catgrad97 wrote:Bordercat wrote:Enjoyed the Duke double OT video.
First possession of second half, clinic in running offense against a zone.
We had some good bigs. Crazy that Reeves barely got any pt.
That was my loudest game I've been to, the Khalid 40-point effort his senior year against Jalen Rose and Michigan.
I was up near the rafters for that one. Dad was right next to me and couldn't even hear what I was yelling.
Was in our "student section" for the Duke 2OT win. We were scattered, so we were on that single row on the walkway...those were our Season A tickets that year. When the crowd stood up, we would stand up and walk to the railing in front of us, across the walkway. That game, most of the game was spent standing at the railing. I got my section to chant "Ex-Lax" at Hurley during warm ups and some at introductions, in reference to his squirts the year before in the title game vs UNLV. We were on the Duke side of the court behind the basket. My roommate and I made a stink at Pizza Hut because they tried to claim the 100 points scored was during OT, so the personal pan pizza they gave away for 100 point games with a ticket stub was not valid. We called the paper and had some people call to complain...they relented, so my stub has "VOID FROM PIZZA HUT" written in ball point pen on it by a frustrated Pizza Hut manager who wanted to make sure we didn't double dip, because we were not going to give up the stubs. Actually, my stub was untorn, because in a search to meet Dickie V (back when that meant something), we had gotten to McKale an hour or so early and walked right down the truck ramp and sat in the front row waiting for his arrival. We had tickets, so we were confident...which is why no one said anything, likely. Eventually, he arrived, we got autographs and pictures with him, and we went to our seats. The place was LOUD.
I was courtside with media seats for the Michigan game in the Fiesta Bowl tournament in 1993. That had bursts of loud. The best noise in that game, though, was listening to Geary talk trash to a very quiet Jalen Rose. Rose claimed he had the flu after the game, but he had a case of Geary-itis. Reggie's trash talk was so awesome...stuff like "c'mon Jalen...you're an All-American. I'm nobody. How many points do you have? I wanna see the All-American", that kind of stuff.
I agree with the comment about Florida. The football game mixed with the crap weather outside and the comeback made the place deafening. It was like a party, one of the craziest sports days ever. Yeah, it was the New Mexico Bowl, and we have had bigger wins than #7 Florida. But the way. Both...the comebacks. The missed FTs by a clutch FT shooter. Lyons waiting, waiting too long...GO! And swish. I actually went to that game alone...picked up a single ticket. It was my youngest's birthday and I did a Chuck E Cheese party, but I was late to that because of the bowl...my wife held it down with much understanding. Then, we had to change the gifts out in the rain because the car she was driving was better equipped for the rain, and I was heading down to Tucson while she was going half a mile down the road. So we moved the gifts in the pouring rain, and I set off for Tucson. I barely made it in time for tip, but had a lower bowl seat. It was amazing.
The UCLA game with Salim hitting the game winner boiled into a crazy crowd. It wasn't a "tip to buzzer" McKale great, but it became one of the loudest I have experienced.
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. Overrated like I suspected all along. SUCK IT BOBBY HURLEY!
