Greatest #mubb moment personally experienced

[Boozemon Barro]

Hanging 104 on Creighton last season was pretty swwet.

[TallTitan34]

Titan

Al leaving caused it.

Well right, I don't mean to discount that.  But I never considered that the formation of the Big East could have significantly hurt Marquette from landing New York and east coast recruits.

Had Al stayed, I assume he would he have had at least some additional difficulty recruiting the east coast? 

[jsglow]

Well right, I don't mean to discount that.  But I never considered that the formation of the Big East could have significantly hurt Marquette from landing New York and east coast recruits.

Had Al stayed, I assume he would he have had at least some additional difficulty recruiting the east coast?

There's a fancy 'start a thread' button somewhere around here.   

[Herman Cain]

Well right, I don't mean to discount that.  But I never considered that the formation of the Big East could have significantly hurt Marquette from landing New York and east coast recruits.

Had Al stayed, I assume he would he have had at least some additional difficulty recruiting the east coast?

Al would have owned the Big East. It would have put him at an even higher stature as the would have fed off the rivalries .  Remember he was still in is 40's.  We were just getting going.

No one needed viagara in those days as MU gave everyone a perma woodie.

[warriorchick]

You're such a positive guy Herman.     Greatest, not most memorable.   

Okay, I'll add a couple more although neither is even close to my original list. 

1) Spring 2012.  Don't even recall the opponent but I believe we won.  Anyway, chick and I were hosting 3 high school seniors (MU applicants) down at the Courtside Club and at the game.  And to give them the full student treatment, we decided to park up at campus and walk just like they would if they matriculated to Marquette.  Anyway, on the walk down Wells some 6-8 students were on the other side of the street chanting 'We're not that drunk! We're not that drunk!' as they headed down to the game.  Loved it.  All of our kids thought it awesome although sadly only one ended up at MU, largely for financial reasons.

2) 'Cuse on Big Monday.  You know, the night Davante went off and Jake hit the 4 pointer?  Great atmosphere.  Anyway, since it was a 6p start chick and I decide to celebrate with a single beer in Caffrey's before the drive home.  We get there quickly enough that we get 2 seats at the bar before the place fills to what I would label as 'crowded'.  Fifteen minutes goes by and I hear a familiar voice from back by the pool table.....

'O-M-G! My parents are in MY bar!'

Now listen to me very closely young lady!   

It was Georgetown, and we did win.  It was also the first time the student section tried the "I believe that we will win" chant and it  worked perfectly.   It was also the only time it ever worked perfectly.

[THRILLHO]

I'll just share stories I told in previous posts:

Rushing the court with the American flag:

Funny story, I was the one who brought the flag to that game [where we rushed the court after beating Cincinnati].  That was the season following 9/11, so flags and outward signs of patriotism were everywhere, though in retrospect I'm surprised they let us bring it in since it was on a rusty sharp metal rod.  Anyways, the night before my next door neighbors came over after bar close, they were wasted and had stolen the flag off of an apartment building and were waving it around in a patriotic fervor.  The next morning we got up for the game and started drinking early and ran all the way down to the BC in the freezing cold waving the flag.  We managed to get into the front row of the student section and waved the flag regularly.  When the game was over we all rushed the court, and I brought the flag on.  Soon everyone was on the court, and someone next to me was sitting on his friend's shoulders, and asked for the flag.  I handed it up to him and eventually he made it into the (to me) famous shot of D. Wade in the crowd next to the flag (here: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/1a/c0/971ac002a6c58c271067e4f79add6eb1.jpg).  After that I'm not sure where it went, but it ended up in so many photos of the game, and I think it really makes the pictures seem timeless.

Advancing to the Elite 8:

I was a senior and watched the [2003 Elite 8] game at Caffrey's. It was pretty incredible, we couldn't believe everything was going so well. Then afterwards everybody streamed out into the streets, at the corner of 16th and Wells. At some point someone started running. I didn't know where they were going but I ran along with a few buddies. They turned onto Wisconsin and ran all the way downtown, I had no idea if there was someone up front with a plan or if this was just random mob behavior but I followed along.  Eventually we got down to the lakefront, near that funky statue, where people stopped and did some cheering and then the crowd broke up. We didn't feel like walking all the way back right away so we bar-hopped back to campus.

Freshman year when the team was bad:

Danny Pudi was a superfan my freshman year even though the team was .500 and when they did win it tended to be ugly. His energy often fired up the student section, it was kind of like having a mascot back there. One game he got this thing going where someone from up high would throw something down to him (right behind the basket) and he would throw it back. (I want to say up in the upper bowl but now I'm not sure how often there were actually people up there in those years.) The object they chose to throw was a rolled up tube sock. Somehow at least some subset of the student section got into this so we were cheering on every throw and catch. Finally security came over to take the object for safety reasons, as I'm sure we all figured they would eventually do. So then Pudi gets this chant going, "It's just a dirty sock! It's just a dirty sock!" I can't totally trust my memory here so I don't remember whether it was the whole student section or just a group around him but it was enough that I heard it and started cracking up. The security guard could hear it as well and was smiling as he walked away with the contraband.

but I'll just add that the team was really bad that year (Crean's first year) and Pudi's spirit was infectious and kept the student section fun even when we struggled. That kind of environment (along with a good effort) gets people to come back.

