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I KNOW A LOT PEOPLE THIS PAST
WEEKEND WERE EXCITED THAT
FORMER IU GREAT STEVE ALFORD AND
HIS NEW MEXICO LOBOS
CAME TO TOWN TO FACE THE
SYCAMORES.... BUT WHAT MANY
OF YOU MIGHT OF FORGET, THERE
WAS ONE MEMBER OF ALFORD'S NEW
MEXICO STAFF WHO USE TO CALL THE
WABASH VALLEY HOME ...
THIS PAST WEEKEND WHEN NEW
MEXICO INVADED THE
HULMAN CENTER IT NOT ONLY
BROUGHT BACK ONE HOOSIER
LEGEND IN STEVE ALFORD BUT
WASHINGTON NATIVE CRAIG
NEAL. NEAL ALWAYS GOOD TO COME
HOME...... NEAL WAS A 1983
INDIANA ALL-STAR, HE ALSO EARNED
ALL-AMERICA HONORS
WHLE PLAYING FOR THE WASHINGTON
HATCHETS IN THE
EARLY 80'S. DESPITE A GREAT PREP
CAREER, NEAL SAID HIS
FIRST TRIP BACK TO TERRE HAUTE
SATURDAY IN 29 YEARS BROUGHT
BACK SOME TOUGH MEMORIES, YOU
SEE THE HULMAN CENTER
WAS THE SIGHT OF HIS FINAL HIGH
SCHOOL GAME BACK IN 83...
NEAL: LAST TIME PLAYED GOT BEAT
IN SEMISTATE. BEAT BY
PRINCETON IN 83, LAST SECOND TIP
IN .... SINCE THEN NEAL WENT ON
TO
HAVE A SOLID COLLEGE CAREER AT
GEORGIA TECH, THEN SPENT EIGHT
YEARS PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY IN
THE NBA, CBA
AND EUROPE. DESPITE PLAYING IN
SOME OF THE TOP GYM'S AND
ARENA'S IN THE WORLD, NEAL SAID
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PLACES
TO EVER PLAY IS THE HOME OF THE
HATCHETS.... NEAL: PLAYING AT
THE HATCHET HOUSE, ONE OF THE
GREATEST PLACES TO PLAY.
GREAT FANS, GREAT FRIENDS.
ENJOYED MY TIME THEIR AND THINK
ABOUT IT OFTEN. THESE DAYS CRAIG
NEAL IS DOING A GREAT
JOB AS THE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
AT NEW MEXICO, HE'S
BEEN STEVE ALFORD'S RIGHT HAND
MAN THE LAST SIX YEARS.
THE BIG QUESTION NOW, IS HE
FINALLY READY FOR HIS
FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB? NEAL:
"RIGHT TIME WILL COME
BUT I'M HAVING FUN RIGHT NOW"
THAT DOES IT FOR SPORTS, THE
NEWS WILL BE RIGHT BACK.