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Love this! My favorite Modie Cox memory for the Bulls was against Boston College at Alumni. UB was giving them a game, their gameplan was for Modie to dribble the ball just past mid court and wait till there were about 10 seconds left on the shot clock. He would drive to the net and either get fouled, make the layup, or dish it off. It kept working and BC didn't know what to do. BC called a timeout, the crowd was going nuts, someone almost hit Jim O'Brien with a can and he flipped out. Dec 11, 1993. BC won that game by 13 in the end, that team went to the Elite Eight in the tournament. That was back when big conference teams actually had the guts to come and play UB here. The 1993-94 season saw BC, Miami (FL), Duquesne, and Pittsburgh all come to Alumni.

Looks like his range from behind the arc is no issue. Would seem to be a good find if we can get him

Uptown Hibachi is an excellent nickname with potential for NIL opportunities with the many Asian restaurants around North Campus.

Here is the plan, what we need.... https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/candid-coaches-what-nil-price-is-a-projected-high-major-starter-in-the-transfer-looking-portal-looking-for/amp/ GH3: Buyout is probably $325,000 x 3 or 4 years = $975k Somewhere between $100,000 and $200,000 Somewhere between $200,000 and $300,000 Somewhere between $300,000 and $400,000 In my estimation, factoring in the coaches' buyout and the recruitment of six to seven individuals, we're aiming for a budget of $1.4-1.6 million. Additionally, securing buy games will require an extra half a million, and allocating funds for charter flights during non-conference and select MAC games adds another million to the equation. I propose a shift in our focus from donations to the school and construction projects towards acquiring a coach and players. If we do things correctly, we can go after Hurley when and if he gets fired in 12 months. I am ready to spearhead this effort and arrange a meeting to launch the initiative. Does anyone have contacts with high-level donors? With the necessary financial support, we can effectively oversee the department through the NIL efforts. Upon achieving a consistently sold-out Alumni Arena, the resulting revenue can be directed towards the ongoing fundraising projects. The weaponization on the NIL front is fully underway, let's start Horns United Annual Fundraising Goals 1.2-1.4 million for players annual 1 million - one time to buy out GH3 1 million for buy games (UNC, etc) annually 1 million for charter flights

Alumni Arena is the house that Modie Cox built.

This is long, LONG overdue. But I had heard in the past they wanted to honor him but since he was off coaching during the season, it was difficult to schedule/arrange. Turner Battle and company (Bird, Bortz, Gilbert) were the ones who set this program on the path to competing and winning things. I don't know how they convinced a top 100 recruit to come here, especially considering where the program was at the time, but that was a leap few if any others would make. (Apparently it was over offers at Pitt and Virginia Tech, because he wanted to play for Reggie). And it got the ball rolling for everything afterwards. With all due respect to Wes Clark, who I consider the most talented player they've ever had, CJ, Watt, McCrea, Perkins...Turner is still the guy I want with the ball in his hand running the show at the end if we need a score. Battle (in an article at the time): "me and the other seniors always dreamed of turning this program around." Those are the kind of guys we need for next year. In the world of unlimited transfers and NIL money I realize that's a tough stretch. As for future players to be honored, you have to consider Watt and McCrea since they won MAC player of the year awards. Watt in his senior year was almost unstoppable at times at both ends of the court. CJ is a no brainer someday, probably Perkins as well. Maybe Idbihi. The bar might be too high for Mike Martinho, Calvin Cage, Will Regan. I'll dig out my old Mighty Maniacs shirt for Saturday's game.