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Article: Picture this Grant's Maple heads to IBCA Hall of Fame.(Sports Extra)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 26, 2002
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Byline: Joe Aguilar Daily Herald Sports Writer
Just days before his induction into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Tom Maple is continuing to outdo himself.
The stubble on his face attests.
"I was talking to Sara," says Maple, referring to his stepdaughter, "and I was telling her that for some reason I set a record.
"I haven't shaved for three days in a row."
Tom Maple hasn't lost his stroke, however. Leave it to him to appreciate another one of the subtle pleasures in life, which he makes sure never goes too fast. The old coach knows when to take a timeout so he can scratch his whiskers, be himself ...