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CHARLES BJORGEN – STAR TRIBUNE Corky Taylor of Minnesota is pulled away by an Ohio State player after Taylor kneed Luke Witte of Ohio State (on floor) with 36 seconds left in Ohio State's 50 - 44 basketball victory over Minnesota at Williams Arena. Jan. 25, 1972 The death of Corky Taylor brought back memories of that riot, which brought fans onto the court and into the fight. https://www.startribune.com/hartman-taylor-s-death-brings-back-memories-of-riot/160779435/ SID HARTMAN @SIDHARTMAN JUNE 28, 2012 — 10:12PM The NHL All-Star Game was held at old Met Sports Center on January 25, 1972, but I chose to attend the Gophers-Ohio State basketball game instead. While I didn't expect the riot that ensued when the Gophers' Corky Taylor kneed the Buckeyes' Luke Witte in the groin near the end of the game, I had talked to then-Indiana coach Bob Knight a couple of days before the game. His old coach at Ohio State, Fred Taylor, hated then-Gophers coach Bill Musselman. The death ...

http://thoughtsofrs.blogspot.com/2008/03/looking-back-atthe-1972-ohio-state.html Thursday, March 6, 2008 Looking back at: the 1972 Ohio State-Minnesota brawl Today we are going to add a new occasional feature to join Forgotten Superstars for the odd slow day. We will look back at the 1972 basketball brawl between Ohio State and Minnesota and what I write may surprise some of you that know of my devotion to the Buckeyes. I found a video online of the fight and it was the first time that I have ever seen it. I have read several different accounts of the event and seen still pictures of its aftermath, but never actual film. I am not going to give an actual second by second account of the fight, although an excellent recap and article can be found here as written by Sports Illustrated Billy Reed in 1991. Suffice it to say the atmosphere was electric in Williams Arena (Still the Gophers home today) as both teams entered the game undefeated and prepared for their only game of the season. I...

https://vault.si.com/vault/1972/02/07/an-ugly-affair-in-minneapolis http://thoughtsofrs.blogspot.com/2008/03/looking-back-atthe-1972-ohio-state.html by William (Bill) F. Reed Sports Illustrated -  FEBRUARY 07, 1972 WHEN AN OVERPSYCHED MINNESOTA BASKETBALL TEAM WENT BERSERK IN A CRITICAL BIG TEN GAME, LUKE WITTE AND HIS OHIO STATE TEAMMATES WERE NOT THE ONLY VICTIMS; THE ENTIRE SPORT EMERGED WITH A BLACK EYE He had been wheeled out of Minnesota's Williams Arena on a long stretcher, bleeding and numb. At the university hospital he had spent an hour in the emergency room, where they patched him up as well as possible, then admitted him for the night. Now, on the day after the riot, only hours after he had become the victim of what the governor of Ohio called a "public mugging," Luke Witte was a mess. His right eye was completely covered with a white patch. His left ear was swollen and colored purple. An angry red scab was on his left cheek. His lower lip was swollen and a l...

http://www.basketsiena.it/ron-behagen--trucchetti,-furberie-e-vizi.html Siena dicembre 2002 Posted in : Storie da leggere Fonte: Papei | Fini Ron Behagen è stato il primo giocatore afro-americano nella storia della Mens Sana. Le notorie preferenze di Ezio Cardaioli, coach dei primi anni dei biancoverdi nel massimo campionato, per i giocatoti statunitensi con pelle bianca hanno fatto si che il primo Usa di colore arrivasse a Siena solo nel 1979 con Giorgio Brenci e Carlo Rinaldi. Il "professore" sosteneva che gli Usa di colore per quanto bravi e portati al gioco del basket potevano essere di difficile gestione presentando maggiori problemi di adattamento ed inserimento in un team del vecchio continente. Ricordiamo che gli yankee erano solo uno per squadra fino al 1977 poi passati a due da quella stagione. Il "teorema del Carda" trovò la più facile conferma con l' arrivo di Behagen, giocatore di classe immensa e d' esperienza Nba illimitata, un 'marpione...

http://onthisdayinsports.blogspot.com/2013/01/january-25-1972-luke-witte-gets-mugged.html On January 25, 1972, one of the ugliest brawls in the history of college basketball took place at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Ohio State Buckeyes came to town, to take on the Gophers in a Big 10 matchup. The Minnesota team were many years removed from success, in fact the last time they won the Big 10 title outright was in 1919, they also had shared the title in 1937. Under new head coach Bill Musselman the attitude was changing in Minnesota, when asked how long did it would take before he expected the team to win, he said "We'll win right off. I don't believe in rebuilding years." He brought in several players and quickly made them a contender in the conference. The team brought new found interest in the squad and the arena was packed with 17,775 fans ready to cheer on their Gophers. Before the game even started the Buckeyes were booed by the fans as they took...