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Basketball: Newell painting to be unveiled
By Jeff Faraudo
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 at 9:13 pm in Basketball, Honors.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the NCAA basketball tournament, the NCAA has commissioned paintings of each of the coaches of the winning teams.
Artist Opie Otterstad’s portrait of the late Cal coach Pete Newell hoisting the 1959 championship trophy will be unveiled during a private reception prior to Thursday’s home game against UCLA, then displayed to fans at halftime.
The original artwork then will be auctioned off, beginning Feb. 15 through www.NCAA.com/ART. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Here is Newell’s portrait:
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February 13th, 2013 at 10:29 am
Wow! In 1959 Cal won an NC in basketball and played in the Rose Bowl. The fans back then probably thought this would happen often…still waiting…grrrrr…
Go Bears!
February 13th, 2013 at 10:39 am
30 years ago, I thought it was a long time ago…grrrrr is right!
February 13th, 2013 at 11:00 am
Won the college world series in 57 as well.