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5teamparlay · Dec 7, 2005

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Lohaus pleads guilty to theft

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By The Associated Press

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Former NBA and University of Iowa basketball player Brad Lohaus has pleaded guilty to a theft charge for failing to deliver items he sold in eBay.
Lohaus, 41, of Iowa City, pleaded guilty Monday to third-degree theft. He was accused of failing to deliver fishing rods valued at about $1,970 that he sold on the Internet auction site.

He could face up to two years in prison, but prosecutors and an attorney for Lohaus are both recommending he receive a deferred judgment, which means the crime would be erased from his record if he successfully completes probation.

The Johnson County attorney's office also is asking that Lohaus pay $1,730 in restitution.

A date for sentencing wasn't immediately set.

Fishhead · Dec 7, 2005

:lolBIG:

Brad married a gal just a couple miles from my hometown.

Went to the UofI sametime as him.

Funny character...........most Rx'ers will remember him from his short lived NBA career.

docmercer--banned · Dec 7, 2005

Great team he was on in 87? Marble, Horton & Armstrong all went in the 1st rd

kyhawk · Dec 7, 2005

Thought he bought the Airliner bar in Iowa City,(where Demis Moore Husband was discoverd). I remeber when he came to Iowa City when I went to school there. Big excitement for first 7 ft recruite Lute brought in.
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Fishhead · Dec 7, 2005

kyhawk said:
Thought he bought the Airliner bar in Iowa City,(where Demis Moore Husband was discoverd). I remeber when he came to Iowa City when I went to school there. Big excitement for first 7 ft recruite Lute brought in.
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Think he owned it just for a few years.............JARBO will probably know.

hawkeye171 · Dec 7, 2005

doc mercer said:
Great team he was on in 87? Marble, Horton & Armstrong all went in the 1st rd

Tom Davis' first year at Iowa. Final record 30-5. Lost to UNLV in the West regional final. The Hawks led by nearly 20 points in the first half, but the Runnin' Rebels caught fire in the second half and won by two points.

docmercer--banned · Dec 7, 2005

Hawkeye ... they were up by 18 at half if I recall correctly

hawkeye171 · Dec 7, 2005

doc mercer said:
Hawkeye ... they were up by 18 at half if I recall correctly

And I was

. After the game I was :drink: heavily.

Fishhead · Dec 7, 2005

Was living in Vegas at the time..........hard to have sympathy for my fellow Hawk fans on this one.

:monsters-

hawkeye171 · Dec 7, 2005

I still remember Horten dunking late in the first half on a fast break and I was going nuts. I also remember kicking an empty 12-pack of Bud around the house after the game. In that tournament, the Hawks had very close wins over UTEP and Oklahoma, so I guess the magic just ran out. But still, no excuse to lose an 18 point half-time lead.

viking611 · Dec 7, 2005

Have a Lohaus autograph on a shirt from when I was a kid at a Tom Davis camp. Believe i posted a story a month or two ago about him being arrested for something else!

Jarbo · Dec 7, 2005

Fishhead said:
Think he owned it just for a few years.............JARBO will probably know.

Was part owner for a few years. Then he bought into some Fast Food outlets ( Culvers) and some other things. Then he fathered a child with his girlfriend and his wife now owns the Fast Food outlets and he is Divorced.

Mother of his illigitimate child is the same one he was charged with assaulting/kidnapping or whatever you want to call it.

Boy - the NBA and it's culture can really mess up a White Boy.

docmercer--banned · Dec 7, 2005

That team under Miller that went Unbeaten in the Big 10 in the Old Fieldhouse ... Johnny Johnson and "Downtown" Freddie Brown

Man, only 16 teams go to the tournament and damn they lose 104-103 on a tipin to the Artis Gilmore Jacksonville University team that played UCLA for the National title ... they played consolation games and the Hawks played Austin Carrs ND squad and beat em 121-106 ... yep, and no 3 pt line back then

Just a fun team to watch and the ol fieldhouse really rocked

hawkeye171 · Dec 7, 2005

And if memory serves, Pinbrooke Buroughs III, tipped in the game winner, AFTER THE BUZZER.

