Joe Hurst (Hobart Devils) on 1980s Tassie Hoops and his 1988 MVP season - a podcast by The Aussie Hoopla Team
from 2020-10-23T08:16:29
Topics include;
- Joe Hurst's current role as Bendigo Basketball's director of coaching.and how it allows him to stay close to the development of Australian Basketball (2:00)
- His basketball roots in Illinois and his college basketball career at Northwest Missouri State University (9:00)
- A brief NBA stint with the Kansas City Kings in 1985 (12:00)
- How Joe found his way to the Hobart Devils and funny stories from arriving in Australia (21:00)
- Joe Hursts 1988 MVP season (31:00)
- Joe Hurst drops 51 points against the Brisbane Bullets to keep his job (38:00)
- The 1989 NBL season (44:00)
- Playing as an import in Sweden, Croatia, Indonesia and Iceland (54:00)
- The 1992 NBL season (1:00:00)
- His role as father/coach of his daughter Ahlise Hurst who currently plays at the University of New Mexico (1:05:00)
- The highlights of his career and the biggest obstacles he faced (1:17:00)
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