'He (Blocker) broke his teeth and chewed them apart,' says Buran. A forum community dedicated to Competitive Basketball players and enthusiasts. Players and coaches would come and go, the franchise would come close to folding several times, but Issel remained. [23] In 2000, Issel faced a team mutiny after he criticized them following a winless four-game Eastern road trip. probably from punching himself so hard. As Mike Monroe, former long time Denver Post Nuggets beat writer and current Spurs beat writer for the San Antionio Express News told me. Issel currently ranks #11 on the all time combined ABA/NBA scoring list. ! If Julius Erving, his compatriot from the old ABA days, is the Doctor, Issel is the Orderly. Dan Issel Biography. That year, the Nuggets pulled off the biggest upset to that date in National Basketball Association (NBA) playoff history, knocking off the Seattle SuperSonics in five games (the first ever 8th seed to beat a 1st seed in the first round). He's also a Hall of Famer. Develop, get better, lose in first round, lose in second round, go to conference finals/Finals. But Moe isnt so sure that Issel has basketball totally out of his system yet. A slow-footed, 6-foot 9-inch center who lost his front teeth in junior high and always seems to have a scowl on his reddened face, Issel is constantly fighting for rebounds among taller. ''He didn't say hello. In August, I told you that former basketball star and Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel filed personal bankruptcy,. ", Dan Issel and the 1994 Nuggets: Our greatest moments outshine our biggestmistakes, Recap: Nuggets outlast Clippers behind Nikola Jokics 40 point triple-double, Nikola Jokic sits atop NBA MVP straw poll, Featured Articles (Editorials and Analysis), Despite Bill Simmons' rather snarky attempt to minimize the moment, This made him a member of the basketball Hall of Fame. Each lived and worked there during his respective off-seasons. Soreness of the jaws, neckaches, headaches and backaches are frequent complaints from sufferers of this common but largely untreated area of emotional and stress-related illness, he says. Issel resigned, wasn't fired. Reactions: blubo. Issel was born in Batavia, Illinois, son of Robert and Elanor Issel, and grew up with sister Kathi and brother Greg. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. He came to play every night, through injury or illness. And when they showed a close-up, he was missing his front two teeth! '' Issel was quoted as saying at the time that he didn't like the person he had become. He named himself head coach again in December 1999, yielding his general manager's title to Kiki Vandeweghe. Theres always work to do on a farm, Issel said. We were looking at him in the distance. He was barely wearing any makeup at all this time. It was a dazzling duel of individual performers. This thread is archived . Other centers just lay on each other and walk up and down the court.. [12] Issel signed to play basketball for the Colonels and the ABA. They won $65 that day, but they were so excited you wouldve thought it was $65,000.. Issel made the remarks as he. Dan Issel has teeth in game wtf? [5] Another Batavia High School teammate was future sports announcer Craig Sager, who was a freshman at Batavia when Issel was a senior. Additionally, coming off of Paul Westhead's run and shoot system of no defense, Issel liberated Mutombo from focusing on offense. Something you can't draw up on a chalk board. Issel shared ABA Rookie of the Year honors with Charlie Scott of the Virginia Squires. In this conversation. I was given a wine and navy blue colored Nuggets t-shirt shortly after the team changed their colors from the rainbow skyline in 1993. A smile that morphed into tears of joy. It is his work-ethic approach to the game that separates him from other players of similar ability. Clough recently told me about a conversation that Ellis and the new coach had during Issel's first camp in 1992, "One day early in camp" Clough retold, "Dan approached Ellis to deliver a bit of a verbal push, if not quite a pep talk. But Issel says he probably wont have time to relive it all. Ken Anderson was born in Batavia, Illinois on February 15, 1949. It was, arguably, the greatest playoff series in Nuggets history without being victorious. This is likely true, but his fractious working relationship with Bickerstaff had deteriorated so badly it likely contributed to the decision. What I like about him is that hes not a stuffed shirt, Moe said. Oct 26, 2003. I think the franchise is stronger now than at any time since Ive been there., Unfortunately for Issel, now that the Nuggets are successful again, he is past his prime. I guess if you went purely on statistics, Issel would get the nod, as he could score and rebound with the best of them. Issel's task, once hired, was to play the "young" players as much as possible. Issel was cynical about modern NBA players and that likely contributed to his burn-out in 1995. If there is one thing Dan Issel knew, it was big men. