Daily News | Chris Ford’s big basketball life remembered by Villanova teammates
He also coached the Celtics for five seasons, went on to coach Milwaukee, the Los Angeles Clippers, and 30 games as interim coach of the 2003-04 Sixers, where Ford famously didn’t go for Allen Iverson’s “practice?” routine.Asked about Ford as a player and coach, former ‘Nova teammate Tom Ingelsby interjected, “Friend and grandfather.”
They were the backcourt, splitting up 17 assists between them in that UCLA game, although if asked for a favorite memory from 1970-71, Ingelsby went back to the game that got them to the Final Four, the 90-47 win over previously unbeaten Penn. The pair eventually had their jerseys retired together in 2006.
But a hot dog? Opposing Big 5 crowds took it and ran with it, bringing hot dogs to the Palestra to throw his way. Ingelsby said he didn’t think Ford liked the label. Villanova under Jack Kraft would play what was known as a Ball Defense, a matchup zone, with Ford on one of the wings. What really stood out to O’Hanlon, who reached an NCAA regional final when Ford was a sophomore with him, was how even on three-on-one fast breaks, Ford the only defender back, “He would never get scored on. He was so long, like an octopus.”
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