Missouri vs Kansas in 1982, Norm Stewart was the coach. It was my first college basketball game...what an awesome experience!

I have only had the chance to go to 4 or 5 college games in my life, as I prefer my front row recliner seat.

 

However, I go to the Sweet 16 at least some every year and the greatest games I have ever seen in person have been there. Just to name a few:

 

Antwain Barber for E-Town on that Sat. 2001??

 

Chris Lofton: vs. Ballard for state championship

vs. Trinity 3 OT????

 

Pulaski Co. when they had Epps and Co. about 1991????

Sorry about all the ????? help me if you please, not good with the years, just remember the games.

 

Marion County-- and it was 1993

 

I was in attendance for all of those myself. Barbour's Championship Saturday performance was outstanding, but it doesen't compare to CLo!

No, two different games.

 

The one Swamprat is remembering was the next year at Rupp and his description of the miracle was of the finish of the game in OT. UK had overecome a 6 point deficit with a couple of minutes to go to force OT. They were down 6 again with :23 left and managed some Turnovers, timely shots and the final piece with about :06 left. Anderson flew out of bounds for an errant KU pass and flipped it to Macy. He took a couple of dribbles and drilled one from the elbow with about :03 left to tie the game. Valentine called the Time out they didn't have and UK's Macy got one free throw (the rules in '78) for a player Technical. He sank it and UK won by one point.

 

 

The night Rupp died UK was in Lawrence in December of '77 (the championship year). The Cats pulled out about a tough 8 point (?) win against the Jayhawks. When they got back to the hotel that night the word had come that Rupp died while the Cats were playing.

 

A few nights later the Cats played South Carolina (I think) and in pregame the lights went down and a lone spotlight illuminated Rupp's recliner he had at the arena for when he came. Then a tape came over the sound system and it was Rupp reading one of his favorite poems. My parents were there and said it was an emotional experience. Kentucky winning the NCAA that season seemed only right after Rupp was dead.

Better memory than me.

Better memory than me.

 

Only concerning trivial things like this. :thumb:

 

 

Now, ask me did I get the groceries, or did I put the seat down, or did I make this call or errand and I'm :eek:

The 1993 SEC tourney in Rupp. UK was on fire the whole tournament. They lost at Tennessee the last regular season game and then turned around and beat them 101-40 in the opening round of the tourney. They beat Arkansas in the finals. Rupp was rocking.

 

 

I was at that tourney as well. That's when we had the big blizzard and everone got stranded in Lexington for an extra day. UK didn't play Arkansas in the Finals they played them in the Semi-Finals. The Wildcats beat LSU in the Finals when Riddick had around 10 blocks.

 

Also I was in college at at Senior Night in 1992. Pelphrey, Feldhouse, Farmer and Woods were Seniors and it was also Cawood Ledford's last game at Rupp. UK beat the Vols after Woods got ejected to getting in a scrap. After the game they turned the lights down and played the song "I Heard It All On The Radio" with some of Cawood's most memorable calls mixed in--very cool.

Temple at Louisville in the quarterfinals of the NIT a few years back, for a number of reasons.

 

We were there at the invitation of one of the Temple players; whose sister was dating mcson at the time. We sat 2 rows behind the Temple bench. Sitting two seats away from us was Buddy Ryan.

 

This was the game where some kind of "ice show" was scheduled a couple of days from the basketball game. The floor was slick the entire second half, and one of the Temple players (Lynn Greer) sprained an ankle pretty badly during the game.

 

It was a close game, with Temple winning by a few points. Rick Pitino came out after the game and talked to the remaining crowd for quite a while.

 

After the game our family got to meet with Coach Chaney. He didn't know us from Adam, but spent at least 10-15 minutes speaking with us. A very different guy off the court. Of course, I didn't know prior to the game that this meeting would take place, so just before he went back into the locker room I asked if he would give me an autograph, as it's not every day that I run into a HOFer. He made one of his players go get a Sharpie, then signed all three of the ticket stubs that I had. Needless to say, I came away very impressed with coach Chaney.

 

That's a fantastic story. I miss Coach Chaney being in the Atlantic 10. He had that rough style of play that East Coast basketball is all about.

 

I also remember that game. What a mess the floor was. Lynn Greer was a heck of a player, definitely the class of the A-10 while he was at Temple.