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 [[herndon_will|William Herndon]] watched with more than passing interest the [[opponent_richmond|University of Richmond]]'s progress in the NCAA tournament last season.
-As he watched the Spiders upset defending champion Indiana and defeat Georgia Tech before losing to Temple in the third round, Herndon envisioned being a key part of the 1988-89 team as a freshman.
+As he watched the [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1988-03-18-indiana.html|Spiders upset defending champion Indiana]] and [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1988-03-20-georgia-tech.html|defeat Georgia Tech]] before [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1988-03-24-richmond.html|losing to Temple in the third round]], Herndon envisioned being a key part of the [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/richmond/1989.html|1988-89 team]] as a freshman.
 But those plans went sour for Herndon, a member of The Pittsburgh Press Finest Five last season and one of the top players in Western Pennsylvania.
-Herndon, who scored more than 1,000 points and grabbed more than 1,000 rebounds in his career at Allderdice, left Richmond last month and will transfer to the University of Massachusetts for the winter semester.  He will become eligible in January, 1990 and will have 2½ years of eligibility remaining.
+Herndon, who scored more than 1,000 points and grabbed more than 1,000 rebounds in his career at [[wp>Taylor Allderdice High School|Allderdice]], left Richmond last month and will transfer to the University of Massachusetts for the winter semester.  He will become eligible in January, 1990 and will have 2½ years of eligibility remaining.
 Herndon said the main reason for transferring was Richmond wasn't the same team he watched during the NCAA tournament.
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 "Me and Coach B (Bullard) just sat down and talked about where I wanted to go next," Herndon said.  "We were throwing some schools up in the air."
-One of those schools which came up during the discussion was Massachusetts, which hired [[calipari_john|John Calipari]] to replace Ron Gerlufsen.  Calipari, known for his recruiting accomplishments as an assistant to Pitt Coach Paul Evans, recruited Herndon for Pitt.
+One of those schools which came up during the discussion was Massachusetts, which hired [[calipari_john|John Calipari]] to replace [[Ron Gerlufsen]].  Calipari, known for his recruiting accomplishments as an assistant to Pitt Coach [[wp>Paul Evans (basketball)|Paul Evans]], recruited Herndon for Pitt.
-"I felt comfortable around him (Calipari) because he knows the style of basketball I like to play," Herndon said.  "I had called cal and told him I wanted to visit and he got me up there.  I liked the environment."
+"I felt comfortable around him (Calipari) because he knows the style of basketball I like to play," Herndon said.  "I had called Cal and told him I wanted to visit and he got me up there.  I liked the environment."
-Herndon knows two players at Massachusetts - [[mccoy_jim|Jim McCoy]], a freshman guard and Central Catholic graduate, and [[tate_john|John Tate]], a sophomore forward and Penn Hills graduate.
+Herndon knows two players at Massachusetts - [[mccoy_jim|Jim McCoy]], a freshman guard and [[wp>Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh)|Central Catholic]] graduate, and [[tate_john|John Tate]], a sophomore forward and [[wp>Penn Hills High School|Penn Hills]] graduate.
 McCoy and Herndon had planned on attending Richmond together.  Herndon gave a verbal commitment commitment in February, about two months before the national signing date, but McCoy signed with Massachusetts after Calipari became its head coach.