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Make plans to support Olivet Athletics this week, as winter sport teams get their seasons started, including home games for The @UOlivetWBB and @UOlivetMBB teams. Find links to follow the events -- olivetcomets.com/composite
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GAMEDAY! The @UOlivetMBB team opens its season with a home game against the Grizzlies.
🆚 Franklin
🕢 7:30 pm
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🆚 Franklin
🕢 7:30 pm
📊 tinyurl.com/110626MBB
💻 miaasportsnetwork.com/tuocomets/
#GoCOMETS | #UONation | #d3hoops
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The University of Olivet Men’s Basketball retweeted
In 1984 a college basketball coach was running a clinic on an American military base in West Germany when a 6 foot 9 kid came up and asked him how to get stronger.
The coach asked him how long he had been in the Army.
The kid said he was 13 years old.
That was Shaquille ale Brown, and Brown passed away today at 90, eight days short of his 91st birthday.
Here is what Shaq has said about that afternoon.
"He put his arms around me like he found gold."
Brown wrote him letters for years after that. Sent him exercises in the mail. O'Neal came to LSU in 1989 and left in 1992 as the first pick in the NBA draft.
Seven years after he left, Shaq wrote him a letter back.
"The only college coach I ever had, and the only one I ever wanted."
Now understand where Dale Brown came from.
He was born in Minot, North Dakota, and raised by his mother Agnes. She cleaned houses for a living and she had an eighth grade education. He had two older sisters and every one of them worked.
He went to Minot State and earned twelve varsity letters in football, basketball and track.
LSU hired him in March of 1972, and almost nobody in Louisiana knew who he was. The program had not been to the NCAA tournament since 1954.
So he drove the state. He kept nets in his car and he stopped at bare rims he passed and put new ones up.
He won 448 games, which is still the most in school history. Four SEC championships. National coach of the year in 1981. He took LSU to the Final Four twice, and the second time, in 1986, his team was an 11 seed and became the lowest seed ever to get that far.
He spent years arguing that college players should be paid, decades before anybody was ready to hear it.
Now the part that complicates it. For all of that talent he never got past the second round with Shaq. His last four seasons were losing seasons. And LSU went on probation in 1998 after the NCAA found a booster had paid a former player, though the NCAA found nothing on Brown himself, and that player later apologized and said the NCAA had pressured him into it.
He built something else too.
His foundation puts students through school. Specifically students with disabilities, and students whose families have no money. The kind of kid he was.
And here is the part that is hard to take.
Two days ago, LSU announced that Dale Brown had been named the 2027 recipient of the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award. Shaq recorded a video to congratulate him.
He was supposed to accept it in April.
His family said this today.
"We have lost the most loving and most loved man any of us has ever known."
The son of a house cleaner from North Dakota spent his life handing out nets to rims nobody was using, and once asked a 13 year old on an army base in Germany how long he had been a soldier.
The coach asked him how long he had been in the Army.
The kid said he was 13 years old.
That was Shaquille ale Brown, and Brown passed away today at 90, eight days short of his 91st birthday.
Here is what Shaq has said about that afternoon.
"He put his arms around me like he found gold."
Brown wrote him letters for years after that. Sent him exercises in the mail. O'Neal came to LSU in 1989 and left in 1992 as the first pick in the NBA draft.
Seven years after he left, Shaq wrote him a letter back.
"The only college coach I ever had, and the only one I ever wanted."
Now understand where Dale Brown came from.
He was born in Minot, North Dakota, and raised by his mother Agnes. She cleaned houses for a living and she had an eighth grade education. He had two older sisters and every one of them worked.
He went to Minot State and earned twelve varsity letters in football, basketball and track.
LSU hired him in March of 1972, and almost nobody in Louisiana knew who he was. The program had not been to the NCAA tournament since 1954.
So he drove the state. He kept nets in his car and he stopped at bare rims he passed and put new ones up.
He won 448 games, which is still the most in school history. Four SEC championships. National coach of the year in 1981. He took LSU to the Final Four twice, and the second time, in 1986, his team was an 11 seed and became the lowest seed ever to get that far.
He spent years arguing that college players should be paid, decades before anybody was ready to hear it.
Now the part that complicates it. For all of that talent he never got past the second round with Shaq. His last four seasons were losing seasons. And LSU went on probation in 1998 after the NCAA found a booster had paid a former player, though the NCAA found nothing on Brown himself, and that player later apologized and said the NCAA had pressured him into it.
He built something else too.
His foundation puts students through school. Specifically students with disabilities, and students whose families have no money. The kind of kid he was.
And here is the part that is hard to take.
Two days ago, LSU announced that Dale Brown had been named the 2027 recipient of the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award. Shaq recorded a video to congratulate him.
He was supposed to accept it in April.
His family said this today.
"We have lost the most loving and most loved man any of us has ever known."
The son of a house cleaner from North Dakota spent his life handing out nets to rims nobody was using, and once asked a 13 year old on an army base in Germany how long he had been a soldier.
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The University of Olivet Men’s Basketball retweeted
I don’t understand why it’s acceptable or just ignored. It’s becoming a sport where one of the foundational rules is seemingly optional.
imagine a dunk without the ball touching the floor within 25 feet of the basket x.com/MindOfBron/sta…
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In October of 2014, a month into the fall semester, Jon Elmore left college and drove home to Charleston, West Virginia.
His grandfather was dying.
Otmer Elmore, in his grandsons' own words, basically raised them. He had played at West Virginia.
So Jon and his brother Ot went eping on a couch, so that somebody was always there.
Here is what that cost them.
