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Remembering Terry Furlow and the tragedy of a once-rising talent for the Utah Jazz

Ron Koch, NBAE

PISCATAWAY, NJ - 1980: Terry Furlow #25 of the Utah Jazz looks to shoot the ball against the New Jersey Nets during the game on February 14, 1980 at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Photo by Ron Koch/NBAE via Getty Images)

FLINT, Mich. — Countless alumni and athletes returned to Michigan State University for the first weekend in October to celebrate homecoming.

Spartans basketball players Benny White and Bill Kilgore were among the old-timers on campus, along with ex-assistant coach Vernon Payne, who celebrated the festivities but also decided to make a pit stop to former head coach Gus Ganakas’ house as he’s up in age at 92 years old.