CENTAUR SEASONS: “A history of the events of the Allentown College’s 1972-1973 B-ball season, as chronicled by, and with the personal memoirs + occassional philosophizing of the author, one Stephen J. McKee’ — all 145 handwritten diary pages, all 29 inputted posts.

Posted March 6, 2013

Our  1972-1973 Centaur Season — subject of (deep breath) “A History of the Events of the Allentown College’s 1972-1973 B-ball Season, as Chronicled by, and with the Personal Memoirs + Occassional Philosophizing of the Author, One Stephen J. McKee” — ended on February 27 with a 72-67 victory over Baptist Bible College.

That rare victory brought our record to 6-and-11. But in our last six games, all at home, we were 4-and-2. When you play on a team like the Centaurs, you take what you can, where you can, and be happy with it. We were 6-and-11. We lost nine in a row.

BUT WE CLOSED OUT THE SEASON 4-AND-2! Yes we did.

(” …  All 145 Handwritten Diary Pages, All 29 Inputted Posts” continues below)

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WELCOME TO CENTAUR SEASONS.   ” …  All 145 Handwritten Diary Pages, All 29 Inputted Posts” here on HoopsU.Com appears also on CENTAUR  SEASONS, a “memory blog” of the half-good, half-bad,  all-new Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales Centaurs in Center  Valley, Pennsylvana. Steve played for the Centaurs 40 years ago. The blog is available at  CENTAUR SEASONS and here on HoopsU.com

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Every basketball season tells its own story. The 145-page handwritten, bus-bounced diary of our 1972-1973 season transposed into 29 blog entries. It played out over 91 days, from November 30, 1972 to February 28, 1973.  We won two games in 96 hours, didn’t win again for 71 days, won four of six in the final two weeks (say it again!).

Here is the Centaur story of ’72-’73, chapter and verse, in the books, complete  …

#1: ‘TOMORROW IS OUR FIRST GAME’ November 30, 1972

#2: ‘FIVE HOURS TO GAME TIME’ December 1

#3: “WE WON! … I STUNK”  December 2

#4: ‘I HOPE WE BLOW THEM OFF THE COURT’ December 3

#5: ‘I FOULED OUT EARLY’ December 4

#6: ‘MY RESPECT SOARED FOR THAT MAN’ December 5

#7: ‘FIRST HOME GAME!’ December 6

#8 ‘WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN’ December 7

#9: ‘WE ARE ACHIEVING’ December 12

#10: ‘EXAMS AT 1 & 5, GAME AT 7′ December 16

#11: ‘LONELY AND DEJECTED’ December 17

#12: ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS: I CAN’T GET ANY WORSE’ December 18

#13: ‘WE CAN TURN THE SEASON AROUND’ January 18, 1973

#14: ‘I CRIED FOR 15-20 MINUTES’ January 21

#15: ‘COACH SAID HE HASN’T LOST FAITH IN ME’ January 25

#16: ‘THESE GUYS ARE SLAPPIN’ US IN THE FACE!’ January 26

#17: ‘IT’S 2 A.M., BATTLING SOME KIND OF BUG’ January 30

#18: ‘… AN AMAZING MAN’ January 30

#19: ‘SEVEN LOSSES IN A ROW’ February 2

#20: ‘ONE DISASTER AFTER ANOTHER’ February 4

#21: ‘WE GOT BEAT BY 36′ February 7

#22: ‘LOSING IS KINDA BAD FOR A PERSON’ February 8

#23: ‘WE ARE NOW 1-AND-0!’ February 13

#24: ‘WE CAN FINISH 8-AND-9!’ February 20

#25: ‘I STARTED!’ : February 22

#26: ‘WE ARE ALL UP FOR TONIGHT’S GAME’ : February 24

#27: ‘THEIR COACH SAID WE PLAYED THEM THE BEST’ February 26

#28: ‘WHERE GLORY DOES NOT STAY’ February 27

#29 ‘AND THEN WE ALMOST LOST THE D–M GAME!’ February 28