The basketball community is grieving after a statement released by the Washington Wizards Twitter account announced the passing of Wes Unseld former Louisville basketball legend at the age of 74 following “lengthy battles, most recently with pneumonia.”
Unseld was a star player for Seneca High School in Louisville, winning back-to-back state championships in 1963 and 1964. Gene Allsmiller, former Durrett High School big man and grandfather of BRL’s own Alan Thomas, recalls guarding Unseld in a game against Seneca, “I was one of the biggest guys in the district..then I faced Wes.