TARK THE SHARK: We had no idea the rules-bending, towel-biting coach had a blog at the Las Vegas Sun, but it is a riveting read, and this one's priceless. "One Sunday morning, I’m eating breakfast and I read a big article about Sam Bowie, a 7-foot high school player from Lebanon, Pa., and he lists UNLV as a school he’s considering. I didn’t even know who he was. I call his coach and tell him I’m happy Sam is interested in us. What got him interested? He wanted four things – pretty girls, warm weather, he wanted to start and he wanted to study hotel management. I got really excited and drove five or six hours [from Pittsburgh] to Lebanon. I met with him and his family. That season, I caught red-eye flights four times to see him. I thought we had a great shot at the kid, but I had never recruited against Kentucky. I stayed at the only hotel in Lebanon, a Rodeway Inn. Every time I checked in, Kentucky assistant Leonard Hamilton was there, too. I always called him, but he never answered. It’s the middle of January, and we heard Sam’s mother was in the hospital. I had assistant George McQuarn fly out there. He calls me and says, “Coach, you’ll never believe this. I’m here in the hospital with Sam Bowie, his family and the whole Kentucky staff.” They had flown in on a private plane. Then someone called and said Sam is driving a four-year-old Cadillac. I knew it was all over then and there. That spring I saw Leonard and told him he was never in the Rodeway Inn when I was there, yet he was registered. He said, “Coach, we kept it all year. Whenever we wanted to fly in we wanted to make sure we had a room.” I believed that story. Later, I learned that that room was Sam’s playpen all year. I never recruited against Kentucky again. I spoke at Joe B’s clinic once in Lexington. Any time there was a kid in that area I liked, I’d call Joe B and ask if they’re interested. If they were, we backed off." (Shark Bytes, hat tip to Ballin is a Habit) (27)
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