Jarbo · Dec 7, 2005

doc mercer said:
That team under Miller that went Unbeaten in the Big 10 in the Old Fieldhouse ... Johnny Johnson and "Downtown" Freddie Brown

Man, only 16 teams go to the tournament and damn they lose 104-103 on a tipin to the Artis Gilmore Jacksonville University team that played UCLA for the National title ... they played consolation games and the Hawks played Austin Carrs ND squad and beat em 121-106 ... yep, and no 3 pt line back then

Just a fun team to watch and the ol fieldhouse really rocked

Pembrooke Burroughs is the Jacksonville player who had the tip in.

He is now a State Trooper in Florida - on permanent assignment tailing Fishead.

Fishhead · Dec 7, 2005

doc mercer said:
That team under Miller that went Unbeaten in the Big 10 in the Old Fieldhouse ... Johnny Johnson and "Downtown" Freddie Brown

Man, only 16 teams go to the tournament and damn they lose 104-103 on a tipin to the Artis Gilmore Jacksonville University team that played UCLA for the National title ... they played consolation games and the Hawks played Austin Carrs ND squad and beat em 121-106 ... yep, and no 3 pt line back then

Just a fun team to watch and the ol fieldhouse really rocked

Great history!

When the Hawks stopped playing in the Fieldhouse, the 3-point shot was introduced, and the shot clock came into existance................is the time that college basketball lost a ton of luster with yours trully.

:sad3:

Jarbo · Dec 7, 2005

Beat me to it Hawkeye!

docmercer--banned · Dec 7, 2005

Then came 1969-70 when, after a not-so-great non-conference season, Iowa was unstoppable against Big Ten competition. The Hawkeyes lost three of their first five games, and closed the non-conference schedule with only a 4-4 record.

But they lost just once more the rest of the season -- a 104-103 thriller against Jacksonville in the first game of the NCAA Mideast Regional. The NCAA still held third-place games in those years, and Iowa closed the season with a 121-106 romp past Notre Dame for the Mideast consolation prize.

Johnson and Calabria each scored 31 points against Notre Dame. Johnson finished second in Big Ten scoring with a 14-game average of 31.8. Iowa averaged 102.9 points in conference games to become the highest-scoring team in Big Ten history. The record still stands.

docmercer--banned · Dec 7, 2005

Just a fabulous team and sorry it was 1970 so my memory is getting bad ....

look what they avg in confc play!

cy1981 · Dec 8, 2005

doc mercer said:
That team under Miller that went Unbeaten in the Big 10 in the Old Fieldhouse ... Johnny Johnson and "Downtown" Freddie Brown

Man, only 16 teams go to the tournament and damn they lose 104-103 on a tipin to the Artis Gilmore Jacksonville University team that played UCLA for the National title ... they played consolation games and the Hawks played Austin Carrs ND squad and beat em 121-106 ... yep, and no 3 pt line back then

Just a fun team to watch and the ol fieldhouse really rocked

I'm the ultimate Hawkeye hater today but back then I cheered for both teams in the state of Iowa. Here's my recollection of the starting five.

John Johnson- 6'6'' forward Smooth
Freddie Brown- 6'1" Guard- Could shoot the hell out of it.
Chad Calabria- 6'2" Guard- Steady
Glenn Vidvonic- 6'5" Forward- Unorthodox, skinny, always came through
Dick Jensen- 6'8" Center- Don't remember anything about him
Ben McGilmer- 6'6" Sixth Man- I believe he had been in the army and came back and played. Was older.

Please don't tell anybody I know some history in Iowa City. That was the best team to ever grace the state of Iowa. Only one close was Eustachy's Iowa State team that got hosed in Detroit.