[Herman Cain]

You're such a positive guy Herman.     Greatest, not most memorable.   

Ok. While it  may not be among the top all time great moments in MU history, for me the the game at the Garden with St. Johns in 2013 was pretty special. It was senior day for the Johnnies and there was a pretty good crowd in the Garden composed of their old Long Island faithful and probably a good couple thousand MU fans. The Garden closed off the upper deck so there were 2-13,000 people packed into the lower bowl. So it was a great college environment.

The Johnnies were still pretty good with Steve Lavin so the game was back and forth, and the they  rallied to tie it and it went to overtime. At the end of the overtime with the score tied we had the ball and the entire arena knew Vander was going to get the ball. They threw every body they could at him, he made an incredible drive to the hole and made it just as the buzzer went off. MU won a share of the Big East Championship which I thought was pretty great considering who was in the league then. It was a true Garden moment one I will relish for a long time.

[tower912]

84-88.  There were no memorable positive memories.  So I will go with..... seeing Digger get beer dumped on him.

[TallTitan34]

Dwight Burke put back jam against GTown, I think it was 2008. I believe MU ended up losing in OT but the BC was on fire when Dwight slammed it late in the second half.

Was that the phantom foul on Dom when a Georgetown player was shooting a three?

[jsglow]

Ok. While it  may not be among the top all time great moments in MU history, for me the the game at the Garden with St. Johns in 2013 was pretty special. It was senior day for the Johnnies and there was a pretty good crowd in the Garden composed of their old Long Island faithful and probably a good couple thousand MU fans. The Garden closed off the upper deck so there were 2-13,000 people packed into the lower bowl. So it was a great college environment.

The Johnnies were still pretty good with Steve Lavin so the game was back and forth, and the they  rallied to tie it and it went to overtime. At the end of the overtime with the score tied we had the ball and the entire arena knew Vander was going to get the ball. They threw every body they could at him, he made an incredible drive to the hole and made it just as the buzzer went off. MU won a share of the Big East Championship which I thought was pretty great considering who was in the league then. It was a true Garden moment one I will relish for a long time.

There you go my man!  That drive was the pre-quel to the Davidson game.

[Stretchdeltsig]

My favorite memory wasn't a game but a class room experience.  In the spring semester of 1969 I took an elective course, "Theory of Coaching Basketball" by Hank Raymonds.  I sat in the back row with Ric Cobb.  We had blue books to write our answers in for the final exam.  The question was... if you were defending a 6'3" guard who had an outstanding jump shot and could dribble/drive to the basket with either hand, how would you guard him?

After writing down my answer I glanced over at Ric and saw his answer, "P R A Y !"

We both received "A"s.

[Cooby Snacks]

I think most of the big ones have been covered, so here are just a few more that stand out in my memory.

Both the 02 and 03 home games vs Cincinnati...the 02 game gave the sense that the program was in really good shape again. Big crowd, both teams ranked, and MU stomped them. The 03 game finally broke the Cincy hegemony over C-USA.

The 3-day stretch in 2006 where MU beat Georgetown and Pitt to just about seal a tournament bid in a year where we were supposed to finish 12th or something in the Big East. The next weekend I went to South Bend to watch MU get a season sweep over the domers.

The ESPN Gameday at the end of the 2007 season vs. Pitt. Deliriously drunk and tired from camping out overnight for the pregame taping, the line between reality and hallucination was already blurred before Mike Kinsella started raining threes.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Dameon Mason sinking some game winning free throws to beat Louisville, what, 15 years ago?  Games are always more magical when we're kids.

I was there and still have that game on the VCR. Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner call on CBS was priceless. Senior Day in 2004.

Mason with the buzzer beater and he got fouled!

[Charley Farley]

The MU/UK game in '03.   MU had been to the Final 4 the year I was born, won the nc the year my wife was born, and made it back to the ff 2 months before my son was born.  Thought I was onto something but my girls couldn't keep the trend alive.

[MU82]

Fun thread, glow. I love reading these memories. Thanks for starting it!

[#UnleashSean]

My brother and I watching Davante take down Syracuse + Jake thomas' 4 point play. We had both just turned into adults and started grabbing our own season tickets. Plus it was great to beat down the teams that killed the big east.


