DETROIT (AP) --
DETROIT (AP) - Jud Heathcote told 12 jokes, none fit to print,
to a few hundred people at a Detroit bar today. Every one drew a
roar from the crowd.
The former Michigan State coach's Magic Johnson-led team won the
famed 1979 title game over Larry Bird and Indiana State. And
Heathcote started what's become an annual event 28 years ago during
the Final Four at a hotel bar in Philadelphia.
Faces in the crowd included Dayton coach Brian Gregory and Utah
coach Jim Boylen, and former Spartans Mike Peplowski and Matt
Steigenga.
Moments after the 81-year-old Heathcote left, his successor,
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo arrived. Gregory says Izzo got a
standing ovation when he walked in.
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