No doubt, 2003, MU vs. Kentucky in the Metrodome.
Obviously it was awesome to see us win, move on to the Final Four, D Wades triple double, etc, but the best part was how the MU community took over the whole arena/city.
Of the 4 schools in that regional, we were by far the smallest, but you wouldn't have known it by how much Gold there was in the stadium. You couldn't go anywhere that night without running into someone in an MU shirt.
My hope is we, as fans, can do the same this week in Cleveland. We are due for a nice tourney run and it starts Friday night! We have a chance to play spoiler and get some payback for the last 3 years of heartbreak, so show up, be supportive, and be LOUD!
Always Warriors!
March 1977, without a doubt. There is nothing like a national championship.
Nothing compares. Absolutely nothing.
That's why alumni of my generation think that going to the big dance isn't enough. We want "little" MU back on top of the world. I was cleaning my basement the other day and found yellowed copies of both the Journal and Sentinel (yes, they were different papers in those days) from the day we won it all. They're precious reminders of a better time we bhope to get to again.
I was still shitting my pants in 1977 and have no memory of that NCAA Championship.
My personal best memory is beating Kentucky in 2003. Great moment. Second would be beating Kentucky in 1994 to (unexpectedly) go to the Sweet 16 and give Duke and Grant Hill a run for their money.
Quote from: Jblattner7 on March 16, 2011, 09:01:04 AM
No doubt, 2003, MU vs. Kentucky in the Metrodome.
Obviously it was awesome to see us win, move on to the Final Four, D Wades triple double, etc, but the best part was how the MU community took over the whole arena/city.
Of the 4 schools in that regional, we were by far the smallest, but you wouldn't have known it by how much Gold there was in the stadium. You couldn't go anywhere that night without running into someone in an MU shirt.
That was mine as well. Was a senior in HS, and drove up Friday night for the game. Had a good feeling after UK looked vulnerable, but never thought MU would blow them out.
One of the best days of my life.
First actual memory of MU hoops is watching MU, Mac, Keys and O'Neill beat Pitino and Kentucky in the NCAA's the early 90's.
The other MU-Kentucky game in 2003 has to be the best for us younger folk.
For me this has to be live. Doc Rivers beating #5 Notre Dame in 81. I'm in the military and lived all over so I was only at an occasional road game between 83-07. Jerel stealing the ball against USF at the last second was a good memory too, although I had given up on us winning the game at that time (I think it was 06 maybe 05). I've only had season tickets from 79-83 as an undergrad and now since 07, back to living in Milwaukee.
Nevertheless, Doc beating Notre Dame was huge.
Events I Have Been To:
1) January 3, 2006 - Marquette vs. Connecticut
2) March 13, 2008 - Marquette vs. Notre Dame
We had split the regular seson match up so this was the rubber game in the Big East Tournament. Before the game Lazar asked if he could borrow the Eagle head and did some pre-game warmups in the back with the head on. After the game as the Eagle and cheerleaders were leaving MSG, hundreds of fans broke into a "We Are Marquette" chant. When crossing the street a cop asked us if we beat Notre Dame through his car speaker. When we said yes he said "Good, I hate Notre Dame".
3) November 20 & 21, 2006 - Marquette vs. Texas Tech and Duke
Beating Robert Montgomery Knight and Coach K in back-to-back nights was awesome. For the Duke
game the crowd started out pretty pro-Duke but then turned to our favor when they realized they could see an upset. I remember waiting in line at the drinking fountain in full Eagle costume while a bald man in front of me was getting a drink. It was Dick Vitale and when he was done he told me it would be a perfect SportsCenter commercial. He is actually a normal person when the cameras are off. Sadly, this is the only time I've seen Marquette cut down the nets in person: for the CBE Classic.
Events I Watched On TV:
1) March 29, 2003 - Marquette vs. Kentucky
2) March 6, 2004 - Marquette vs. Louisville
Dameon Mason's basket and free throw to win it
Watching MU beat Kentucky at the Humpty Dome in 2003, no doubt. Wade's triple double in that game is still the greatest athletic performance I've ever seen live.
Anything that happened in Al era. From playing USSR at midnight, to breaking out new uni's for national TV, to Al's walk to salute ND students at his last game there to winning NCAA. Fortunately or unfortunately for me it is a time that will never be duplicated. The man spoiled the entire MU community and set a bar that will be nearly impossible to match.
