What was the first MU game you attended?

[ecompt]

Marquette vs. Providence in the NIT quarterfinals at the Garden in March 1967. MU lost to Walt Frazier and Southern Illinois in the final.

[Norm]

That was the first Dukiet year.

We lost to Fordham by 20 points...and Virginia Tech by 19?  I must have been there, but have no recollection of these games.  (For good reason.)

Dukiet's first year was '86-'87.

[SuddenSam]

Winter of '78 or '79, drove to game during big snow storm only to see ND break a very long home win streak we had going.

[Marqevans]

Probably Nov. 1970.  Might have been against "Athletes in Action".

[Newsdreams]

Winter of '78 or '79, drove to game during big snow storm only to see ND break a very long home win streak we had going.

78-79 season on Jan '79

[MU82]

I'm relieved that I'm nowhere close to being the only one who can't remember.

Probably the first home game of the 1978-79 season (my freshman year), but I wouldn't bet my life on that being true.

Obviously, a memorable, life-changing event for me!!

[77ncaachamps]

As an out-of-stater, this is easy to answer (though I can't recollect the details or retrieve a memory of it):

the first game of the 1993-94 season.

Probably exhibition...

[Dish]

1/29/95, MU vs DePaul at United Center.

Not a good afternoon for the Deane Warriors.

[alexius23]

It was the '61-'62 season. It was against Loyola. Ah, Eddie Hickey & George Ireland. I was pretty young then...

[Hallmarq]

California All Stars. Exhibition opener in 2000. Got there about 20 minutes before tip and sat in the 2nd row behind the bench. Had a blast.

Sadly, I dont remember who we played for what would have been my first game that counted.

[thanooj]

I saw doc rivers win the top over Benoit Benjamin at creighton in Omaha. My next game I remember was sitting behind majerus and the MU bench in Ames Iowa. NIT game. Marquette had Marotta and Iowa state had Jeff grayer and marquette won by 20. My mom and dad and sister and I got on TV during that game 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

http://goldeneaglefan.com/marquette-basketball/schedule/1987-1988

Looks like this site only goes as far back as /schedule/1980-1981 .

[Spotcheck Billy]

http://goldeneaglefan.com/marquette-basketball/schedule/1987-1988

Looks like this site only goes as far back as /schedule/1980-1981 .

what about the Scoop wiki?

[Eye]

78 Classic. I was 7. No clue who they played or how they did. Guessing they won. Thing I remember was either Raymonds or Majerus let me in the locker room to get the final autograph I needed in the program to get a complete set of autographs for the team. 35-plus years later here we are.

[Sixty]

I vaguely remember going to most of the home games in the 55-56 season. Most were in the arena, but one or two were in the Milwaukee auditorium. I do also remember watching the Warriors play the University of San Francisco in a tournament at the old Chicago Stadium. USF had a kid by the name of Bill Russell playing center.  He was pretty good.  Our center, Terry Rand, did ok, too.  A guy now known as "Murf" played alongside Rand.

[alexius23]

I actually attended my 1st MU game to see someone else. LSU and Florida St. were playing in the 1st game of the Classic and my dad took me to see Pete Maravich. Fun to watch, but he was nowhere near the player that Dave Cowens was.

And then I got to see 'Brute Force' in the 2nd game and have been an MU fan ever since.

I was at that game. Vending for Sport Service. I wish I had paid more attention but the hype for Cowen & Pistol Pete was just a whisper then.

[alexius23]

Spencer Haywood with University of Detroit and I'm pretty sure Dickie V was the coach...
Al won...as usual...the old arena was on fire.

Only months before Haywood had dazzled in the '69 Mexico City Olympics. I recall George Thompson posterizing Haywood

[wadesworld]

Only months before Haywood had dazzled in the '69 Mexico City Olympics. I recall George Thompson posterizing Haywood

Len Elmore? Is that you referring to Lazar?

[BlindboyPatSmith]

Feb. 8, 1967  The night Pat Smith set (and still holds) the Marquette single game rebounding record with 28 against Loyola

[jsglow]

I can't tell you exactly but I do know that I saw Dean 'The Dream' play in person.  My dad had access to a work colleague's season tickets and routinely during the 70s we would get the opening night of the Milwaukee Classic back when Wisco co-hosted and played in game one.  So I suspect that it might have been that.  If so, a quick look at Wiki seemingly indicates 12/29/70 against Dartmouth.

Oh, and we almost always dined at Chili before the games.  I learned young.

I'm editing my response.  I really believe it was one year earlier 12/26/69 against Delaware.  The reason I say this is I recall having a vested interest in the NIT because I had seen the team play earlier in the year.  Final answer.  

[jsglow]

You know what strikes me about this thread now that I've read all the posts?  Many of us had pretty cool dads.

[keefe]

Ditto. Was it Athletes in Action?

That was my first MU game in person. Those guys were really good. We always started the year against AIA and Philipps 66ers. It's a shame that the NCAA killed off those guys as they were good competition.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

You know what strikes me about this thread now that I've read all the posts?  Many of us had pretty cool dads.

My first 'game' was via television as we lived on the east coast at the time.  When KO got to the squad to the S16 while I was in high school my dad took us out to a bar to watch the game.  Believe it was the late game on a weeknight...which was a big deal back then.  One of his many hints on where to go to school.

[alexius23]

I lived in Madison back then-

Thursday, March 13 1969 -

NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinals (at Madison, WI)
MU 81 UK 74
Adolph Rupp, Dan Issel for UK
Al McGuire, George Thompson, Dean Meminger, Ric Cobb for MU

Contrary to the movie "Glory Road" (involving Texas Western beating UK in the NCAA, in 1966), some say it was this game that sealed Adolf Rupp finally integrating his all white UK squad with african american players

http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/news/137426413.html

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Games/19690313Marquette.html

I think it was also a Generational thing as well. Al being the "Young Turk" & Rupp so "Old School".

[HouWarrior]

I think it was also a Generational thing as well. Al being the "Young Turk" & Rupp so "Old School".

Absolutely. This put a nail in the old man's career coffin.

The newspaper reports quoted Al as saying this was the" biggest win of my career". Fortunately, Al would celebrate many bigger wins after this turning point