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recollection as well.
Coward was 2nd team Detriot PSL as a senior after being 3rd team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore and freshman. However I think there were considerable questions if he was going to qualify academically (and retroactively its now known MU improperly helped to make that occur) so that probably decreased his recruiting profile.
Here is an interesting article about Buntin/Coward from Jan 1988:
That shaky guard and that skinny forward Marvin Branch once played with in high school have grown up and out.
Lee Coward and Nathan Buntin were sophomores when Branch was the starting senior center for Murray-Wright High in Detroit, Mich., a few years back.
“Lee has really improved a lot,” says Branch. “He handles the ball better, and he’s more of a pure shooter. Nathan was real thin back then, but he looks a lot better now.”
Coward and Buntin now play for Missouri while Branch, of course, is a starter at Kansas, and that means the former Detroit prep teammates will be on opposite sides when the two schools start the Big Eight basketball season on Saturday.
“On the court, it’s going to be all business,” said Branch about the reunion with his high school teammates. “After that, we can all be friends again.”
Branch played pick-up games with both Coward and Buntin last summer in the Motor City.
“They kinda bragged on their Big Eight championship rings, and said they’d repeat,” Branch reported. “And Lee mentioned how those shots fell for him last year.”
Those shots…meaning the two that won games against Kansas.
A year ago in Columbia, Coward swished a three-pointer from the corner to give the Tigers a 63-60 victory. Then, in the finals of the Big Eight tournament, the 6-2 guard popped in a 12-footer to give Mizzou a 67-65 win.
All three meetings between the two teams last season were decided in the last five seconds. Coward’s shots came at :03 and :04 respectively while Chris Piper’s free throw at :05 gave Kansas a 71-70 win in Allen Fieldhouse.
Edited by FIJItiger at 14:16:23 on 08/30/23
Coward was 2nd team Detriot PSL as a senior after being 3rd team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore and freshman. However I think there were considerable questions if he was going to qualify academically (and retroactively its now known MU improperly helped to make that occur) so that probably decreased his recruiting profile.
Here is an interesting article about Buntin/Coward from Jan 1988:
That shaky guard and that skinny forward Marvin Branch once played with in high school have grown up and out.
Lee Coward and Nathan Buntin were sophomores when Branch was the starting senior center for Murray-Wright High in Detroit, Mich., a few years back.
“Lee has really improved a lot,” says Branch. “He handles the ball better, and he’s more of a pure shooter. Nathan was real thin back then, but he looks a lot better now.”
Coward and Buntin now play for Missouri while Branch, of course, is a starter at Kansas, and that means the former Detroit prep teammates will be on opposite sides when the two schools start the Big Eight basketball season on Saturday.
“On the court, it’s going to be all business,” said Branch about the reunion with his high school teammates. “After that, we can all be friends again.”
Branch played pick-up games with both Coward and Buntin last summer in the Motor City.
“They kinda bragged on their Big Eight championship rings, and said they’d repeat,” Branch reported. “And Lee mentioned how those shots fell for him last year.”
Those shots…meaning the two that won games against Kansas.
A year ago in Columbia, Coward swished a three-pointer from the corner to give the Tigers a 63-60 victory. Then, in the finals of the Big Eight tournament, the 6-2 guard popped in a 12-footer to give Mizzou a 67-65 win.
All three meetings between the two teams last season were decided in the last five seconds. Coward’s shots came at :03 and :04 respectively while Chris Piper’s free throw at :05 gave Kansas a 71-70 win in Allen Fieldhouse.
Edited by FIJItiger at 14:16:23 on 08/30/23
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Thanks, appreciate the insight. That aligns with my - FIJItiger MU - 8/30 14:15:41