When a friend asked about the pick, I responded, "well at least now there will be a player or coach smart enough to know when to call a timeout." The team was that dumb and dysfunctional.

Side story on Mullin. During the tournament (85), St John's was playing in SLC. I was friends with Jeff Chatman at the time and he ran into Mullin at a party and was shocked to see Mullin tossing down cocktails. He said Mullin was trashed. This was between St John's games with Southern and Arkansas. It wasn't public yet the demons Mullin wasn't facing. Despite the alcoholism, Mullin played great in that tournament.