For the younger posters the Al era was even better than us old timers remember it.
Live, it would have to be the victory over Notre Dame in 1989 when we stormed the court. How sad is that...that my best memory that I witnessed live was a victory over a team with a losing record. I guess that's what it's like when you attended during the "dark ages" of Marquette basketball. I'm really hoping that by 10:00 Friday night I'll have a different answer to this question...and then still another answer on Sunday.
On TV, there is no question that it was the victory over Kentucky in 2003.
Beating DWade at Halo in Humphrey. He couldn't handle my circle-strafe.
Quote from: Goose on March 16, 2011, 09:53:03 AM
Anything that happened in Al era. From playing USSR at midnight, to breaking out new uni's for national TV, to Al's walk to salute ND students at his last game there to winning NCAA. Fortunately or unfortunately for me it is a time that will never be duplicated. The man spoiled the entire MU community and set a bar that will be nearly impossible to match.
For the younger posters the Al era was even better than us old timers remember it.
Goose, I'm with you. I know it would be considered small beans now, but the NIT championship was a pretty big deal 'back in the day' and I'll always remember the students celebrating by taking over Wisconsin Ave.
On a personal note, I remember one game when my roommate yelled to Dean Meminger as he was coming out of the locker room "Go wild, Dean". Meminger very calmly stopped and answered "But, I'm not a wild person".
#2 for me is Feb 3, 2002. MU beats #4 Cincy 74-60, we stormed the court, carried D Wade off on our shoulders with the American Flag waving... great picture, great game, i believe at the time it was the largest crowd in WI basketball history, which we promptly broke when L'Ville came to town.
Al jumping on the scorer's table after Maurice Lucas hit a jump shot to beat Wisconsin in 1974
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tFk9wtrDGZo/R-W7rVCX0cI/AAAAAAAAAyE/5jL5ywAgxEs/s400/glennrocks%2Bcopy.jpg)
Quote from: Jblattner7 on March 16, 2011, 10:04:55 AM
#2 for me is Feb 3, 2002. MU beats #4 Cincy 74-60, we stormed the court, carried D Wade off on our shoulders with the American Flag waving... great picture, great game, i believe at the time it was the largest crowd in WI basketball history, which we promptly broke when L'Ville came to town.
That's a great one. I watched that on TV and wished I was there. If I don't count the Kentucky final four game, two come to mind.
Our narrow victory over #3 Cincinnati in '98-'99 season. Wardle lit them up that game even though we were only a .500 team.
Our inaugural season opener in the Big East vs #2 UConn... I've never seen a player on fire as much as Novak was that game... I think he had 15 rebounds too.
What people don't remember is to win the 1977 NCAA Championship. It was the full court pass
from out of bounds under the oppositions basket to Jerome Whitehead, who was stationed underneath the MU basket and stuffed it over Cedric Maxwell (Played for Celtics) against UNC-Charlotte with about 1 second left. On Monday we beat North Carolina for the Championship. McGuire gambled and won on that pass. Forgot who threw the pass.
Quote from: radome on March 16, 2011, 09:21:53 AM
For me this has to be live. Doc Rivers beating #5 Notre Dame in 81. I'm in the military and lived all over so I was only at an occasional road game between 83-07. Jerel stealing the ball against USF at the last second was a good memory too, although I had given up on us winning the game at that time (I think it was 06 maybe 05). I've only had season tickets from 79-83 as an undergrad and now since 07, back to living in Milwaukee.
Nevertheless, Doc beating Notre Dame was huge.
That was a great one among many great ones. Here are my about top 10 or so:
1. 1977 Championship--Al breaking down at the end. What a great team!
2. 1974 Runner -up
3. Don Kojis making All American, his senior year averaging about 20 points and 15 rebounds
4. 1970 NIT Champion. Al telling NCAA to take a hike--back then I believe they only took 16--going to the NIT, when it still meant something, and winning the whole damn thing-Sewell coming up big in the title game.
