Old guys... who was at this game, Rupp Arena, April 1st, 1985?  

I was a 19 year old sophomore at Centre. We decided to make the trip, sitting at dinner. The game of the century was less than 40 miles away. How could we not give it a shot!?

We bought tickets right before tip off. $50 each. Front row of upper arena!

Patrick Ewing, John Thompson, Rollie Massimino, Ed Pickney.

That was the last Division I basketball game played without a shot clock. 

What do you think... does Villanova win that game if there is a shot clock?

 

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I wasn't at the game, but I was a Freshman at EKU living in Keene Hall on the bypass. I was looking out the window towards Alumni Coliseum and there was a limo and charter bus sitting there.

Bored on a Sunday afternoon I walked over to see what was going on. Alumni was locked up but a door by the intramural courts was open. I went in walked over to look down at the EKU court. There was John Thompson, Patrick Ewing and the entire Georgetown team practicing. I was only there a couple of minutes until I was spotted and escorted (ran) out of the gym. By the time I went back outside there were maybe a dozen other students gathered by the bus and limo. Another guy and I started chatting up the bus driver. He said he had been driving Memphis State and star Keith Lee around all week. Painters caps were a fad at the time and the driver had a stack of Memphis State hats left on the bus that he passed out to those of us there talking to him.

When practice was over the team came out and was very cordial to everyone, giving high 5's and cutting up with the 30 or so students there by then as they walked to the bus.

There was a lady that was kinda famous then, that was the academic advisor for the team. She, Coach Thompson and Patrick Ewing all got in the limousine and left while the rest of the team was on the bus. The limo disappeared down the bypass and the charter bus stopped at McDonald's I believe. 

I thought that separation of the team was odd, but didn't figure that it would matter as Georgetown was clearly the better team...