Now, more than a half-century later, I'm logging off at WDRB.

Before there was Darrell Griffith, Pervis Ellison or any other recruit who believed in Denny Crum's basketball vision at the University of Louisville, somebody had to be first to commit to a rookie coach.

Purdue's Zach Edey and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks, while Kansas had a second straight first-teamer in Jalen Wilson.

Thank you, Antoine Davis. Thank you so much.

Pratt was one of the good guys, quick with a kind word, generous with his time and reassuring with his demeanor. 

Today, Pratt, 73, faces his most difficult challenge: beating cancer.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — This is the time of the year that I call college basketball withdrawal — and it’s not pleasant.