JACKSONVILLE, FL – MARCH 19: Mississippi Rebels and Xavier Musketeers players run by the logo at mid-court during the second round of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on March 19, 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Coming from New England, I can't stress enough how much John Thompson meant to me and the game of basketball in so many ways on and off the court..Me being a huge Providence College fan for my entire life and John being a PC alum from 1964 and then becoming the head coach at Georgetown was someone I always rooted for with the exception of when they played my beloved Friars..When he won the title in 1984, not only becoming the first African-American head coach to win a championship but as he said, "there was a brotherhood, a togetherness because a school from the Northeast had finally won a title, and that meant something.."..He was one of a kind, a true legend...Rest in peace Big John....
