Towson State forwards Ralph Blalock and Ralph Biggs would eventually enjoy lengthy professional careers overseas. Well, nine of Towson State's scholarship players were freshmen or sophomores.Ī number of those Cardinals would go on to play in the NBA – center Samaki Walker (Dallas, San Antonio, LA, Miami, Washington, Indiana), guard DeJuan Wheat (Minnesota, Vancouver), forward Eric Johnson (Utah) and guard Alvin Sims (Phoenix). Ten of Crum's 12 scholarship players were freshmen or sophomores." This was Denny's youngest team at Louisville up to that point. In a Novemblog, Nick Coffey listed the Towson State loss among Louisville's five worst ever: "I'm not sure why Denny Crum and the Cardinals played a road game at Towson State in Towson, Maryland in 1995, but it happened and they lost 81-69. It didn't take the Louisville faithful long to begin to alibi for their Cardinals. (Note: Coach Truax passed away Februat the age of 70). We had to go back to Freedom Hall twice which didn't seem like a bad trade when we considered having Louisville come to Baltimore in the Towson Center." So it wasn't that big of a surprise when he called at that late date to ask if we could fit them in. "Whenever they would meet they would talk at length. "Terry knew Coach Crum from the recruiting trails," said Jim Meil, Truax's longtime assistant. To begin with, the game was a fortuitous event, added to the schedule just two months prior when Crum contacted Tiger head coach Terry Truax to see if Towson State could accommodate his Cardinals who were a contest shy of the number of regular season games allowed at the time.
The Tiger Throwback series is presented by Hollenshades. On any given night … it can happen … and it certainly did for Towson State men's basketball on a cold January evening in 1995 when the host Tigers upset Denny Crum's visiting Louisville Cardinals 81-69 in the Towson Center to the delight of 4,281 fans.
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