Okay guys. You are the experts. Has anybody ever come across a video link? I'd love to enjoy my greatest thrill at the old MECCA back from my undergrad days. 30 years. Wow.
Remember it today, like it was yesterday.
It was on WISN-12's news tonight.
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on January 11, 2011, 09:19:12 PM
It was on WISN-12's news tonight.
'Topper, you watching the old guys news?
I was at a wedding reception that night. The groom and his buddies (including me) were in the kitchen of the reception hall watching the game on the cook's 19" Sylvania. The bride wasn't too pleased, but it made a memory to last, well, forever.
Larry, it was a Saturday afternoon game.
Must have been an afternoon reception, or I was already wasted!
Quote from: jsglow on January 11, 2011, 07:30:00 PM
Okay guys. You are the experts. Has anybody ever come across a video link? I'd love to enjoy my greatest thrill at the old MECCA back from my undergrad days. 30 years. Wow.
One of my pet peeves - unless I'm wrong, which is entirely possible - it was never the MECCA. It was the Milwaukee Arena - at least to those of us who grew up in Milwaukee.
Quote from: romey on January 11, 2011, 10:53:39 PM
One of my pet peeves - unless I'm wrong, which is entirely possible - it was never the MECCA. It was the Milwaukee Arena - at least to those of us who grew up in Milwaukee.
I dunno. I grew up in MKE in the 1980s and it was always called the MECCA while MU was playing there. After the move it changed through a few names I think. (I think when the rest of the MECCA complex was razed to make way for the Midwest Express Center-but quite unsure on that).
Now, you may be getting into semantics, as I believe MECCA was the name of the entire complex, of which a part was the arena. Is that your point?
Quote from: 4everwarriors on January 11, 2011, 08:08:04 PM
Remember it today, like it was yesterday.
You were right, it was an afternoon game. I know I was at a wedding reception, but perhaps we stopped at a tavern in between service and party, but I do have a recollection of being in a kitchen of a restaurant or reception hall.
Any way, here's an interesting link. I either had forgotten, or never knew, that it was a break out game for Marquardt.
http://www.jsonline.com/historicarchive/search/?searchBy=date&searchText=&dat=19810111&fromDate=01%2F11%2F1981&nid=jvrRlaHg2sAC&s.x=34&s.y=9
Quote from: NCAARules on January 11, 2011, 11:13:33 PM
I dunno. I grew up in MKE in the 1980s and it was always called the MECCA while MU was playing there. After the move it changed through a few names I think. (I think when the rest of the MECCA complex was razed to make way for the Midwest Express Center-but quite unsure on that).
Now, you may be getting into semantics, as I believe MECCA was the name of the entire complex, of which a part was the arena. Is that your point?
I was born in 1977 and have lived in Milwaukee my entire life, and I always remember it being the MECCA, before the series of name changes that ended with Midwest Express, or Airlines, or whatever it is now. But throughout the 1980s, everyone I knew called it the MECCA.
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on January 11, 2011, 09:19:12 PM
It was on WISN-12's news tonight.
Which newscast was it? I went back on demand to see it and neither the 5 or 6 had it.
That was a great shot by Rivers.
Anybody remember when David Rivers of ND drove the length of the court against us to beat us at the buzzer. I thaink there was less than 5 seconds to play when that guy started his dagger drive.
Or the Iceman's kick to the groin at the Arena?
Quote from: willie warrior on January 12, 2011, 06:37:46 AM
That was a great shot by Rivers.
Anybody remember when David Rivers of ND drove the length of the court against us to beat us at the buzzer. I thaink there was less than 5 seconds to play when that guy started his dagger drive.
I was there. IIRC, Kerry Trotter had just made about a 15 foot baseline jumper to put us up one. My freshman year. I had gotten a ticket in the student section for my dad for his birthday present and we were standing there high-fiving with our beer in our other hands. Then ND inbounds, Rivers goes the length and hits about a 17 footer. Rat bastage. I looked at my dad, he at me, we pounded our beers and left.
Quote from: romey on January 11, 2011, 10:53:39 PM
One of my pet peeves - unless I'm wrong, which is entirely possible - it was never the MECCA. It was the Milwaukee Arena - at least to those of us who grew up in Milwaukee.
