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Apr 3, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS Among the more underrated aspects of the Phi Slama Jama legacy is an unparalleled collection of nicknames. Back when the Houston men’s basketball team soared and dunked and slammed its way into college hoops history, the Cougars featured
The Dream (Hakeem Olajuwon),
Mr. Mean (Larry Micheaux), a
Silent Assassin (Michael Young), a
Cadillac (Gregory Anderson) and the
Bomber From Bernice (Benny Anders). A team with that collection of monikers deserved its own reality show.
Houston’s Phi Slama run those high-flying, fast-paced, highlight-producing, convention-defying squads from 1982–84 certainly qualified for prime-time TV. Teammates called Lynden Rose, an ’82 co-captain, by the less-than-politically-correct nickname