Maguire University is a fictitious college invented in 1963 by a group of Chicago high school basketball coaches, for the sole purpose of securing tickets to the NCAA Final Four.
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Maguire "University" is born
The idea was hatched by then-Fenwick High School coach Len Tyrrell at Maguire's Pub in Forest Park, Illinois. The NCAA fell for it, and so did at least one real school: the United States Air Force Academy, which contacted Tyrrell (Maguire's self-proclaimed "Chancellor") and asked to play his nonexistent team.
Maguire (nicknamed "the Jollymen") received Final Four tickets for two years, until Bill Jauss wrote about the scam in the Chicago Tribune. The NCAA was not amused. The coaches then had to acquire their own tickets, and at least one of them has attended every Final Four (or, as they call it, Final 'Five') ever since. Maguire's motto, "We Play Hurt", is a reference to the hangovers accrued by Maguire's "students".
The Maguire University 50th Year Celebration in 2012 was held in New Orleans at the Hotel le Marais.
For the 2017 Final Four, Maguire U. was held at the Saguaro Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona.
San Antonio, TX welcomes back the Four Four in 2018 and Maguire's Headquarters will be based out the Drury Riverwalk Hotel
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Officers
Founder: John Maguire (Founder and President, 1961 - 1976)
President: Art Duffy (Hall of Fame, 1998)
Treasurer: D.J. Moore (Hall of Fame, 2016)
Treasurer Emeritus: Meg Comer (Hall of Fame, 2013)
Director of Admissions and Alumni Relations: Jimmy Dillon (Hall of Fame, 2005)
Vice Presidents: George Hoey and Beth LaRocca (Hall of Fame, 2004)
Recording Secretary: Shawn Roberts (Hall of Fame, 2008)
Maguire University Hall of Fame Members
Listed by Year of Induction
2016
Ray Carci
DJ Moore
2015
Bob Hahner
Kevin Maguire
2014
Mike Bullock
Kyle Sprinkle
Randall Meeks
2013
Meg Comer
Cathy Duffy
Billy Rice
2012
Mary Costello
Jim Hague
2010
Jim Abercrombie
Tom Scanlan
2008
Matt Church
2005
Jim Dillon
1996
Arthur S Duffy
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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