Comments on: Legendary Basketball Coach Pete Newell Passes Away – Bob Knight Pays Tribute http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2008/11/legendary-basketball-coach-pete-newell-passes-away-bob-knight-pays-tribute/ A sports blog by and for Midwest Sports Fans Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicholas Gerlach http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2008/11/legendary-basketball-coach-pete-newell-passes-away-bob-knight-pays-tribute/#comment-1827 Nicholas Gerlach Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:29:47 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/?p=802#comment-1827 R.I.P. I would pay good money to see one of his legendary no time out battles with John Wooden back in the day. I'm pretty sure that he is the only guy to beat Wooden EIGHT TIMES IN A ROW. Pete Newell was a champion for the minute details of the fundamentals of basketball...just ask one of the big men he taught which range from Kareem all the way up to Shaq. R.I.P.

I would pay good money to see one of his legendary no time out battles with John Wooden back in the day. I’m pretty sure that he is the only guy to beat Wooden EIGHT TIMES IN A ROW.

Pete Newell was a champion for the minute details of the fundamentals of basketball…just ask one of the big men he taught which range from Kareem all the way up to Shaq.

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