5. The Career of George Thompson--Al's first big time recruit
6. The 2003 run to the Final 4
7. Rivers half court shot to rip the heart out of ND
8. Tony Miller breaking the Ky. press to put us in the Sweet 16, under Kevin Oneill, bringing MU basketball back from the brink
9. The game at the arena against Joe Wolf and UNC, that we almost won, on national TV, Al doing the color. Did not see the TV because I was at the game. The atmosphere at the Arena was razor sharp electric.
10. Al standing on the table inciting the MU and UW fans after beating Bucky, with the Hughes twins dad flipping Al the bird. Look at that picture and remember the sideburn days.
11. Any time Mandy Johnson made a steal
12. Wardle draining a game winning three against Louisville
13. Novak scoring about 40 against UCONN on out BEast debut
14. Tony Smith's career during some of our down years.
Pre-college days: The championship game in 1977....probably influenced my eventual decision to attend MU
While at MU: The game against #1 UNC and Joe Wolf. I was at the Mecca and agree with Willie that the atmosphere was the most electric I had ever experienced at MU. The whole weekend was that way after we beat a ranked Dayton (I think on Thursday or Friday) and then got ready for the #1 team to visit.....the final result was just painful.
Post campus days: The win against Kentucky to get to the sweet 16 was so fantastic after so many dark years. The game to clinch the final 4 against Kentucky, again, had to be the highlight. I thought MU had a great chance that year as Wade was going wild and had a strong supporting cast. The following embarrassing crushing loss to KU was really anticlimatic and just sad.
On a personal note....one highlight was working at the REC center while Majerus was running a camp and Doc Rivers (playing for Atlanta at the time) came through and in the most sincere and authentic manner walked around and introduced himself to everyone working in the building, especially the students. He asked everyone what they were studying and wished them well. That remains a good memory and I root for Doc today even though I hate the Celtics.
Quote from: Goose on March 16, 2011, 09:53:03 AM
Al's walk to salute ND students at his last game there
I don't seem to remember hearing about this story. Can you provide details? Was this anything like the Badger Dad's salute to Al?
No doubt the Regional Campionship in Minni. Walking back from the dome to the team hotel I don't think my feet actually touched the ground. Then watching other Regional Final with everybody else (including many MUScoop posters) knowing we were safely in the Final Four. What a day!
Willie---The MU-UNC game was an unreal experience. After beating Dayton on Saturday afternoon the excitement grew until game time Sunday. I will never forget walking into the arena and the place was packed an hour before game time. Truthfully I get goose bumps thinking about it now.
Only negative was I had my girlfriend at "fever" pitch that weekend and after the loss I lost me "enthusiasm" for the moment. From top of the mountain to bed at six o'clock alone and hungover.
MUEng--It is the classic picture of AL with arms raised over head and smirk on his face. It is my favorite picture of Al.
Quote from: Goose on March 16, 2011, 12:11:20 PM
MUEng--It is the classic picture of AL with arms raised over head and smirk on his face. It is my favorite picture of Al.
I didn't know the back story on that photo (not sure how I wouldn't have heard that somewhere along the line the last 25 years). Thanks for the info.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on March 16, 2011, 09:26:59 AM
3) November 20 & 21, 2006 - Marquette vs. Texas Tech and Duke
Beating Robert Montgomery Knight and Coach K in back-to-back nights was awesome. For the Duke
game the crowd started out pretty pro-Duke but then turned to our favor when they realized they could see an upset. I remember waiting in line at the drinking fountain in full Eagle costume while a bald man in front of me was getting a drink. It was Dick Vitale and when he was done he told me it would be a perfect SportsCenter commercial. He is actually a normal person when the cameras are off. Sadly, this is the only time I've seen Marquette cut down the nets in person: for the CBE Classic.
As the Duke/MU game started, that arena was LOUD. I don'd remember the first MU bucket, but I do remember the confetti explosion in the stands. The guy in front of me turned to his buddy and said "This is big time." It felt like we had arrived that game.
I, too, was at the famous UNC-MU game. What an atmosphere. It is hard for me to choose a loss, even though it was the most exciting thing that happened while I was there. The 77 championship was the second time my parents let me stay up late to watch a sporting event. (Game 7, 75 World Series was first). I was watching tv for the Doc Rivers shot. Nothing, though, has impacted me like the 2003 Kentucky game. The only time other than my children being born that I have cried as an adult.
