[PallMal]

RIP.

Lute Olsen also died last week.

[Da Coyote]

Ah, Georgetown. One of the many schools formerly known as Catholic.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Thompson was a great NCAA college coach - I remember that team with Pat Ewing which went up against Dean Smith’s Tarheels - a team which had Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins - and Georgetown fought them down to the wire. RIP.

[cdcdawg]

It’s not nice to speak ill of the dead, so RIP, Coach Thompson.

[Palio di Siena]

every bit as racist as Adolph Rupp.

[PGalt]

Condolence to family and friends of John Thomson and Lute Olson. RIP, men. Thanks.

[PGalt]

Condolence to family and friends of John Thomson and Lute Olson. RIP, men. Thanks.

[goodnesswins]

So did Cliff Robinson

[ml/nj]

John Thompson turned thugs into gentlemen. RIP.

ML/NJ

[Psalm 73]

John Thompson, Georgetown basketball coach. AKA Bill Russel's back-up.

That's two great careers right there.

[Tommy Revolts]

RIP John Thompson, Hall of Famer!
Thompson was a man of conviction.

"Lute Olsen also died last week".

RIP Lute Olson, Hall of Famer!
Same Era! Lute was at Iowa. I watched Georgetown vs Iowa in the Elite Eight back then, a 1 pointer. Those were the best college basketball years.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Old Yeller]

When Thompson was coach, I used to think that Georgetown was a black college, based on the composition of the b-ball team.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Ping

[Cowboy Bob]

Te father of Thugball.

[rfp1234]

R.I.P.

[Vermont Lt]

I met him a couple of times.

He seemed like a decent guy. He helped a bunch of kids. That’s a pretty good epitaph.

May he Rest In Peace.

[colorado tanker]

I loved listening to his commentary during March Madness. Very astute and well-spoken.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

From way back when college basketball was worth watching an the Big East was great.