Skip

After my post about Duke v. Pitt two weeks ago, I decided to take an unofficial vacation from BRB until the season started to approach but the news of Skip Prosser's sudden and tragic death has forced me to write a post.

Although Wake has been down the past two seasons, the death of Prosser is a huge blow for Wake Forest, the ACC, and college basketball. Having only seen Prosser a few times a year (usually against Duke), I never could tell if he was a good guy or not but I could always tell that he was a good college basketball coach. Having read articles all day, I must say, college basketball lost one of the good guys. To me, losing anyone is too soon but especially in Prosser's case. At 56, he appeared to show no signs of letting up and he seemed determined to build Wake Forest back up into an ACC and national powerhouse. He was on the right track after landing two big-time recruits only two weeks ago.

Many will speculate whether or not these young prospects will attend Wake now after this sudden tragedy but I won't be one of them, at least not now. Today is about honoring a fallen coach and exceptional foe on the courts. My prayers are with his entire family as they get through this arduous ordeal.