Quote from: tower912 on March 16, 2011, 12:27:34 PM
I, too, was at the famous UNC-MU game. What an atmosphere. It is hard for me to choose a loss, even though it was the most exciting thing that happened while I was there. The 77 championship was the second time my parents let me stay up late to watch a sporting event. (Game 7, 75 World Series was first). I was watching tv for the Doc Rivers shot. Nothing, though, has impacted me like the 2003 Kentucky game. The only time other than my children being born that I have cried as an adult.
So you missed the end of Game 6 and Fisk's homer?
Quote from: Jblattner7 on March 16, 2011, 10:04:55 AM
#2 for me is Feb 3, 2002. MU beats #4 Cincy 74-60, we stormed the court, carried D Wade off on our shoulders with the American Flag waving... great picture, great game
That was an odd Bradley Center day. The UC at MU game was an 11AM game and the Bucks played the 76ers at 4pm on NBC will another packed house.
Dec. 22, 2002
MU ended the 4 game losing streak to Wisconsin. After the game the MU team ran to the student section with high five's for all!
Quote from: Earl Tatum on March 16, 2011, 11:21:11 AM
What people don't remember is to win the 1977 NCAA Championship. It was the full court pass
from out of bounds under the oppositions basket to Jerome Whitehead, who was stationed underneath the MU basket and stuffed it over Cedric Maxwell (Played for Celtics) against UNC-Charlotte with about 1 second left. On Monday we beat North Carolina for the Championship. McGuire gambled and won on that pass. Forgot who threw the pass.
Yes. That was the play of the tourney. We were tied 49-49, and it was in bounded to Gary Rosenberger who tossed it down to Jerome, who tipped it in , over Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell, with one second. That was before instant replay, and a question was whether he got it off on time.
I am lucky, as my brother worked at a tv station and got an AP fax photo(one of a kind) showing the ball away from his hands, and as it was shot from a low angle it showed the clock with :01 on the clock. He got it autographed by Al McGuire years later. Al paused, and smiled to my brother, saying,..."I guess this proves it!".... it gave my brother goosebumps.
What a memory...the moment is under an acid sealed glass frame in my study. Maybe the single most important shot in MU history. WOW
Quote from: groove on March 16, 2011, 12:32:55 PM
So you missed the end of Game 6 and Fisk's homer?
I was 11. Folks made me go to bed at 11:30 during game 6.
Quote from: tower912 on March 16, 2011, 01:00:28 PM
I was 11. Folks made me go to bed at 11:30 during game 6.
damn, I hope you used that as an argument to why you should stay up late to watch game 7.
It helped.
The best for me was definitely D-Wade's triple-double against Kentucky to reach the Final Four. I was told by a friend that he had a ticket for me if we beat Pittsburgh a couple nights before, and was cheering wildly at the Ale House as we ran over them into the Elite Eight. Going up to Minneapolis was electric, and the way we ran away with the game after a tight opening sequence was just amazing. It helped that I was still a junior at Marquette at the time, too. Not just my best MU Hoops memory, but one of my top few sports memories period. Definitely top 5, probably more likely top 3.
Quote from: houwarrior on March 16, 2011, 12:57:40 PM
Yes. That was the play of the tourney. We were tied 49-49, and it was in bounded to Gary Rosenberger who tossed it down to Jerome, who tipped it in , over Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell, with one second. That was before instant replay, and a question was whether he got it off on time.
I am lucky, as my brother worked at a tv station and got an AP fax photo(one of a kind) showing the ball away from his hands, and as it was shot from a low angle it showed the clock with :01 on the clock. He got it autographed by Al McGuire years later. Al paused, and smiled to my brother, saying,..."I guess this proves it!".... it gave my brother goosebumps.
What a memory...the moment is under an acid sealed glass frame in my study. Maybe the single most important shot in MU history. WOW
Perhaps this thread should be titled, "Best MU Hoops Memorabilia."
Very jealous. I wonder what that thing could be worth. Honestly, I'd be hard pressed to think of a more valuable piece of Marquette memorabilia. It's apparently a one of a kind piece; it relates to the single greatest achievement in Marquette basketball history; and it's signed by the most significant figure in Marquette basketball history. Wow.
