35th Anniversary of Marquette's '77 Championship

[warthog-driver]

What year did they switch the Final Four from a Thursday/Saturday format to a Saturday/Monday one?

The 74 & 77 games were on a Monday

[Warriors4ever]

On the Superbar, there is a link to a Grantland article about the Jacksonville team that lost to UCLA in 1970  That game was on a Saturday, and the article says that later in 1970, Monday night football debuted, proving there was an audience for sports on Mondays evenings, and three seasons later the NCAA title game shifted to Monday evening.  I checked around for a few minutes, and it does appear that 1973 was the first year for the Saturday/Monday schedule.

[seinfeld]

On the Superbar, there is a link to a Grantland article about the Jacksonville team that lost to UCLA in 1970  That game was on a Saturday, and the article says that later in 1970, Monday night football debuted, proving there was an audience for sports on Mondays evenings, and three seasons later the NCAA title game shifted to Monday evening.  I checked around for a few minutes, and it does appear that 1973 was the first year for the Saturday/Monday schedule.

Thanks! That would be the UCLA-Memphis St game, when Bill Walton had that amazing 44 point, 21 of 22 from the field game.

[Warriors4ever]

Bill Walton and the UCLA team showed up at the Kings Inn, where virtually all the MU fans were staying, in 1974 on the Sunday evening between the games after they lost the semifinal game to NCState on Saturday, for the ongoing party on the outdoor passageway. 
Al McGuire was quoted as saying something like, it would be a cold day in Greensboro before we could match up with NCState, and then it snowed.  We were sure it was an omen.

[seinfeld]

That '73 performance was amazing. How many of those 21 shots were lay-ins? A lot would have been dunks had they not been outlawed then.

[Warriors4ever]

I don't know but 21 for 22 is totally amazing by any standard. 

[seinfeld]

wow, highlights from the game. what a sweet bank shot! and the pass at around 1:05 in the video is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAnC4cBXAuY

wow, those bank shots. what a touch.

[seinfeld]

good to hear curt gowdy, though I didn't hear his 'player control foul' for what we all call an offensive foul.

[muwarrior69]

Watch the entire game here:

http://vault.ncaa.com/

scroll thru national championships to find 1977 Marquette vs. North Carolina

Enjoy!

Wow! No shot clock, no three point line and jump balls. And best of all Gowdy there on national TV declaring Marquette an ELITE program in college basketball. I must say the pace of the game today is much quicker.

[4everwarriors]

'Cept when Gowdy told viewers to stay tuned for "All The Fighter" instead of "Ali The Fighter"

Half-heimers on NBC

[WarriorAJ79]

My wife was an MU cheerleader in 80-81. They have a community that keeps them connected. I know she is in touch with a few of the folks. She was an alternate the year before and was close to the Bennetts (their uncle is Lerone Bennett) and Rondell. Gail Pudvan is not active at all.

Lerone Bennett Jr., the author and historian, is Connie and Coco Bennett's father.

[Goose]

Connie and CoCo ROCKED!!!!!

[brewcity77]

That's about as random a bump as I've ever seen. Why you hoopin'?

[bilsu]

I actually never enjoyed that game. I wanted to win so bad that I spent the whole game in absolute missery worrying about losing. By the time the game was over I emotionly spent.

[6Under20]

Wow! No shot clock, no three point line and jump balls. And best of all Gowdy there on national TV declaring Marquette an ELITE program in college basketball. I must say the pace of the game today is much quicker.

How about that double dribble called on Boylan (8:30 mark on the video)?  If they still called carrying like that now teams wouldn't get beyond half court.

[ahoya]

Pudvan worked as a cocktail waitress at a Playboy Club bar in Lake Geneva. Big difference. She and Butch Lee were, uh, friends...

Pudvan was a Bunny at Lake Geneva Playboy Club for 2 summers - she was in their ads, postcards and fliers

[4everwarriors]

Gail Pudvan, so hot. Want to touch the heine.