Headquarters was located at the Hawthorn Inn and Suites on St. Mary's Street in downtown San Antonio.

• Hoop Historian Fred Allman was recognized by the group with a Hoop Historians Service Award for his recent induction into the Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame.

• Fellow Hoop Historian Bill Carsley was also recognized with a Hoop Historians Service Award for his induction into the DePaul University Athletic Hall of Fame.

• Several Hoop Historians were highlighted in an article in the Daily Herald Newspaper on the day of the National Semi-Finals.

• A black street cat named Hawthorn was adopted as the temporary mascot of the Hoop Historians.

• Dave DeGrace, Mike Johnson, Don MacKay and Vern Vegso were elected as full members to the Hoop Historians.
  
  
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