A feature on John Dickson

John Schumacher offers a feature on former Fairfield High star John Dickson:

Freshman Dickson makes impact for Sac State basketball team
John Schumacher
Sacramento Bee
January 15, 2010

John Dickson could have gone to USF, a private school with a memorable, storied basketball tradition.

The Dons won the National Invitation Tournament title in 1949 under legendary coach Pete Newell and claimed national championships in 1955 and 1956 with Bill Russell, K.C. Jones and coach Phil Woolpert. They also savored three consecutive NCAA Tournament bids and a No. 1 ranking in the 1970s behind Bill Cartwright, Winford Boynes and James Hardy.

But Dickson wanted to create his own history. So last spring, he chose his other finalist, Sacramento State, a struggling basketball program still seeking its first NCAA Tournament bid since joining Divi- sion I in 1991...

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