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When I worked for the Morgantown Dominion-News in my senior year at WVU, my first published photo was of Hot Rod Hundley, who passed away today in Phoenix at the age of 80.

Every photo of Hot Rod was electric and a classic, even for a neophyte.

RIP, No. 33. You'll always be No. 1 in the hearts of WVU fans. Well, co-No. 1. Can't diss the East Bank wonder, Jerry West.

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Wow, the man was magic with a basketball. Hundley, West and Thorn. The big three from WV. I doubt we'll ever see their equals again. RIP Hot Rod.
 
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In my opinion, Hot Rod was the beginning of the golden...


...era of West Virginia University basketball.

He was idolized by every schoolboy player in West Virginia once he burst upon the national scene of college basketball. "Hot Rod" was on the lips and actions of mountain state youth. He played with brilliance, entertained like a showman, and gave the college game a shot in the arm in an age of status quo.

His hook shots still are dancing in the heads of those who saw him play. His ball handling antics, from spinning the ball on his fingers to dribble scooting along the floor like Marques Haynes, endear him to all watched him in old Mountaineer Fieldhouse.

There is lightning in the bottle. Then there was lightning on the basketball court...Rodney Clark "Hot Rod" Hundley.
 
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King Coal, you're right, he was a good play by play man. But, oddly enough, apparently our "friends" at ESPN think that's all he was. Was watching this morning and saw the blurb that showed they would be talking about him soon. When they came back after the break they mentioned his stint with the Jazz and that was it. No mention of where he played his college ball. Nothing about his ball handling skills. Nothing about how unique he was for his time. To them he was just a talking head like them. But, at least his head wasn't empty.
 
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Check out 0:51 to 0:59 seconds. Wow. It is funny. I imagine the 1950s as everyone being straight-laced and conformist. Here was Hot Rod... show-boating. I love it! Look at the shot he took - in a game - from one knee. ha ha
I read stories about him shooting free throws with his eyes closed, too. (Imagine Huggs coaching him. )



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