The sports media dubbed them The Mod Squad, but to the college basketball establishment they were...JACKSONVILLE WHO?
The Dolphins play for an unknown school in a relatively unknown city with a troubled history of racial division and conflict.
Now the season ahead is about to take this team from straight out of nowhere to the heart of March Madness.
The smallest school ever to reach the NCAA basketball finals, the JU Dolphins will face defending champion UCLA in title game; with the Bruins looking to make it four titles in a row for their coach, The Wizard of Westwood.
Along the way in their legendary 1969-70 season, the JU Dolphins will break down racial barriers, and bring their own playful brand of revolution to basketball in the Deep South.
ARTIS GILMORE
7'2" gentle giant.
Led Jacksonville to the brink of an NCAA championship.
Member, National Basketball Hall of Fame.
GEORGE RAVELING
Discovered Artis Gilmore in High School.
Member, National Basketball Hall of Fame.
DAN ISSEL
University of Kentucky All-America.
Member, National Basketball Hall of Fame.
JOE WILLIAMS
JU Head Basketball Coach.
He had the vision and the plan.
HON. ALVIN BROWN
JU Graduate 1985/1989.
First black mayor of Jacksonville.
NAT GLOVER
First black sheriff of Jacksonville.
PEMBROOK BURROWS III
JU's other seven footer.
With Artis formed basketball's first Twin Towers.
REX MORGAN
JU's All American forward.
JAY THOMAS
JU Graduate 1972.
Two Time Emmy Award Winning Actor.
TIM COST
JU Graduate 1981.
President, Jacksonville University.
DR. FRAN KINNE
100 year old former President, Jacksonville University.