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). His second tenure was far less successful than his first; the Nuggets did not post a winning season during this time. [citation needed], Even with no coaching experience, Bernie Bickerstaff recruited him as Nuggets head coach in 1992. In 1985, Issel's jersey #44 was retired by the. Dan and Cheri were engaged at that time and I decided to treat them to the track, Gentry said. I was supposed to be another in the long tradition of NBA teams going through the "steps". In Issels 10 seasons in Denver, he was the cornerstone of the team. Issel is certainly not among the NBAs flashy players. Dan Issel (Dan; Horse) Position: Center 6-9 , 235lb (206cm, 106kg) School: Kentucky Draft: Detroit Pistons, 8th round (3rd pick, 122nd overall), 1970 NBA draft 3x NCAA All-Region HS Parade AA 2x Consensus AA 3x All-SEC SUMMARY Career G 83 PTS 25.8 TRB 12.9 AST 1.2 FG% 51.9 FT% 73.8 Issel Overview Game Logs NCAA Tournament Game Logs 1967-68 1968-69 He resigned 34 games into the 199495 season after facing criticism for his coaching style, saying he didn't like the person he'd become. C'mon 2K . The end, it seemed, came by Dan's own actions and decision. BATON ROUGE, La. But first, theres one last stretch run he has to make. It ended, sadly, in December of 2001 when a drunk fan, giving Issel the business for most of the game taunted him as he left for the locker room. Privacy Policy. 'The tooth grinder doesn't need to see a psychiatrist, but a dentist who recognizes the problem of overstress.'. He is the Nuggets all-time leader in almost every statistical category imaginable--scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, field goals, free throws, minutes played and games played. While he later returned to the Nuggets to restore credibility (or at least attempt to) after Bernie Bickerstaff so thoroughly gutted the franchise in 1996-97 that the team had virtually no assets or movable draft picks to recover. Issel's career at Kentucky coincided with that of Pete Maravich at SEC rival LSU, who scored an NCAA-record 3,667 points (44.2 per game). [10] Issel also scored 51 at Louisiana State University on February 21, 1970, currently the third-best mark in school history.[11]. His game never stuttered and he kept pressing offensively while clamping down is his own end. Most of the people I spoke to about this article said that Issel's passion was not in coaching, more on the horses and the horse farm that sadly went under prior to going into the broadcast booth in 1988. Of course, they were very expensive, so the former model searched frantically for them, describing herself as "Lucille Ball on crack.". There were many, many extraneous factors surrounding Issel's life that contributed to his decision making in the 90's. Issel was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. Dan Issel was the most prolific scorer in University of Kentucky basketball history. In some ways, Dan Issel is as big in Denver as Magic Johnson is in L.A., Scheer said. It all sort of overwhelmed Issel, who never expected such a fuss over his retirement. In Game 2 of the Laker series, when Moe was searching for a different lineup, he replaced starting center Wayne Cooper with Issel. Upon Issel's graduation in 1970, he was drafted by the Detroit Pistons (8th round) of the National Basketball Association and the Kentucky Colonels (1st round) of the American Basketball Association. Issels father, Robert, was the eventual donor. His determination and style is what got him through the years, Moe said. Issel said that the greatest memory of his career is of the 1974-75 season, when he and Artis Gilmore led the Kentucky Colonels to the ABA championship, the only title Issel has won. It took Keith having 7 teeth knocked out during the playoffs but the steady, gifted, and smooth defenseman didn't miss a shift. It was messy. Joined: Oct 17, 2015 . Power forward who starred in the ABA and with the NBA's Denver Nuggets. Dan Issel's age is 74. A slow-footed, 6-foot 9-inch center who lost his front teeth in junior high and always seems to have a scowl on his reddened face, Issel is constantly fighting for rebounds among taller players who jump better, diving on the floor for loose balls, and shooting 15-foot jump shots that are seemingly automatic. Issel set about molding young players into a team that would play hard every night while still allowing for the mistakes that come with such a young team. But he still is as good as ever--for a limited time. His statistics underscore the consistency of his performance. I