Tip-Off Club honors Final Four team
Jimmy Carter
Issue date: 3/9/09 Section: Sports
Lee Mayberry, All-American (top) and Todd Day, two-time All-American
Richardson and six players from the squad that finished 30-5 overall and won the Southwest Conference championship were in attendance, along with event organizer and then-Razorback assistant Wayne Stehlik.
Richardson and Stehlik both said the Tip-Off Club's recognition of the championship team last January provided the spark for the official honoring of the 1994 national championship team at halftime of the Georgia game and ultimately Friday's luncheon.
"There's no question what Wayne Stehlik and the Tip-Off Club did to bring a group of guys together and honor them (led to the university's recognition of the championship team)," Richardson said. "I'm sure it had an impact on what happened."
Former All-American guard Lee Mayberry was in attendance along with Arlyn Bowers, Shawn Davis, Clyde Fletcher, Cannon Whitby and Darrell Hawkins. Tyler Haskins, the son of the late Larry Marks, was in attendance to represent his father.
All-American forward Todd Day and All-Southwest Conference center Oliver Miller were among the players unable to attend, but those who were captivated the audience with memories from their careers at Arkansas, many of them centered on Richardson.
Bowers said Richardson was the worst person in the world to see when Richardson was angry with you.
"That 'Jaws' music, that 'Godzilla' music - that's what you hear when he's coming," Bowers said. "I still straighten up when I see him now."
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