I believe MECCA stood for Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena and therefore included the entire facilty. You are correct that Marquette played in the Arena portion, but it isn't inaccurate to say they played in the MECCA. Furthermore the floor had "MECCA" written all over it and was referred to as such both locally and nationally.
Before the days of corporate naming you had all sorts of snappy names for these arenas...Spectrum, Garden, Salt Palace, Forum, Reunion Arena...
according to our very own wiki...
* Milwaukee Arena (1968-1974)
* MECCA Arena (1974-1995)
* Milwaukee Arena (aka Wisconsin Center Arena) (1995-2000)
* US Cellular Arena (2000-present)
http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/facilities/the_mecca
Quote from: rocky_warrior on January 12, 2011, 09:29:58 AM
according to our very own wiki...
* Milwaukee Arena (1968-1974)
* MECCA Arena (1974-1995)
* Milwaukee Arena (aka Wisconsin Center Arena) (1995-2000)
* US Cellular Arena (2000-present)
http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/facilities/the_mecca
You really know how to kill a debate. :)
Quote from: NCAARules on January 12, 2011, 11:32:13 AM
You really know how to kill a debate. :)
Or romey proved he's older than everyone else that posted :)
Yup. Arena when I was a kid. It became MECCA later on. You guys remember that wild paint job on the floor? I was a Sophomore that year. Glen was a highly touted Frosh. That was his break out game in my mind.
Quote from: jsglow on January 12, 2011, 06:59:11 PM
Yup. Arena when I was a kid. It became MECCA later on. You guys remember that wild paint job on the floor? I was a Sophomore that year. Glen was a highly touted Frosh. That was his break out game in my mind.
The Psychedelic rainbow floor ?? My Dad remembers that. He said at one time Milwaukee had the coolest playing floor in the country. Then when the game went corporate everything became plain.
As for Doc Rivers footage I looked high and low on youtube for it and cant find it. You think Youtube could remove one of their 20,000 fart videos and put Doc Rivers video in its place.
I found a clip. (http://www.thoughtequity.com/video/clip/306150_056.do?assetId=clip_5327142&keywords=marquette)
:)
Maybe Glen has it in an old 'reel to reel' archive. They only 'action' shot I can find of him is that awesome timeout he called running onto the floor last year in the playoffs!
And I hated the MECCA floor paint job by the way.
Quote from: rocky_warrior on January 12, 2011, 05:37:58 PM
Or romey proved he's older than everyone else that posted :)
Well, that may very well be true, but I have some evidence that casts a little doubt on Wiki - which I will be posting as soon as my young whippersnapper kids get home and show me how to post a photo I have.
By the way jsglow I was a sophomore that year as well - when Doc hit the shot. So I'm not the only "old guy" posting. ;)
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on January 12, 2011, 07:55:16 AM
I believe MECCA stood for Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena and therefore included the entire facilty. You are correct that Marquette played in the Arena portion, but it isn't inaccurate to say they played in the MECCA. Furthermore the floor had "MECCA" written all over it and was referred to as such both locally and nationally.
Before the days of corporate naming you had all sorts of snappy names for these arenas...Spectrum, Garden, Salt Palace, Forum, Reunion Arena...
Speaking of the Spectrum in Philly I think it was torn down a couple of months ago I believe. :'(
Okay, who knows when my son will be home. I had to prove to myself I'm not senile yet, so i pulled out an old photo album in which I had concert ticket stubs from "back in the day." I took a picture with my cell phone, sent it to my email and I have a jpeg photo which I can't seem to copy here. So, I will tell you this, I have not one, not two, but several concert ticket stubs as evidence. I'm looking at a stub from a Bruce Springsteen concert dated Oct 14, 1980 for an 8:00 performance at - THE MILWAUKEE ARENA. I have tickets from 1978, 79, 80 and 81 - all at the Milwaukee Arena.
BTW the Springsteen ticket set me back $8.00
Quote from: romey on January 12, 2011, 09:57:34 PM
Okay, who knows when my son will be home. I had to prove to myself I'm not senile yet, so i pulled out an old photo album in which I had concert ticket stubs from "back in the day." I took a picture with my cell phone, sent it to my email and I have a jpeg photo which I can't seem to copy here. So, I will tell you this, I have not one, not two, but several concert ticket stubs as evidence. I'm looking at a stub from a Bruce Springsteen concert dated Oct 14, 1980 for an 8:00 performance at - THE MILWAUKEE ARENA. I have tickets from 1978, 79, 80 and 81 - all at the Milwaukee Arena.
