Reading the Catching up with... series on the homepage, I am so glad they did a feature on Walter Jordan. For the young set, he was a 4-year starter and arguably the face of the team on some very good teams in the 70's. Matter of fact, my first game at Mackey, Parkinson set the Big 10 assist record (without looking, I would bet it still stands) and Jordan was awesome. I distinctly remember him waving a towel upon being announced a starter in each game. BTW, it is interesting, he took a certain blame for the disappointing Senior season he and the other seniors experienced on a loaded '77-78 team. I always felt the same; perhaps Schauss stayed 1 year too long. Well, at least that led up to our back-to-back Final 4 appearances, albeit under a way different regime.
So when MJ made national news in the early/mid '80's, I always thought, when anyone said 'Jordan', there is only 1 'Jordan' in Purdue land. (Relax, everybody, I am not comparing the 2.)
So when MJ made national news in the early/mid '80's, I always thought, when anyone said 'Jordan', there is only 1 'Jordan' in Purdue land. (Relax, everybody, I am not comparing the 2.)