loved playing for him, especially when he was wearing his "lucky" brown suit!". For more information, please see our His career points total remains the highest among UK men's players. PUBLISHED: October 30, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. | UPDATED: May 6, 2016 at 7:47 p.m. [35] As of 2014, he lived in Windsor, Colorado, and was employed in the oil and gas business. But after that championship season, Kentucky owner John Y. It was May 7th, 1994, on Saturday afternoon Dan Issel helped give me, and my dad, one of the greatest moments of our lives. This led to the rumor that Staley had totally lost all his teeth, although this was not the case at the time. Issel appeared on Xfinity Monday Live this week and answered several questions about. He laughs when it was suggested that he is the best garbage player in the history of the league. The team has gone the full circle now, Issel said. That team played hard and we were able to have some success.". Janice Dickinson. Dan Issel and your 1994 Nuggets. 'If you break your tooth, the break itself would be physiological stress. wasn't until the 1994 playoffs that he really shined. Theres a correlation between a race horse and a human athlete, Issel said. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. If you need to know if it was worth it, here's the only proof you need. Eschewing the starter and finisher role that Rauf had carved out for himself, Issel rode the hot hand of Pack in the last moments of Game 4 and Game 5. October 25 Birthdays. [3] Issel led Batavia to Regional titles his last two years. "It was a very well reasoned hire by Bernie, despite Dan having zero head coaching experience." Rather than the offense-focused center that Westhead was trying to make him be. DENVER -- Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel was suspended for four games by the team Wednesday for shouting a profanity and insensitive ethnic remark at a fan. Mark Briscoe Lost His Brother Jay In A Tragic Car Accident. Issel left the pro gram, Tom Payne became the first African-American player at UK, coach Rupp was forced to retire in 1972 and then coach (Joe) Hall took over. For all intents and purposes it appeared the Nuggets had no intention of firing Issel. This is a man who will always be one of the greatest Nuggets of all time, and a man who coached them to their most memorable moment. Pack's wildcard status was an important step considering Abdul-Rauf was rendered almost completely ineffective for the entire 5 game series. Clearly, Dan Issel, 36, is ready for retirement. Hes an Alydar colt out of a mare called Secretarial Queen. It was a promising 2-year-old colt, sired by Alydar, that trainer D. Wayne Lukas had bought for $1.6 million last summer from a Kentucky breeding farm partly owned and operated by Issel. Nuggets GM Kiki Vandeweghe. His mouth has been equipped with 28 new teeth. His contract with NBA2LOU has expired and the Kentucky Legends golf tournament that helped fund. Talent was less diluted then and the Sonics steamrolled through the regular season that year like an unstoppable train. October 25 Basketball Player #7. Under Review. Dan Issel's income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He met Gentry during that time, and after one trip to the track, Issel was hooked. You look at the bloodline, of course, but I think you have to look at the conformation of a horse, too. When the prices are up for corn and wheat, nobody has any. l'issue de sa carrire de joueur, Issel prend sa retraite dans une ferme dans le comt de Woodford, Kentucky. LaPhonso Ellis spoke glowingly about Issel the coach when I asked him, "Dan Issel was the consummate player's coach." Look at John Henry. However, there is a weird dichotomy that has obscured something very, very obvious. 1.2K Stories. [8], According to Sports Illustrated Magazine, in a game early in Issel's Kentucky career, teammates were neglecting to give him the ball. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Penny Parker's column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. [28][29] However, several members of Denver's Hispanic community thought the suspension was insufficient punishment and called for him to be fired. It was life imitating sport. ExcitingStudio3859 23 days ago. They became one of only a handful of teams to ever come back from 0-3 down to tie a series. He apologisedpublicly and privately to both the Hispanic community as well as the Nuggets organisation. Not that Issel is a novice, by any means. The 8th seed. C. crawfords corner All-American. To me, that makes him untouchable. While his Denver Nugget teammates were still sleeping in their Los Angeles hotel rooms early last Monday morning, Dan Issel slipped on blue jeans and cowboy boots and went to Hollywood Park to look at a horse. The team, in 1990-91 gave up record amounts of points (including a record 106 in the first half to the Phoenix Suns) and were considered to be a bit of an embarrassment around the NBA. Salesmen and television comedians are also prone to the disease, known to dentists as 'bruxism.' If everything goes right and you happen to get a good harvest, everybody else has a good harvest, too, so the prices go way down. Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dribbles the ball with his back toward defender Dan Issel during an NBA game against the Denver Nuggets. "To this day, I believe that had Denver somehow been able to win either the third game of that conference semifinal with Utah, or the seventh game in Salt Lake City, we might have seen the city's first major professional sports championship parade in 1994, instead of 1996. Dan Issel was hired in 1992 after spending almost three seasons part-time color announcing for the Nuggets TV broadcasts on what was then known as Prime Sports (which morphed into Fox Sports). It would prove to be a brave, and correct, move by Issel. In 1993, Issel was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Id like to see something done because nobody works harder than the farmer.. How a horse breeder took a broadcast television job covering the Denver Nuggets in the late 80's and morphed into the coach who gave Denver it's greatest basketball moment. [4] Issel then played college basketball at the University of Kentucky under legendary coach Adolph Rupp. The crowd descended upon him in and the camera panned to his face. It was an impossible task for anyone to try and follow Dan Issel, Kentucky's all-time leading scorer after his brilliant three seasons playing for coach Adolph Rupp from 1967-70. I think the athleticism. [5][6], In February 2018, Issel became president of the Louisville Basketball Investment and Support Group, a Kentucky-based company founded in 2016 to pursue an NBA franchise.[37]. Also, Issel kept Deke shadowing Kemp for most of the rest of the series. Dan Issel no longer draws a paycheck to promote Louisville's pro basketball possibilities. The clock ticked down and Dikembe Mutombo collapsed to the floor of the Seattle Coliseum with ball raised above his head in emotional overflow. Were not doing something important, like negotiating with the Russians against nuclear weapons. They just barely missed going to the Finals in 1993, losing to the Phoenix Suns in 7 games. As Sandy Clough said, if the Nuggets pulled of a victory in game three at home (a game they were leading through most of, and then lost on a Jeff Hornacek shot with no time remaining) you very well could have seen the Nuggets take on the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals. These two moves essentially eliminated Gary Payton's ability to drive the lane and create, and neutralized Kemp to the point where he was virtually a non-factor for the remaining games, relegated to mid-range jumpers and blocked layups. As Issel recalls, he wasnt happy at first. My dad's favorite player in the history of the Nuggets was Dan Issel. Memphis Grizzlies over the San Antonio Spurs in 2011) but the Nuggets were the first, and pre-1995 expansion. I always have to have my list handy, so I know whats going on, said Issel, who, after a quick count, said he was part-owner of 12 mares, 10 yearlings and 11 foals. Pro basketball fans know about Issel and his two front teeth. ", - Sandy Clough, long-time Denver talk show host. On January 31, 1980, Issel scored an NBA career high 47 points, including making 19 of 23 free throw attempts, in a 127-126 win over the New Jersey Nets. Talk about everything from the NBA to college basketball to even everything but basketball. Scorpio Named Dan #21. There are no set hours in this business. Near death, Issei looked into the sky and could only regret his decision. "[25] The incident was captured on Denver's NBC affiliate, KUSA-TV. In the bankruptcy filing, Issel's 2008 income from his NBA pension is listed at $160,827. So, Issel proved that he still can play. Verified account Protected Tweets @; Suggested users DENVER -- Since 1975, Dan Issel had been synonymous with the Denver Nuggets, first as a player, then as general manager, president and -- twice -- as head coach. He remained productive, topping 20 points per game five of his remaining eight years. Mr. Many people say that Issel was best at motivating his team, and the job he did in making his team believe? It turned out that Dans blood type wasnt compatible with Gregs, but Dan would have gone through with it, even if it had meant ending his basketball career earlier than he planned. Closeup of Denver Nuggets Dan Issel smiling without front teeth before taking foul shot during game vs Utah Jazz, Denver, CO Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images