NEW TONIGHT, THE LOUISVILLE ZOO IS EXTENDING ITS POPULAR WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL. THE FESTIVAL WILL NOW RUN THROUGH JUNE 4TH. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO END LATER THIS MONTH. WILDLIFE FEATURES HANDCRAFTED AND SILK COVERED FLOWERS, ANIMALS AND ILLUMINATED ARCHWAYS. THE ZOO IS ALSO STARTING A WILD LIGHTS PHOTO CONTEST ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE. A WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN EACH WEEK AND EACH WINNER WILL GET FOUR TICKETS TO THE ZOO. REMEMBERING DENNY CRUM. WE HAVE MUCH MORE COVERAGE OF THE HALL OF FAMERS LEGACY ON AND OFF THE COURT AND THE U OF L MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO HELPED START THE HOSPITAL맥스카지노�S FUTURE HEALERS PROGRAM ARE GRADUATING HOW THEIR WORK IS EXPANDING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NEXT ON THE NEWS ATYOU맥스카지노�RE WATCHI COACH CRUM WAS ONE OF US AND WE KNEW HE CAME FROM A WINNING PROGRAM AND THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT WE WANTED TO BE. WE WANTED TO BE A WINNING PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, AT 530, OUR CONTINUED COVERAGE OF THE LEGACY OF DENNY CRUM, THE HALL OF FAME COACH, DEFINED LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL AND CHANGED THE LIVES OF HIS PLAYERS ON AND OFF THE COURT. COACH CRUM PASSED AWAY TODAY AT THE AGE OF 86. HE COACHED FOR 30 YEARS AND IS CREDITED WITH PUTTING U OF L BASKETBALL ON THE MAP AND HIS LEGACY IS ALL AROUND THE CITY. DENNY CRUM CAME TO LOUISVILLE IN 1971 AFTER SERVING AS AN ASSISTANT COACH UNDER LEGENDARY COACH JOHN WOODEN AT UCLA. HE QUICKLY FOUND SUCCESS AT U OF L, TAKING THE CARDINALS TO THE FIRST OF SIX FINAL FOURS IN HIS FIRST SEASON. ONLY FIVE COACHES HAVE COACHED MORE FINAL FOUR TEAMS. COACH CRUM GUIDED THE CARDINALS TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1980 1986, MAKING HIM ONE OF ONLY 14 COACHES IN NCAA HISTORY TO WIN TWO OR MORE TITLES. HE WON 675 GAMES DURING HIS TENURE, LEADING SOME OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS IN THE PROGRAM맥스카지노�S HISTORY, INCLUDING DARRELL GRIFFITH, RODNEY MCCRAY AND PERVIS ELLISON. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME 29 YEARS AGO. TO THIS DAY, CRUM RETIRED AFTER THE 2000 2001 SEASON, BUT CONTINUED TO WORK AS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT AT U OF L FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND HIS LASTING LEGACY CAN BE SEEN ALL AROUND CAMPUS. THE COURT AT THE KFC YUM! CENTER HAS BEEN NAMED IN HIS HONOR AND THE SCHOOL RECENTLY NAMED A NEW RESIDENCE HALL AFTER HIM, AND WE SAT DOWN WITH FORMER PLAYERS OF COACH CRUM WHO TALKED ABOUT NOT JUST THE LEGACY HE LEFT ON THE COURT, BUT THE LASTING IMPACT HE MADE IN THEIR LIVES. MANY ENDED UP STAYING IN LOUISVILLE BECAUSE OF COACH CRUM. AND I THINK ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT WITH HIM ALSO IS THE FACT THAT THE PLAYERS WHO ACTUALLY CAME FROM OTHER STATES STAYED HERE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE UNIVERSITY, NOT BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL, BUT BECAUSE OF HIM AS WELL. HE HAS GROWN TO BE A FRIEND AND A FATHER FIGURE TO A LOT OF US. IT맥스카지노�S KIND OF FUNNY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TEAMMATES THAT WILL GO SEE HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN OTHERS, AND WE WILL COMMONLY SAY, HEY, HOW맥스카지노�S DAD DOING TO THEM? BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP, THAT RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER. HE맥스카지노�S INVITED ME TO GO FISHING TRIPS WITH THEM AT TIMES, GO HUNTING AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS. AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, HE WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY NOT ONLY I CAME HERE, BUT HE맥스카지노�S THE REASON WHY I STAYED. I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM. YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING INTO COACHING, OKAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE TOLD ME? HE GOES, ARE YOU ARE YOU CRAZY? ROD? THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT HE SAID, ARE YOU CRAZY? I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, COACH? HE SAID, DUDE, ONCE YOU GRADUATE FROM HERE, YOU NEED TO LIVE. YOU NEED TO STAY HERE IN LOUISVILLE. THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT HE SAID. YOU NEED TO STAY HERE. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE HERE LOVE, YOU KNOW, THIS UNIVERSITY. THEY LOVE WHAT WE맥스카지노�RE DOING. AND THEY LOVE YOU. AND AND HE SAID, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO LEAVE THAT? AND IT WASN맥스카지노�T JUST PLAYERS. COACH CRUM HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. THAT INCLUDES ANALYST BOB VALVANO, WHO HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT OF THE HALL OF FAMER맥스카지노�S CAREER SPORTS DIRECTOR FRED COWGILL TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE COACHES LEGACY. NEVER CONFUSE WHAT YOU DO WITH WHO YOU ARE AND YOU FIND OUT WHO HE REALLY WAS, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT NOW THERE맥스카지노�S NO MORE THERE맥스카지노�S NO YOU KNOW, HE HAS NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE. HE맥스카지노�S RETIRED. HE맥스카지노�S OUT OF IT. AND YOU SEE, HE맥스카지노�S STILL GOING TO CHARITY. THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. HE맥스카지노�S STILL GOING. HE맥스카지노�S NOT TRYING TO WIN GOODWILL SO THAT YOU맥스카지노�LL SUPPORT HIS TEAM. HE DOESN맥스카지노�T HAVE A TEAM ANYMORE. HE맥스카지노�S JUST. HE맥스카지노�S DENNY CRUM. BOB VALVANO HAD A UNIQUE SEAT FOR THE DENNY CRUM ERA. HE맥스카지노�S A LONGTIME ANALYST ON U OF L BASKETBALL RADIO BROADCASTS, AS WELL AS BEING A NATIONAL ANALYST FOR ESPN AND HOSTING A LOCAL SHOW ON ESPN RADIO. HE ALSO HAS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON CRUM AND HIS IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY AND THE SPORT. VALVANO IS A FORMER HEAD COACH HIMSELF AT BELLARMINE AND HIS BROTHER, JIM VALVANO, COACHED AGAINST CRUM. BOB VALVANO SAYS ONE OF CRUM SECRETS WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT SPORTS ARE A NOBLE AND HONORABLE DISTRACTION FROM LIFE맥스카지노�S BRUTAL REALITIES. SO WHILE CRUM WANTED TO WIN AT EVERYTHING, VALVANO SAYS, DENNY NEVER FORGOT. THERE WERE BIGGER ISSUES OUTSIDE THE LINES. HE WAS AS COMPETITIVE AS THEY COME IN CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND OUR BOCCE TOURNAMENT. I MEAN, HE WANTED TO WIN, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS SO GOOD. ONCE THE EVENT WAS OVER AND UNDERSTANDING. THERE맥스카지노�S A BIG WORLD OUT THERE AND WHERE DO I FIT IN? AND I THINK THAT맥스카지노�S JUST THE GREATEST MESSAGE. LOVANO SAYS. AS MUCH AS CRUM WAS A HALL OF FAME COACH, HE WAS A BETTER TEACHER, NOT JUST ABOUT THE GAME, BUT ABOUT THE LIFE LESSONS THAT COME FROM IT. THE EQUITY OF THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING AROUND CRUM FOR YEARS AS A PEER AND BROADCASTER HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON VALVANO AND IT LEFT A LONG LASTING IMPRESSION ON HIM AS HE ROSE ABOVE IT ALL. IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I AM WHO I AM AND I맥스카지노�M NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, HAVE THEIR OWN MOTIVES TO TRY AND DENIGRATE ME OR SOMETHING. HE W