BTW the Springsteen ticket set me back $8.00
Do this...
(img) INSERT JPEG link here (/img)
Just make sure to REPLACE the ( and ) with [ and ]
Feel free to e-mail the pics to muscoop@muscoop.com - I'll make sure they get posted.
"MECCA" covered the Auditorium and Arena.
Picture from romey added - see the last post on page 1.
Anybody remember an MU-ND game in early or mid 70's that Dwight Clay beat us. If memory serves me it snapped an over 60 or 70 home win streak. Again, going my memory, but believe it was the first game I ever saw MU lose in person. I think it was a very rare Sat afternoon game for that era. Most Sat games were 8pm but something tells me the tears I shed for a loss were exposed to daylight.
Hope someone has some details on this game.
Quote from: Goose on January 14, 2011, 11:35:13 AM
Anybody remember an MU-ND game in early or mid 70's that Dwight Clay beat us. If memory serves me it snapped an over 60 or 70 home win streak. Again, going my memory, but believe it was the first game I ever saw MU lose in person. I think it was a very rare Sat afternoon game for that era. Most Sat games were 8pm but something tells me the tears I shed for a loss were exposed to daylight.
Hope someone has some details on this game.
Clay hit a 20 footer from the baseline to beat us 71-69 and end our 81 game home winning streak. This happened during the 72-73 season and was the first time Digger ever beat Al McGuire.
Quote from: Goose on January 14, 2011, 11:35:13 AM
Anybody remember an MU-ND game in early or mid 70's that Dwight Clay beat us. If memory serves me it snapped an over 60 or 70 home win streak. Again, going my memory, but believe it was the first game I ever saw MU lose in person. I think it was a very rare Sat afternoon game for that era. Most Sat games were 8pm but something tells me the tears I shed for a loss were exposed to daylight.
Hope someone has some details on this game.
Home loss to ND in the 72-73 season: Jan. 13, 1973, when Clay hit a jump shot with two seconds left as Notre Dame defeated Marquette 71-69 - ending an 81-game home court win streak by the Warriors.
Clay then did it again in January of 1974, hitting the winning shot for ND to beat UCLA and end its 88 game winning streak ( happened at Notre Dame).
EDIT: Sorry Lenny, I see you had it already.
Thanks Lenny and Sir. I thought it was 81 home win streak but was not sure. I had seen MU lose on the road prior to that but never at home. Sad day for an 11 year old die hard Al/Warrior fan. Another question, for some reason I thought ND clobbered us at ND the year before was Digger not coach then? I went to game in ND either '72 or '73 and we got killed.
Quote from: Goose on January 14, 2011, 01:52:42 PM
Thanks Lenny and Sir. I thought it was 81 home win streak but was not sure. I had seen MU lose on the road prior to that but never at home. Sad day for an 11 year old die hard Al/Warrior fan. Another question, for some reason I thought ND clobbered us at ND the year before was Digger not coach then? I went to game in ND either '72 or '73 and we got killed.
Check out the WIKI: http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/1973
That away game loss occurred the following season. We won in the 71-72 season at ND.
Quote from: Sir Lawrence on January 14, 2011, 12:05:42 PM
Home loss to ND in the 72-73 season: Jan. 13, 1973, when Clay hit a jump shot with two seconds left as Notre Dame defeated Marquette 71-69 - ending an 81-game home court win streak by the Warriors.
Clay then did it again in January of 1974, hitting the winning shot for ND to beat UCLA and end its 88 game winning streak ( happened at Notre Dame).
EDIT: Sorry Lenny, I see you had it already.
Clay was nicknamed the "Ice Man" back then. That ND loss at home and we were upset by Creighton at home during that era were two othe worst home losses from 70 through 74.
Since we're talking about the MECCA...
http://www.bridgingthegap-hcr.org/kickoff.html
(http://www.bridgingthegap-hcr.org/images/players_2.jpg)