Jerry Tarkanian

[Hovadipo 53,993]

A tough week for college basketball.

@DannyTarkanian: Coach Tark, my father, the greatest man I have ever known, passed today, to take his place in heaven. I will miss him every day of my life.

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,239]

TARK? RIP coach

[Naturalhoosier 15,395]

I read that he was taken to the hospital a few days ago. :(

RIP Tark.

Bite all the towels you want in Heaven!

[Hovadipo 53,993]

Beautiful Tark quote:

"The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky it will probably slap another two years' probation on Cleveland State."

[southernindianahoosier 422]

Again, hope RMK sees this and gets his butt to b town.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,516]

Haha. Some levity

@RobDauster: Great Tark line: "I always like to get transfers. Especially from the Pac-10. They already have their cars paid for."

[johnsoniu 6,138]

RIP Tark

 

One of the great characters in the game, and he had the nads to stand up to and call out the NCAA on their hypocrisy.

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

Bob Knight on Tark, 1987: "I like Tark and Tark likes me, and we don't care what anyone thinks." #iubb http://t.co/nU5kTXw03W

[Alford Bailey 12,302]

UNLV was the UK of the 80s and early 90s. Still liked the guy though. Us outrunning them in 87 on the way to a title is still one of my all time fav Hoosier games.

[HoosierCoop 3,863]

Man, I just watched the '87 final four game.  We were lucky to come out of that game.  We played flawless and it was still close.  That was the beginning of their run.

 

R.I.P. Tark! :(

[Alford Bailey 12,302]

Man, Tark and Dean Smith gone this week. I grew up with these guys. Recess was ALWAYS outside I dont care how cold or how much snow. We played basketball all winter. One team was IU the other was North Carolina, UNLV, Georgetown. Whoever was really good at the time. Never Purdue. I'm feeling old.....

[Alford Bailey 12,302]

Man, I just watched the '87 final four game.  We were lucky to come out of that game.  We played flawless and it was still close.  That was the beginning of their run.

 

R.I.P. Tark! :(

Thought we were done against LSU.

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

I bet that 1987 quote about Tark from RMK was edited for expletives, as in "we don't effing care what anyone effing thinks."

 

R.I.P., Coach Tark. Condolences to the family.

[HoosierCoop 3,863]

Thought we were done against LSU.

I had to listen to that game on WOWO (AM radio) on our way to Florida.  I was so pissed until the last 2:00 minutes of the game.  I would love to have that radio spot of Don again.  He was going nuts.

[Hutch89 2,939]

Head coaching record Overall 706–198

 

heck of a record!

[hper50 1,186]

Rest peacefully, Tark.

[Alford Bailey 12,302]

I had to listen to that game on WOWO (AM radio) on our way to Florida.  I was so pissed until the last 2:00 minutes of the game.  I would love to have that radio spot of Don again.  He was going nuts.

Spring break? If I remember right that game was our spring break. I watched it in Alabama. Thank goodness for Calloway.

[ccgeneral 38,084]

RIP Tark.

[bronkonagurski 894]

I had to listen to that game on WOWO (AM radio) on our way to Florida.  I was so pissed until the last 2:00 minutes of the game.  I would love to have that radio spot of Don again.  He was going nuts.

 

I also listened to the end of that game on WOWO.  Family was on the way to the hospital for the birth of my brother's first child.  Ended up catching bits of the Iowa-UNLV game on TV at the hospital. 

 

RIP Tark. 

[GloryDays 5,913]

Thought we were done against LSU.

Would have been if it hadn't been for our FREAK offense.