Recently, our Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame and Museum received a unique and very interesting donation of a University of Winnipeg Wesmen Women’s T-shirt from their memorable run of consecutive victories in the early 1990s. The T-shirt has “We Thrive in Chaos”, the team’s motto, on the front along with 70 victories. The team extended that string of wins to 88 before losing to the University of Manitoba Bison Women’s team on December 2, 1994, after 88 wins in a row, a then North American record.
What makes the item unique is that all team members have autographed the back of the T-shirt. The T-shirt was donated by Grant Richter, Executive Director of the Winnipeg Minor Basketball Association (WMBA), and, according to Grant, it belonged to his mother, a big fan of the Wesmen teams. It has 64/700 written on the front, indicating that only 700 were created.
We are sincerely grateful to Grant for his contribution and support of our Hall of Fame and Museum. Donations such as these play a critical role in ensuring that the stories, achievements, and legacy of basketball in Manitoba are preserved for future generations.
The Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame and Museum remains unique in Canada as the only province with a permanent physical site dedicated to honouring inducted members and showcasing the province’s basketball heritage. The Hall of Fame and Museum welcomes additional donations of basketball-related materials and is pleased to offer guided tours of the facility upon request to the basketball community and the public.