CREATIVE Collections Project #ShowUs Creative Insights EDITORIAL VIDEO BBC Motion Gallery NBC News Archives MUSIC BLOG PRICING ENTERPRISE Premium Access Custom Content Gambling problem? Wayne Lukas says that colt is the most promising 2-year-old he has this year, Issel said. Issel, because he ranks No. Upon Issel's retirement from the NBA in 1985, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Julius Erving were the only professional basketball players to have scored more career points. In one way, the journey this article led me on has been uplifting and life-affirming on the greatest of ways. One of the highlights of my professional life were the years with Dan Issel, Scheer said. Discussion in 'UFC Discussion' started by superpunch, Oct 12, 2016. superpunch Banned Banned. Maybe Issel's biggest move was focusing on fire cracker Robert Pack, back up point guard and all around athletic freak. Where is Dan Issel now? As Bernie Bickerstaff, who was the Nuggets general manager from 1990-97, later found out it was far easier to destroy what both he and Issel left than it was to build upon it. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Danny Brown talks to Chris Franco (http://twitter.com/chrisfranco) from about how he lost his front two teeth. Issel was recruited by Northwestern, Illinois and Wisconsin, but he chose Kentucky. Following his graduation in 1970, Dan Issel was drafted by the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association, a rival league to the NBA. The Issels have two children, Sheridan and Scott. Issel will leave with something more than 27,482 points, 11,135 rebounds and almost as many memories of people, places and games from his outstanding career in the NBA and the old American Basketball Assn. Answer (1 of 4): That is a difficult question to answer, since they played different positions but were equally important components of some great Kentucky teams. $1 Million - $5 Million. Yeeeeeaaaahhhhh!!!". # 1. Hes had everything and rarely asked for a night off., Said Issel: Ive always been able to play through pain and little bumps and bruises. Dan Issel was born Daniel Paul Issel on October 25, 1948, in Missouri to Eleanor (Meyer) Issel and Robert Issel and grew up with sister Kathi and brother Greg in Batavia. You gave me this moment. out execute the Seattle Supersonics for three games, nearly pulled off an even more dramatic feat, It was, arguably, the greatest playoff series in Nuggets history, Issel retorted in a manner that was shocking to everyone, Visited the Mexican community and apologized to them profusely and publicly, Jaden Ivey pulled a Chris Webber, and it cost Pistons the game vs. Bulls, Ja Morants allegations of aggression off the court, explained, Anthony Davis unwinnable fight to save the Lakers season, Trae Young is going to soar in Quin Snyders offense, NBA Scores: Mavericks lose to Pacers, fall to 1-4 since Kyrie Irving trade, The 8 NBA teams that can win the championship this season. Ask Issel about his horses and he takes out his wallet, not to show off snapshots of his kids, but to look at a list of mares and foals that he and his partner, Tom Gentry, own under the name of Blue Grass Breeders, Inc. Issel and the '94 Nuggets did something no one else had done. While the team was now loaded with Lottery drafted talent, it was raw, unfocused, undisciplined, and in some cases considered to be busts (specifically Rauf - then known as Chris Jackson). [12] Issel's success did not stop there, en route to the Colonels' 1971 ABA Finals appearance that postseason, Issel averaged 28.1 points and 11.6 rebounds per playoff game. issei. If you count the 12,823 points Issel scored in six ABA seasons to his NBA total, which the NBA doesnt, he is the games fourth-leading scorer behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Elvin Hayes. The Nuggets were by far the youngest team in the League. "I would put it . elohim. Thats all.. Sprite and zebra cakes. The American actor Clark Gable had changed his haistyle and fixed his teeth before he became the "King of Hollywood." | Source: Getty Images. Kendall Jenner. [18] On January 21, 1981, Issel grabbed an NBA career high 21 rebounds, while also scoring 32 points, during a 129-115 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg) Career information High school Batavia(Batavia, Illinois) College Kentucky(1967-1970) NBA draft 1970/ Round: 8 / Pick: 122nd overall Selected by the Detroit Pistons More than changing the offense, Issel had to change to culture in Denver from national joke to something akin to mild respect. New challenges in horse racing beckon. Who better than a future Hall of Famer to restore credibility to your moribund organization? . On this day, Issel was happy to take out the list because a mare bred to Mr. Prospector had foaled that morning. The thing is, he doesnt want to play, anymore. Facial structure is another easy tip-off, he says, noting that people create their own faces 'to a tremendous extent' by the degree to which they carry stress in their teeth. He was named the MVP of his second All-Star Game for scoring 21 points and collaring nine rebounds. The 6-11 Andrews, who had 43 double-doubles (third best in UK history), understands why his numbers were easy to overlook. Trust is an enormous part of development. 