Keady Winningest Purdue Coach
Gene Keady became Purdue’s winningest coach in sixth-ranked Purdue’s 87-69 victory over Louisville on Saturday.
Keady improved his record to 372-162 in 18 seasons at Purdue, passing Ward Lambert.
“It’s great to have it because the guy was a legend,” Keady said of Lambert. “Coach [John] Wooden said so much of him because he respected him so much.”
Wooden played three seasons under Lambert, who had a 371-152 record with 11 Big Ten championships from 1917-1946.
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Former DePaul coach Joey Meyer was courtside as a Northwestern commentator during the Blue Demons’ 72-59 loss to the Wildcats at Evanston, Ill.
Meyer, who resigned under pressure following a 3-23 season, was replaced by former Florida State Coach Pat Kennedy.
It’s the first time since 1942 that a member of the Meyer family hasn’t been the DePaul coach. Joey coached 13 seasons while his dad, Ray, had a 42-year run at the school before retiring in 1984.
“Seeing the [DePaul] players when they first came out and at the beginning of the game was very difficult,” Meyer admitted after the game. “I recruited a lot of those players and part of me is in those young people. . . . .It’s behind me now. DePaul’s moving on and I’m moving on.”
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It was a tough homecoming for Jacksonville Coach Hugh Durham, whose team was beaten, 74-44, by No. 19 Florida State at Tallahassee, Fla.
Durham coached 12 seasons at Florida State, guiding the Seminoles to the NCAA championship game in 1972 against UCLA. He was also a star player for Florida State in the 1950s.
“I have a lot of good friends here,” Durham said. “I came here at 17 and left when I was 40.”
Durham went to Georgia from Florida and led the Bulldogs to the Final Four in 1983--making him one of 10 coaches have two teams go that far in the tournament. He’s in his first season at Jacksonville.
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Saint Louis, 6-0 overall, was a 57-51 winner over Illinois (5-3) before 32,429 in the first game at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis. . . Forward Bobby Brannen had a career-high 28 points and increased his free-throw streak to a school-record 31 before missing in leading Cincinnati (4-1) to an 85-60 home-court victory over Wright State (3-3). . . . Guard Roderic Hall had 52 points--26 in each half--to lead Texas San Antonio (3-3) to a 97-69 victory over Maine (3-3) in the the Southwest Missouri State-hosted Pizza Hut Classic in Springfield, Mo. . . . Missouri’s 75-46 loss to No. 18 Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark., was its 14th consecutive road loss. The Tigers have not won on the road since Feb. 13, 1996. . . . Davidson (3-2) defeated visiting Carnegie Mellon, 89-46, for its 1,000th victory.
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