Quote from: Earl Tatum on March 16, 2011, 11:21:11 AM
What people don't remember is to win the 1977 NCAA Championship. It was the full court pass
from out of bounds under the oppositions basket to Jerome Whitehead, who was stationed underneath the MU basket and stuffed it over Cedric Maxwell (Played for Celtics) against UNC-Charlotte with about 1 second left. On Monday we beat North Carolina for the Championship. McGuire gambled and won on that pass. Forgot who threw the pass.
Yes, that was another great memory.
Quote from: dgies9156 on March 16, 2011, 09:10:50 AM
March 1977, without a doubt. There is nothing like a national championship.
Nothing compares. Absolutely nothing.
That's why alumni of my generation think that going to the big dance isn't enough. We want "little" MU back on top of the world. I was cleaning my basement the other day and found yellowed copies of both the Journal and Sentinel (yes, they were different papers in those days) from the day we won it all. They're precious reminders of a better time we bhope to get to again.
Ditto. Some odd memories for me that night were how the normally strict Milwaukee cops just blocked off the area, smiled, and let us all go nuts. I recall a light fixture at circle inn fell to a pool table, and you'd get shocked to touch the table--no one cared. Its the greatest moment of personal sports elation of my life. I live for it happening just once more, but Im especially hoping for it so all younger fans who havent felt it get to experience it also, at least once during their lifetimes. Its special.
'06 Alum here who didn't grow up watching MU, so I'm still a puppy when it comes to the nostalgia train. First MU game I can remember watching is the '02 C-USA Tournament Final. I don't even think I'd officially decided on coming to MU yet.
1. Running down Wisconsin Avenue after beating Kentucky in '03.
2. The absolute mob scene in the student section after Novak drilled the Irish at the buzzer in '06.
3. Everyone on my floor in McCormick going mental after coming back at Louisville to take control of C-USA in '03.
4. Dropping the '03 C-USA Banner immediately after the game against Cincy. What Chutzpah to even print it up.
5. Getting in line at 9AM for our first Big East game ever in 2006 against #2 UConn, and everything following. [As an old-man aside, I wonder if the students today know how good they have it. I remember getting my season tickets (back when they were still printed, not downloaded), and the BEST games were Louisville and Cincinnati with a lot of UABs, Tulanes, and East Carolinas in between.]
Quote from: StillAWarrior on March 16, 2011, 01:04:59 PM
Perhaps this thread should be titled, "Best MU Hoops Memorabilia."
Very jealous. I wonder what that thing could be worth. Honestly, I'd be hard pressed to think of a more valuable piece of Marquette memorabilia. It's apparently a one of a kind piece; it relates to the single greatest achievement in Marquette basketball history; and it's signed by the most significant figure in Marquette basketball history. Wow.
I am happy to scan it from the frame/glass, to pdf or jpeg...and to post it here.
Can someone tell me (computer dummy) how to post a pic or pdf here?
In person , the ND game at the Arena in '71. We had been jobbed down there the year before (IMO) in double OT. ND was ranked when they came in, it was the typical MKE dead of winter weather, and the place was F'ing ELECTRIC!
When the Warriors came out there was a spontaneous, sustained LOUD standing O that went for about 10 minutes. Dean was the Dream that night and the game wasn't as close as the score. It was vibrant - it's one of those top 10 memories of what you wish you could go back to and relive.
Quote from: Earl Tatum on March 16, 2011, 11:21:11 AM
What people don't remember is to win the 1977 NCAA Championship. It was the full court pass
from out of bounds under the oppositions basket to Jerome Whitehead, who was stationed underneath the MU basket and stuffed it over Cedric Maxwell (Played for Celtics) against UNC-Charlotte with about 1 second left. On Monday we beat North Carolina for the Championship. McGuire gambled and won on that pass. Forgot who threw the pass.
Butch Lee.
It was in the National Semi-Final against North Carolina Charlotte.
Sorry HouWarrior, but it was Lee and bounced off Bo Ellis' fingers. Al never would have let Rosenberger throw that pass. Only one of his starters could do that. Gary was our sixth man off the bench at the time and was an outstanding pure shooter. He probably would have started over Jimmy Boylan today given the three-point line. But that pass was Butch!