22. "There was so much going on. In fact, it was Issel who first suggested that Westhead was using 4th pick in the NBA Draft Dikembe Mutombo wrong, that he would be better off used as a defense-first center. An outstanding collegian at the University of Kentucky, Issel was twice named an All-American en route to a school-record 25.7 points per game for his career. Most say that Dan's heart wasn't in to being a coach, and based on what happened the following year it seems that this was a very accurate assessment. Weve been fortunate. Shane MacGowan's extensive teeth procedure would cost in the range of . Issel then moved on to the Denver Nuggets, who entered the NBA in 1976. 74 Year Old Basketball Player #7. Just before the start of the 19992000 season, he told reporters that there were several decisions he simply couldn't make due to the unstable ownership situation. This made him a member of the basketball Hall of Fame, which he was elected to during his first season as Nuggets head coach. Clenching and grinding of teeth, acknowledged by dentists as a. DanThank you. Rupp called a timeout and said, "This guy is going to be Kentucky's all-time leading scorer by the time he's through here. His place in history is safe with me, and others who cherish that memory forever. Clapping and paying tribute. However, during that magical time in the month of May it seems that whatever he did worked. The 74-year-old basketball player was born in Batavia . Because of his no-nonsense style, Issel never has been considered a superstar, even though he will finish with a scoring average of 23.3 points. Growing up Anderson was close friends with Dan Issel, who would go on to become a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player with the Kentucky Colonels and Denver Nuggets. The way he approaches his job is admirable. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No matter how much the Nuggets have paid Issel all these years, he has always given them their moneys worth in effort. It was a shock to fans, and apparently players alike. He was most likely born in 1942 or 1943. According to a report from Harley Street Dental Studio's Dr. Adam Thorne, MacGowan's comprehensive operation cost him between $80k and $94k. JavaScript is disabled. the only time he has ever brushed his teeth was with a toothbrush that went up his ass. Despite getting an offer from the Detroit Pistons, Issel chose to remain loyal to his home city. Issel played a key role in helping the Nuggets make the postseason every year of his tenure,[13] alongside (at various points) fellow stars David Thompson, Bobby Jones, Kiki Vandeweghe, and Alex English. Playing jokes on teammates and friends is just one thing Issel will miss when he walks away from basketball. Dan might come over out of the blue and say to you, Where did you get that bleeping shirt? or ask why I dont wear a tie. The 1994 Nuggets, coached by Dan Issel had that championship feel about them after knocking out Seattle in what was then the greatest upset in NBA history. After holding out that camp, Pack had a good year but it wasn't until the 1994 playoffs that he really shined. Maybe I should hand out farewell tour jackets, Issel said with an embarrassed laugh. April 3, 2021 Uncategorized Leave a Comment Uncategorized Leave a Comment Mistakes were made. Ive had to work harder because Im not a true center, and that means shooting outside and running up and down the court.. Everybody was saying, 'Big fella's mad.' He thought, if I am to excel at this sport, then I need to be the hardest working Center in. The person tries to obtain relief by making successive adjustments of his jaw, and that is bruxing. Recently, Issel gave an interview to a small online publication called Yorkville. For those too young to remember Phonz, think. But it has taken away from basketball.. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame overcomes deficit to win Mission League opener, Still in UCLAs corner, Ben Howland stressed importance of getting No. But its what I want to do.. After high school, Issel established himself in basketball circles at the University of Kentucky, where he set 23 school records and led the club to three Southeastern Conference titles while. 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