The school they walked away from was VMI, where their father Gay Elmore had been the all-time leading scorer. Ot had already given up a season so the two of them could play four years together.
Neither brother ever played one game there.
Their grandfather died a few months later.
And then VMI would not release them.
A family friend helping the Elmores said they believed about $50,000 would cover the scholarship money and get both brothers freed. He said the number later came back at around $110,000.
"The family was willing to come up with $50,000. They could not afford $110,000."
The VMI athletic director said both brothers chose to leave, that the releases and the appeals went through the NCAA and letter of intent process and were not granted, and that the school wished the family well.
Jon lost a year of eligibility over it.
He enrolled at Marshall and paid his own way.
And then he went and played intramural basketball.
That is where Marshall found him. By December of 2015 he was on the varsity.
Here is what he did once he got there. 19.8 points and 5.9 assists a game over 133 games. All-time leading scorer in Conference USA. All-time leading scorer at Marshall. In 2018 he put up 27 points in an upset of Wichita State for the first NCAA Tournament win in school history.
He is the only player in the history of Division I basketball with 2,500 points and 750 assists.
Nobody drafted him in 2019.
So he went to Italy. Then Italy again. Then Greece. Then Hungary. Then Lithuania.
Then the G League, and this is the part that should stop you.
The Miami Heat signed him in September of 2023 and waived him the same day.
The Sacramento Kings signed him in September of 2025 and waived him the next day.
Then Turkey. Then back to the Stockton Kings, where he won a G League championship. Then Canada.
Last night, on a training camp deal with the San Antonio Spurs, at 30 years old, after seven years as a professional on four continents, Jon Elmore walked onto the floor against the Atlanta Hawks.
It was a preseason game. He is competing for the last spot on the roster and he still has to make it.
But eleven years ago he was 18 years old, asleep on a couch in Charleston, taking his shift so the man who raised him would not be alone.
He gave up the year. He never did get it back.
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His grandfather was dying.
Otmer Elmore, in his grandsons' own words, basically raised them. He had played at West Virginia.
So Jon and his brother Ot went eping on a couch, so that somebody was always there.
Here is what that cost them.
The school they walked away from was VMI, where their father Gay Elmore had been the all-time leading scorer. Ot had already given up a season so the two of them could play four years together.
Neither brother ever played one game there.
Their grandfather died a few months later.
And then VMI would not release them.
A family friend helping the Elmores said they believed about $50,000 would cover the scholarship money and get both brothers freed. He said the number later came back at around $110,000.
"The family was willing to come up with $50,000. They could not afford $110,000."
The VMI athletic director said both brothers chose to leave, that the releases and the appeals went through the NCAA and letter of intent process and were not granted, and that the school wished the family well.
Jon lost a year of eligibility over it.
He enrolled at Marshall and paid his own way.
And then he went and played intramural basketball.
That is where Marshall found him. By December of 2015 he was on the varsity.
Here is what he did once he got there. 19.8 points and 5.9 assists a game over 133 games. All-time leading scorer in Conference USA. All-time leading scorer at Marshall. In 2018 he put up 27 points in an upset of Wichita State for the first NCAA Tournament win in school history.
He is the only player in the history of Division I basketball with 2,500 points and 750 assists.
Nobody drafted him in 2019.
So he went to Italy. Then Italy again. Then Greece. Then Hungary. Then Lithuania.
Then the G League, and this is the part that should stop you.
The Miami Heat signed him in September of 2023 and waived him the same day.
The Sacramento Kings signed him in September of 2025 and waived him the next day.
Then Turkey. Then back to the Stockton Kings, where he won a G League championship. Then Canada.
Last night, on a training camp deal with the San Antonio Spurs, at 30 years old, after seven years as a professional on four continents, Jon Elmore walked onto the floor against the Atlanta Hawks.
It was a preseason game. He is competing for the last spot on the roster and he still has to make it.
But eleven years ago he was 18 years old, asleep on a couch in Charleston, taking his shift so the man who raised him would not be alone.
He gave up the year. He never did get it back.
For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap x @ONTapHoops
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The University of Olivet Men’s Basketball retweeted
Thank to to the @BCAMCoaches today. I loved the clinic and the great turnout. Michigan HS basketball is in great hands!
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Great weekend at the @BCAMCoaches Clinic celebrating 50 years of basketball leadership in Michigan. Took away a ton on spacing, paint touches, transition, guarding the ball, special situations, advantage/disadvantage play, and keeping the main thing the main thing. Always g. 🏀 Also glad I got to spend time talking with @coachware and @Coach_Coatney #BCAM #BasketballCoach #CoachingClinic
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The University of Olivet Men’s Basketball retweeted
Was an honor for our program to participate in the annual @BCAMCoaches clinic on Sunday. As always an incredible lineup of speakers and engagement. Thank you to the entire BCAM staff for your passionate work!
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The University of Olivet Men’s Basketball retweeted
Day 2 of @BCAMCoaches Clinic. Line up today includes: @thacoachmike , @SamPurcellMSU , @CoachRhoades, and the @UOlivetMBB team. Looking forward to learning even more.
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The @UOlivetfootball team won a wild 43-41 double overtime thriller against North Park. Khanye Donalson scored the winning touchdown and 2-point conversion.
READ -- olivetcomets.com/x/5j7s6
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READ -- olivetcomets.com/x/5j7s6
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The University of Olivet Men’s Basketball retweeted
Heck of a ball game. Happy that we’re 2-0!
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After scoring four goals in two games, Marcel Jackson from The @UOlivetMSOC team has been voted the @MIAA1888 Offensive Player of the Week.
READ -- olivetcomets.com/x/590yq
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READ -- olivetcomets.com/x/590yq
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