Quote from: Goose on March 16, 2011, 09:53:03 AM
Anything that happened in Al era. From playing USSR at midnight, to breaking out new uni's for national TV, to Al's walk to salute ND students at his last game there to winning NCAA. Fortunately or unfortunately for me it is a time that will never be duplicated. The man spoiled the entire MU community and set a bar that will be nearly impossible to match.
For the younger posters the Al era was even better than us old timers remember it.
Forgot about that Russian game. That was clearly number 2.
It was in 1976 and featured the USSR Olympic Team. Yeah, for you history buffs, the one that ripped the US off and stole a gold medal in a political farce. They came into the Arena in October 1975 and the Butch and Bo show gave them their heads on a platter.
We walked home from the Arena to campus that night and knew we had something truly, truly special.
That year, when the NCAA didn't seed (probably because Al pitched a fit in 1970 when we were supposed to go to the Midwest Regional and went to the NIT instead), we ended up playing one of the best teams I ever saw, the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, in the Regional Finals. We lost in what should have been the national title game.
A year later, it all came together!!!!!
Mine is easily the 2003 regional final against Kentucky. But there are a few others I'll always remember fondly:
*Selection Sunday, 1993. Marquette lost to Saint Louis in the conference tournament and was squarely on the bubble. Honestly, at that time, I would have been fine with a spot in the NIT. I had no idea where MU stood in relation to other teams since there was no bracketology stuff back then, and I prepared not to see Marquette's name on the selection show. But when their name popped up as a 12 seed, I went nuts. I was just a kid at the time and was obsessed with the NCAA tournament. And now my favorite team was a part of it. I don't think I stopped running around the house for 15 minutes.
*NIT game with Penn State, 1990. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's just a silly NIT game but it was the first time MU had been in the postseason in years. I was just beginning to really understand college basketball and I thought it was awesome that MU was on ESPN. My family didn't have cable, so we went to a sports bar to watch the game.
*NCAA regional semifinal with Duke, 1994. Growing up, my favorite team was Marquette. My second favorite team was Duke (give me a break, I was just a kid). I was torn that they were playing each other at first, but as the game got closer I was 110 percent behind Marquette. I remember MU jumped out to a 9-0 lead and my favorite all-time Marquette player Tony Miller hit a 3-pointer as part of the run. The rest of the game was kind of ugly, but I'll never forget that moment when MU took a 9-0 lead.
*Winning the C-USA tournament by winning four games in four days (I think MU was only the second team ever to do that) to make the NCAA tournament in 1997. The slaughter at the hands of Providence aside, that was a great MU team.
Junior Year in HS. March 1977.
Listened to every tournament game on the radio at work. I remember how great it felt when the Warriors were making all their free throws late in the championship game, and what that meant. WE WERE CHAMPIONS!!
I had been a Marquette fan since about '71. We were always 2nd to some other team (usually UCLA or Indiana).
Next day I didn't work. We skipped school that afternoon and went to the campus rally and parade....Great day.
Novak's buzzer-beater over the Irish in 06.
A while back we were talking about memorabilia and I mentioned that I had these. Finally got around to loading them. These things are officially licensed college apparel made for a major retailer that I happened to be working at, not some knockoffs. They were demos that were made (the only two I know of), and the name changed back so quickly they weren't sold in stores.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5532859512_0782122dd7.jpg)
Made before any logo was agreed upon, so you'll still see the old Golden Eagle here with the new name.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5532860076_f6d2de320f.jpg)
If you look closely, that is the little registered trademark symbol that shows this was licensed.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5532277635_2a0b4af964.jpg)
Bwahaha, nice! :D
Quote from: radome on March 16, 2011, 09:21:53 AM
I'm in the military and lived all over
Radome - are you an AWACS puke?
Burn all the evidence 2006.
Quote from: dgies9156 on March 16, 2011, 01:46:08 PM
Butch Lee.
It was in the National Semi-Final against North Carolina Charlotte.
Sorry HouWarrior, but it was Lee and bounced off Bo Ellis' fingers. Al never would have let Rosenberger throw that pass. Only one of his starters could do that. Gary was our sixth man off the bench at the time and was an outstanding pure shooter. He probably would have started over Jimmy Boylan today given the three-point line. But that pass was Butch!
