HOLY HOOPS
[This article consists of photographs--see below]
COLOR CHART: CHART BY SCOTT MENCHINOver the past decade a handful of programs have so dominated college basketball that they've taken on almost denominational status. Each has a clannish orthodoxy, with its own cathedrals, holy men, liturgy, rituals and, from time to time, some deus ex machina that the faithful point to as proof that, yes, they really are blessed. The implications of college hoops' becoming a sacrament may be profane to contemplate--could Dick Vitale really be ...Jim Bakker?--but we ignore them at our peril. To help sort out the rival faiths, we've put together this handy reference chart. (If your command of ecclesiastical history is wanting, turn to the key on page 153.)[Classifies coaches, players, fans, and other aspects of basketball programs at North Carolina, UCLA, Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, Georgetown, Michigan, Indiana, Louisville, Arkansas, and UNLV under the following categories: High Priest, Devil Incarnate, Miracle Moment, Time In Hell, True Believers, The Chosen One, Sacred Tradition]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN [Dean Smith]
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN BIEVER [Mike Krzyzewski]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN [Michael Jordan shooting game-winning shot against Georgetown University]
TWO COLOR PHOTOS: MANNY MILLAN [Jerry Stackhouse being drafted into NBA; Rasheed Wallace being drafted into NBA]
B/W ILLUSTRATION [Drawing of people in formal wear at cocktail party]
COLOR PHOTO [Shoes of person leaping into air]
B/W ILLUSTRATION [Drawing of hand holding up four fingers]COLOR PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON[John Wooden]
B/W PHOTO: SAXON/AP[Sam Gilbert]
COLOR PHOTO: PAUL SANCYA/INDIANAPOLIS NEWS [Tyus Edney shooting game-winning shot against University of Missouri]
COLOR PHOTO: PETER READ MILLER[Larry Farmer]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN[Jack Nicholson]
COLOR PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON[Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)]
COLOR PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON [John Wooden's hand holding rolled-up program]
B/W PHOTO: UPI/BETTMANN [Phog Allen]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN [Norm Stewart]
COLOR PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON[Larry Brown] B/W PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON1957 [Wilt Chamberlain]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN[University of Kansas fans waving arms in unison]
COLOR PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON[Danny Manning]
B/W PHOTO [Man with crew cut]
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN D. HANLON [Adolph Rupp]
COLOR PHOTO [Emery logo]
COLOR PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON [Jack Givens]
B/W PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON [Texas Western player cutting down net] COLOR PHOTO: HEINZ KLUETMEIER[Horse racing fans]
COLOR PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON [Kyle Macy]
B/W PHOTO: TOM MORAN [Kyle Macy's free-throw-shooting ritual]COLOR PHOTO: JOHN BIEVER [Mike Krzyzewski]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN[Dean Smith]
COLOR PHOTO: DAMIAN STROHMEYER [Christian Laettner shooting game-winning shot againstUniversity of Kentucky]
COLOR PHOTO: BOB DONNAN [Pete Gaudet]
COLOR PHOTO: BOB DONNAN [Duke University fans (Cameron Crazies)] COLOR PHOTO: JOHN BIEVER [Bobby Hurley]
COLOR PHOTO [Blue handprints on basketball court]COLOR PHOTO: ANDY HAYT[John Thompson]
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN IACONO [Jim Boeheim]
COLOR PHOTO: RICHARD MACKSON[John Thompson and Georgetown University player celebrating]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN[Fred Brown]
B/W PHOTO: NIKE [Spike Lee in commercial]
COLOR PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON[Patrick Ewing]
COLOR PHOTO: ANTHONY NESTE[John Thompson's towel on his shoulder]
COLOR PHOTO: TONY TOMSIC [Bo Schembechler] COLOR PHOTO: JOHN BIEVER [Bill Frieder]
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN W. MCDONOUGH[Rumeal Robinson]
COLOR PHOTO: JOE DEVERA/DETROIT NEWS [Chris Webber calling timeout]
COLOR PHOTO: GEORGE TIEDEMANN[Aerial view of Michigan Stadium] B/W PHOTO: RICH CLARKSON[Cazzie Russell]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN[Legs of basketball player wearing long, baggy shorts]
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN W. MCDONOUGH[Bobby Knight]
COLOR PHOTO: JERRY WACHTER[John Feinstein]
COLOR PHOTO: JERRY WACHTER [Keith Smart shooting game-winning shot against SyracuseUniversity] COLOR ILLUSTRATION [Broken folding chair]
COLOR PHOTO: HENRY DILTZ/ONYX[John Cougar Mellencamp]
COLOR PHOTO: CARL SKALAK[Steve Alford]
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN BIEVER [Bobby Knight's red sweater]
COLOR PHOTO: BILL LUSTER [Denny Crum]
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN BIEVER [Rick Pitino with drawing of flames coming from his mouth]
B/W ILLUSTRATION [Drawing of prosthetic thumb]
B/W PHOTO 1975 [Terry Howard's boxscore from NCAA semifinal game]
COLOR PHOTO: HEINZ KLUETMEIER [Horse racing fans]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN [Darrell Griffith] COLOR PHOTO: JOHN W. MCDONOUGH [Hands dunking basketball]
COLOR PHOTO: DAVID E. KLUTHO [Nolan Richardson] COLOR PHOTO: JAMES D. SMITH [U.S. Reed hitting game-winning shot]COLOR PHOTO: RICHARD MACKSON [Toby Bailey]
COLOR PHOTO: JAY DAVES [Bill Clinton wearing hog hat]
COLOR PHOTO: MANNY MILLAN [Sidney Moncrief]
COLOR PHOTO: DAVID E. KLUTHO[Nolan Richardson's boots]
COLOR ILLUSTRATION [Drawing of shark's fin placed in photo of ocean]
COLOR PHOTO: GREG CAVA[Robert Maxson]
COLOR PHOTO: DAVID E. KLUTHO[Brent Musburger interviewing Jerry Tarkanian and UNLV players]B/W PHOTO: LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL[UNLV players in newspaper photo with Richie (the Fixer) Perry]
COLOR PHOTO [Gucci logo]
COLOR PHOTO: DAVID E. KLUTHO[Larry Johnson]
COLOR PHOTO: DAVID E. KLUTHO[Jerry Tarkanian's towel]