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<blockquote data-quote="43rd Parallel" data-source="post: 129246510" data-attributes="member: 1065941"><p><strong>Mickey Furfari: Popovich chose baseball over basketball</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>AN EXCERPT:</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Besides playing two years as an infielder for WVU, he played on the 1958-59 freshman basketball team in scoring with 18.3 points per game. He then played 16 varsity games and earned a letter to go with his 1959-60 season as a teammate of <strong>Jerry West.</strong></p><p>Popovich had been known as a superstar with the basketball himself at Flemington High. He averaged <strong>41.3 points </strong>per game. That set an all-time state scoring record.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bdtonline.com/sports/popovich-chose-baseball-over-basketball-for-years-in-the-major/article_efe3a706-cd1b-11e4-b6b0-1f967541b0a1.html">Bluefield Daily Telegraph</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="43rd Parallel, post: 129246510, member: 1065941"] [b]Mickey Furfari: Popovich chose baseball over basketball[/b] [B]AN EXCERPT:[/B] Besides playing two years as an infielder for WVU, he played on the 1958-59 freshman basketball team in scoring with 18.3 points per game. He then played 16 varsity games and earned a letter to go with his 1959-60 season as a teammate of [B]Jerry West.[/B] Popovich had been known as a superstar with the basketball himself at Flemington High. He averaged [B]41.3 points [/B]per game. That set an all-time state scoring record. [URL=http://www.bdtonline.com/sports/popovich-chose-baseball-over-basketball-for-years-in-the-major/article_efe3a706-cd1b-11e4-b6b0-1f967541b0a1.html]Bluefield Daily Telegraph[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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