Ill trust your memory--in the photo you can see Gary running up from midcourt--he was on the floor at the time, per the pic
MODIFY-- Gary is in the game---but your recall is perfect--here is the video--complete with press row guys taking pics....many got the shot (incl. SI), but only the AP thermofax photo I have has the :01 scoreboard proof. Here is the video proof of your correct recall (sorry for my error):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5u8JuNltiw
Quote from: Stone Cold on March 16, 2011, 02:29:25 PM
Burn all the evidence 2006.
For me it's more of a 'never forget' kind of thing ;) I can look at those Marquette 'the Gold' shirts and say as an alum I'll do whatever I can to avoid such a grave travesty ever happening again!
Quote from: houwarrior on March 16, 2011, 12:57:40 PM
I am lucky, as my brother worked at a tv station and got an AP fax photo(one of a kind) showing the ball away from his hands, and as it was shot from a low angle it showed the clock with :01 on the clock. He got it autographed by Al McGuire years later. Al paused, and smiled to my brother, saying,..."I guess this proves it!".... it gave my brother goosebumps.
What a memory...the moment is under an acid sealed glass frame in my study. Maybe the single most important shot in MU history. WOW
That is an incredible story. You need to get that story to the MU Grad that wrote the book on Al.
I really wish all of the under 30 fans could have seen how electric a crowd could be. The arena rocked and everyone was part of the action. I remember vividly my Dad at 60y always having a few cocktails and getting loud at the games. Hallways filled with smoke at halftime and reloading the beer. The Arena was a snake pit. No offense students you pale in comparison to the Warrior students of old.
Believe it or not, but we were Duke fans before there were Duke fans. Camping out for tickets 30 years as common event. It was a circus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5u8JuNltiw
In the national semi-final game vs. UNCC, Butch Lee threw the inbound pass to Whitehead. I was sitting directly under our basket about 4 rows from the floor and Lee's pass looked like it was coming directly to me. Knew immediately J's shot had beaten the buzzer.
Quote from: Goose on March 16, 2011, 02:51:41 PM
I really wish all of the under 30 fans could have seen how electric a crowd could be. The arena rocked and everyone was part of the action. I remember vividly my Dad at 60y always having a few cocktails and getting loud at the games. Hallways filled with smoke at halftime and reloading the beer. The Arena was a snake pit. No offense students you pale in comparison to the Warrior students of old.
Believe it or not, but we were Duke fans before there were Duke fans. Camping out for tickets 30 years as common event. It was a circus.
When I went to MU we walked uphill both ways to the games, in sub zero temperatures. Just a little gentle ribbing there, but lets be honest. I would guess that the Arena had a student section that took up more of the lower bowl, and there is no upper bowl if I remember correctly. It holds HALF of the capacity of the Bradley Center, and is better designed for basketball (vs. multi purpose/hockey). The average attendance for the last 10 years has been 3000 - 5000 higher than the max capacity at US Cellular. My point is that part of the reason everyone thinks the student section is so 'lame' is the Bradley Center itself, and the fact that less than half the students can fit into the lower bowl so all of us alumni can pay top dollar for lower level seats.
You guys want a better atmosphere from students and in general? Donate a boatload of cash for an on-campus 12,000 seat arena or to buy up in perpetuity a larger section of the lower bowl for students.
/End rant
Mugrad--My Dad did not go to college but he and Mom loved MU like most people love the Packers. The world was different and Al was a man of the people. He attracted non MU people, factory workers, you name it. He was one man PR department and the excitement was contagious. Al would have sold out Miller Park and had it rocking. MU ball was the main event in winter time in Milwaukee.
Not my best memory, but a great one people forget.
It was the 2004 NIT year, last game of the season. A very good Louisville team came in and we beat them on a Dameon Mason "and-1" at the end of the game and the whole Bradley Center went crazy. We then sent off Scot Merritt and Terry Sanders for senior day, two great Warriors who were key role players inside during the Final Four run.
I was at the North Carolina game. We had 'em, but it slipped away. The Ole MECCA was really rockin that day and so was Goolsby's.
Quote from: HoopsMalone on March 16, 2011, 03:19:04 PM
Not my best memory, but a great one people forget.