My brother and I road tripping to Madison to see Henry take down the Fadgers. Wore Red to get easy tickets, scalpers try to bleed us dry, run into a nice old badger sweater vest who sold us his 5th row center court tickets for face. Bought tickets, took off our red sweatshirts, had a good laugh with him. Sat down, watch Henry rip on the Badgers. Brother (5'10 and about 230 of muscle) starts chanting as Henry makes that drive to win, a couple 50 year something sweater vests start asking him if he wants to get beat down, my brother looks at them and says hes 30 years younger, 5 inches taller, and 100 pounds bigger. Tells the man to go get 4 more guys to make it a fair fight, they shut up, he continues to chant.

And of course Nova last year. Took my girlfriend instead of my brother (My mother had told me he didn't want to go when I got extra tickets) He still has not forgiven her.

[Eye]

crushing top-20 Bucky on NYE in 94.

That'd be close to the top for me. Tony Miller with a triple double and held the almighty Michael Finley to 3-for-23 in a 15-point win.

[genious expert]

My first game back the year after I graduated. January 2011 vs a top 10 Notre Dame. I just remember Buycks playing out of his arse and the Notre Dame fans by me were furious. It was wonderful.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/2011-01-10-marquette.html

Also was at the Nova game last year. I actually lost a bet with a friend and had to buy the tickets. (He's a rodent fan but wanted to see Villanova play in person.) He ended up traveling for work so I called another friend who just recently moved to Milwaukee and that game turned him into an MU fan. He went to a bunch more games after that.

Then there was the game against the rodents my freshman year. It was FREEZING outside and we were all lined up at like 6-7am. Tom Crean came outside and they ended up letting us in. It was the first big time game my freshman year and the place was sold out. I remember at the time they said it was the highest attendance ever for a basketball game in the state of Wisconsin. (Or maybe that was the '08 game idk) We ended up losing but I'll never forget that one.
Here's the full game, in the intro they show Tom Crean coming out to talk to us.
https://youtu.be/2LG4QMcCVFg?t=5m4s

[rocket surgeon]

Back in '68 my dad was diagnosed with Colon Cancer at age 50. He underwent surgery and the doctors were pretty certain they had remove all the cancer. There were no chemo treatments back then. My dad passed at the age of 92 cancer free. Pray you have the same outcome, but let's make it a 102.

Very similar story-my dad was diagnosed with colon cancer in late 70's when he was in his mid 40's.  They took out 6" of his colon.  He and I worked together for 16 years, he has been retired now 16 years and still going strong at 83.   Best Wishes /prayers to you glow-all the best And more

[Goose]

Rocket

Thanks for sharing. Lucky guy to work with your Dad!! Not sure my son would agree, but I think so.

[Herman Cain]

My brother and I watching Davante take down Syracuse + Jake thomas' 4 point play. We had both just turned into adults and started grabbing our own season tickets. Plus it was great to beat down the teams that killed the big east.


My brother and I road tripping to Madison to see Henry take down the Fadgers. Wore Red to get easy tickets, scalpers try to bleed us dry, run into a nice old badger sweater vest who sold us his 5th row center court tickets for face. Bought tickets, took off our red sweatshirts, had a good laugh with him. Sat down, watch Henry rip on the Badgers. Brother (5'10 and about 230 of muscle) starts chanting as Henry makes that drive to win, a couple 50 year something sweater vests start asking him if he wants to get beat down, my brother looks at them and says hes 30 years younger, 5 inches taller, and 100 pounds bigger. Tells the man to go get 4 more guys to make it a fair fight, they shut up, he continues to chant.

And of course Nova last year. Took my girlfriend instead of my brother (My mother had told me he didn't want to go when I got extra tickets) He still has not forgiven her.

The red sweatshirts is classic.

[jaygall31]

Mine would be 2003 last regular season home game vs. Cincy to win the conference championship. I'll never forget going onto the court after with my dad while the team was cutting down the nets. I'm not sure anything had been seen in these parts like that before- at least in a long while, but then again Wade was something different all together. Getting pictures with Wade, Travis, Novak, etc with their nets around their necks is something I'll never forget. What a team/season that was.

[jaygall31]

A close second is watching Novak live vs that NBA Uconn team go off for 41. I swear from our Sec 400 row B season tickets it looked like he was pulling up from half court. I remember Calhoun just laying into Rudy Gay while we were whippin 'em. Great game...we joined the big east, rest was history!!!!

[Dr. Blackheart]

Plenty of great games, exposure to Rick.  However, I was making an industrial film with Kartemquin Films as they were making "Hoop Dreams", basically over many years of filming and editing. They also had film from Al from earlier shorts they shot they shared.  Basically, I found out my film funded the end of Hoop Dreams.  Amazing artistic talent and they loved both Al and KO.

Personally, spending games with family and friends. MU Hoops Unites. Youngest is five years cancer free. I think she is 149-3 lifetime with all loses at the buzzer at holiday tournaments.

[barfolomew]

A close second is watching Novak live vs that NBA Uconn team go off for 41. I swear from our Sec 400 row B season tickets it looked like he was pulling up from half court. I remember Calhoun just laying into Rudy Gay while we were whippin 'em. Great game...we joined the big east, rest was history!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RXaERVhNuU