#1986 uk basketball roster series

JH: I was average size until the summer between my 8 th and 9 th grade school year. Were you always a taller kid? At what point did you come to the realization that you had the ability to play basketball at a very high level? Playing basketball, baseball and track was how I stayed out of trouble.

Fairview is a relatively small school in Northeastern Kentucky. I played basketball at Fairview High School, graduating in May of 1982 with 75 other seniors. JH: I’m originally from a small town called Westwood, KY just about 2 miles outside of Ashland. I started competing against other players as a fifth grader.įans from the 80’s are likely familiar with where you’re from but for the new generation of Card fans, talk a little bit about where you grew up and played high school basketball…. I fell in love with the game and the rest is history. My elementary school put up a basketball goal on the playground. JH: I can remember playing when I was in 3 rd grade.

So, when did you first start playing basketball competitively?

#1986 uk basketball roster series

Please join me for Issue 10 of the Return to the Flock series as I catch up with National Champion team member and starter Jeff Hall. Thankfully, Jeff was a great sport and more than willing to work with me and because of that I learned some awesome things about a player I once idolized as a young kid growing up in central Kentucky and still respect at the highest level to this day. For this reason, I always selfishly wanted to know what he had been up to for the past several years. After his hoops tenure at UofL ended, Hall somewhat quietly moved on with his life. A dead eye shooter from the perimeter and a well above average defender and ball handler, Hall provided great balance in the ’86 backcourt alongside Milt Wagner. Inducted into the UofL Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 (should’ve happened earlier IMO), former UofL shooting guard Jeff Hall personified a selfless style of play. For the 1986 National Championship Louisville Basketball team, Jeff Hall was “that guy”. That same player may not fill up every column in a stat sheet or garner the limelight, but instead he’s consistent and integral part of winning.

It’s a worn-out and tired cliché, but it still rings true to this day: every great team has that one player who does all the “little things” for his team to be successful. ent /kenˈsistent/ (adjective): acting or done in the same way over time, especially so as to be accurate.