NewMexiKen would be remiss to allow the death of basketball coach Ray Meyer at age 92 to pass without mentioning the time the DePaul coach dropped by our high school cafeteria to recruit a classmate. All these years later I can still remember the scene and how awestruck we all were — nudging each other and whispering. Meyer was already a legend, having coached basketball’s first big man, 6-10 George Mikan.
Our classmate went on to play for DePaul; at 6-10, he was the tallest player there since Mikan (1941-1945).