David Haugh: Mentor Tony Barone always knew Loyola coach Porter Moser would go as high as he wanted

True to his personality, Porter Moser wanted to go higher.

So after Moser's freshman season at Creighton, the 6-foot-2 guard signed up for a summer class promising to increase his vertical jump.

"Porter said, 'Coach, I'm going to come back a better athlete,' and it was one of those offers purporting to teach you how to improve your jumping," said Tony Barone, Moser's mentor who coached him at Creighton from 1986 to 1990. "We tested him when everybody got back to campus and Porter improved his jump about a quarter-inch so now you could slide two pieces of paper under