It was the 2004 NIT year, last game of the season. A very good Louisville team came in and we beat them on a Dameon Mason "and-1" at the end of the game and the whole Bradley Center went crazy. We then sent off Scot Merritt and Terry Sanders for senior day, two great Warriors who were key role players inside during the Final Four run.
That was an awesome ending. I remember we had to wait for Mason to hit the free throw and then for Louisville to inbound it with .7 left or something like that before we could rush the court. Only after things calmed down did I realize I had no idea where my phone was. Luckily it was right under my seat when I got back.
I am not ashamed to admit that one of my fondest MU hoops memories is rushing the court of the Arena... in 1995... after beating South Florida... to advance to the Final Four of the NIT.
Whenever I start to think about rushing the court, that comes to mind.
Six straight NCAA appearances. cool!
Last year's Louisville game, sitting in the main student section. Best energy the BC has had since
I've been here, by far.
Yeah, I'm a young'un.
My all-time favorite Warrior. Zar and Wes are close seconds but the man is all-MU.
Ran into Bo's cousin Clarence on the street in Friendship Heights when out in DC for the Gtown game. He played at LIU apparently but was going on about Bo and Al, Marquette--saying MU was a great academic school, gave inner-city kids like Bo a chance, wished he could have gone there. What was kinda unique was that he appeared to be a street person walking who saw my MU shirt, stopped me and was going on and on about Marquette. We had a great conversation and he was pumped that MU was in town. This story is why I go off when the JUCO besmirching comes up. Bo=Ultimate Warrior
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Quote from: Stone Cold on March 16, 2011, 09:20:40 AM
First actual memory of MU hoops is watching MU, Mac, Keys and O'Neill beat Pitino and Kentucky in the NCAA's the early 90's.
The other MU-Kentucky game in 2003 has to be the best for us younger folk.
I agree because i was to young to remember the Al days.
For as much as i absolutely loved our Final Four run with Wade, that win over Kentucky when Kevin O'Neill was coach was a bit more thrilling in my opinion. The main difference between the two wins for me was i think the first Kentucky win was more surprising. Kentucky was a true powerhouse at that time and i really didn't think Marquette had a chance to win while in the other Kentucky game, i at least thought we had a punchers chance simply because we had a star in Wade.
The way Tony Miller almost single-handedly ate up the great Kentucky/Pitino press in that game was amazing. In fact, i wish there was somewhere online that i could watch that game again. I've never seen it a second time unfortunately.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on March 16, 2011, 02:56:55 PM
In the national semi-final game vs. UNCC, Butch Lee threw the inbound pass to Whitehead. I was sitting directly under our basket about 4 rows from the floor and Lee's pass looked like it was coming directly to me. Knew immediately J's shot had beaten the buzzer.
No question. This was the best. Cornbread collapsed to the deck in tears.
UNCC was in the old Metro conference back then right? with Louisville, Memphis st and Cincy.
Quote from: groove on March 17, 2011, 06:28:14 AM
UNCC was in the old Metro conference back then right? with Louisville, Memphis st and Cincy.
Not in '77, if that was your question. They did not join until the '90's. I believe they were an independent, or may have just joined the Sun Belt.
Quote from: MUMac on March 17, 2011, 08:02:31 AM
Not in '77, if that was your question. They did not join until the '90's. I believe they were an independent, or may have just joined the Sun Belt.
thanks, yeah you are right. Just looked it up. In 1977 the Metro included Cincinnati, Georgia Tech , Louisville, Memphis St, St. Louis, Tulane and Florida St.
2003 Regional Final: We decide to go up to MSP that morning, but the only hotel available was the Marriott (Kentucky's hotel). We walked in wearing MU gear to be greeted by Kentucky fans, wearing their blue & white windsuits, smugly telling us that we had a nice run, but they were headed to the Final Four. We scalped tickets super cheap and Marquette led the whole game. I was sick to my stomach thinking it would turn south on us, and had a hard time believing what was happening. I have to say that returning to the hotel after the game was one of the best experiences. It was awfully quiet. Only the sound of the swishing of nylon wind pants as they departed the lounge area where people were watching the games.
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Tampa 1994. Easy ticket score. Some UK fans already had Sweet 16 tickys. Were practically giving them away. Needless to say, we went to Knoxville.