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Post by rbj on Dec 30, 2020 16:17:18 GMT -5
During last night Detroit Piston vs Golden State game, color commentator Greg Kelser sent a shout out to Turono Anderson, Blaha and Kelser were discussing Golden State shooting guard Juan Toscano-Anderson and Kelser said it made him think of Turono Anderson of Detroit Kettering. Turono Anderson was before my time as a titan fan, but I believe I read/heard that he was a major coup for Vitale and company, and that injuries derailed his titan career. Anyone care to expound on Turono Anderson? www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/turono-anderson-1.html
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Post by fan on Dec 30, 2020 16:28:30 GMT -5
He was a good basketball player, and a fine young man, he signed on to a Vitale team that was packed with top line players, he did play in 2 NCAA games with the Titans, scored in both, one was against Michigan, he has a basket or two.
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Post by motorcitysam on Dec 30, 2020 16:49:57 GMT -5
I heard that exchange! It was very cool.
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Post by ptctitan on Dec 30, 2020 17:01:48 GMT -5
Turono Anderson was very fun to watch play. He was a very highly regarded recruit, lightning quick and a very skilled player until injuries. For the Titans, the joke was that he never saw a shot he didn't like. I remember one game at Calihan Hall in the first half, when Anderson came up the left side of the court about 2-3 steps across midcourt and let it fly. Must have been a 30 foot shot. And Vitale started waving his hands and must have been shouting, "No! No! No!" ... until it swished through the hoop and then Dicky V started clapping and acting like he knew it was good the whole time. Anderson would have fit in well in the modern game. And to think that he was just a supporting player on those great teams.
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Post by larrytitan on Dec 30, 2020 17:18:25 GMT -5
Anderson averaged 6.2 ppg in his career and scored 641 points. He arrived at UD with Long, Tyler and Kaseta. How’s that for a recruiting haul?
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Post by Commissioner on Dec 30, 2020 19:34:11 GMT -5
Anderson averaged 6.2 ppg in his career and scored 641 points. He arrived at UD with Long, Tyler and Kaseta. How’s that for a recruiting haul? Also in that class was Dave Grauzer. Grauzer transferred to Central Michigan after his freshman year, and was a starter on their 1978 NCAA team and captain of their 1979 NIT team. He was a First Team All-MAC selection in 1979, still holds CMU's single-season records for assists and steals in a season, and was inducted into the CMU Hall of Fame in 2002. He was drafted by the Pistons but did not make the team. Tyler, Anderson and Long were all on the News' All-State "Dream Team." Kaseta was first-team Class A. Grauzer didn't make the News' All-State team but was 4th team All-State in the Freep. The Freep had Tyler, Long, and Anderson only on the Class A Second Team, and Kaseta on the Third Team. That was an awesomely talented class in Michigan--guys on the Freep 1st team included Bill Weaver and Tim Marshall, who were never heard from again, but also Tony Smith (played at Houston and UNLV, a rotation player on UNLV's 1977 final four team who averaged 16.5 and 17.1 ppg in 1978 and 1979); Tom Zaliagiris (a rotation player on UNC's 1977 Final Four team who averaged 13.7 ppg as a starter the next season); and Cyrus Mann, who started as a freshman for Will Robinson at Illinois State and then was drafted by the Celtics as a hardship case after the season, though he never played in the NBA. Also on the All-State roster was Tony Jamison, a multi-year starter at Kent State, and future Detroit Tiger Rick Leach. Underclassmen making one of the All-State teams included Bruce Flowers (Notre Dame, NBA), Tom Staton (UM), Greg Lloyd (Michigan State), Greg Kelser, Bob Fowler (Kentucky and Iowa State), Terry Duerod, and one Magic Johnson. Also several other mid-major guys you probably never heard of or don't remember, like Greg Guye of Detroit East Catholic, who went to Stetson, averaged 15 points per game over his career, and was drafted by the Pacers. Just amazing talent in the state in those days.
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Post by Commissioner on Dec 30, 2020 19:43:32 GMT -5
Turono Anderson was very fun to watch play. He was a very highly regarded recruit, lightning quick and a very skilled player until injuries. For the Titans, the joke was that he never saw a shot he didn't like. I remember one game at Calihan Hall in the first half, when Anderson came up the left side of the court about 2-3 steps across midcourt and let it fly. Must have been a 30 foot shot. And Vitale started waving his hands and must have been shouting, "No! No! No!" ... until it swished through the hoop and then Dicky V started clapping and acting like he knew it was good the whole time. Anderson would have fit in well in the modern game. And to think that he was just a supporting player on those great teams. My recollection of Anderson matches PTC's: Super quick, fun to watch, especially if he got on a roll. He could take over a game. A series of minor injuries slowed him, but it also seemed to me he never quite found a role on a very talented Titan team. My vague recall is that he was considered a bigger recruiting catch than Long or Tyler. That recollection may be wrong, but whatever, everyone knew Vitale had a great class and those three were the stars of that class.
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