Recalibrate your expectations

[Richie]

No the block party ended before I got there.  Jigglesfest tho'...

Fall 85 was last block party, my Frosh year.....1 year of Rick, 3 years of Dukiet...not very good, but some memorable games.....the Dayton/UNC weekend in 86, Oregon State torching us with Gary Payton, Bradly Center opening....we weren't very good, but games were still fun

[tower912]

Richie, you and I were there at the same time.   From a basketball perspective, the  downward spiral of the last two years Majerus into the first two years of Dukiet.  Uggh.   At least we had Block Party, Jigglesfest, and the bars on Wells St.

[Shooter McGavin]

Richie, you and I were there at the same time.   From a basketball perspective, the  downward spiral of the last two years Majerus into the first two years of Dukiet.  Uggh.   At least we had Block Party, Jigglesfest, and the bars on Wells St.

Don’t forget about Lake front bash.  And didn’t you guys have a legal drinking age of 18?  That had to help during the dark times.  I think that it changed to 21 when I got there in 1988 (also very dark but with an O’Neill light at the end of the tunnel).

[Richie]

Don’t forget about Lake front bash.  And didn’t you guys have a legal drinking age of 18?  That had to help during the dark times.  I think that it changed to 21 when I got there in 1988 (also very dark but with an O’Neill light at the end of the tunnel).

Yes, our class was grandfathered in on the drinking age...it went up 9/1/86...my roommate's birthday was 9/2, he wasn't pleased

[tower912]

I slid under the drinking age change twice.  The first was from 18 to 19 on July 1, 1985.

[Richie]

I slid under the drinking age change twice.  The first was from 18 to 19 on July 1, 1985.

That's right, I had forgotten all about that... now that you mention it,  I recall turning the 7 for 1967 to a 5 for 1965 until I hit my birthday. Back in those stone ages, a piece of tape to change the number worked fine

[bilsu]

What I would like to achieve (my expectations).
1. Lose less than 10 games a year.
2. Never lose in first round of Big East tournament
3. NIT bad year.
4. NCAA bid at least 4 out of 5 years.
5. 3 out 4 years win at least one game in NCAA tournament.
6. 2 out of 4 years win at least two games in NCCA tournament.

I think No. 1 is the hardest to achieve.

[Shooter McGavin]

What I would like to achieve (my expectations).
1. Lose less than 10 games a year.
2. Never lose in first round of Big East tournament
3. NIT bad year.
4. NCAA bid at least 4 out of 5 years.
5. 3 out 4 years win at least one game in NCAA tournament.
6. 2 out of 4 years win at least two games in NCCA tournament.

I think No. 1 is the hardest to achieve.

That’s a good list.  Can we sprinkle in a final four every ten years?

[bilsu]

That’s a good list.  Can we sprinkle in a final four every ten years?

I of course would like that, but that is extremely hard to achieve. It would be more doable, if the blue bloods (Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina and Kansas) stopped dominating the recruiting rankings.

[The Thing]

I started in fall 86. Those were dark times for MU basketball. At least we had Tony Smith to watch and I still went to almost every game.

My birthday was in November 1967 so I just missed the grandfather from 18 to 19 and 19 to 21. Easy fix though. I cut out the first “1” with a razor from my MU ID and melted a white crayon to fill the hole. Suddenly I was 1/9/67. Only had one bouncer question it out of a whole lot of ID checks.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I started in fall 86. Those were dark times for MU basketball. At least we had Tony Smith to watch and I still went to almost every game.

My birthday was in November 1967 so I just missed the grandfather from 18 to 19 and 19 to 21. Easy fix though. I cut out the first “1” with a razor from my MU ID and melted a white crayon to fill the hole. Suddenly I was 1/9/67. Only had one bouncer question it out of a whole lot of ID checks.

We started the exact same year with the exact same November birth month.  It was very easy at the time to get cheap, fake IDs that 2/3 of the bars allowed. 

[MU82]

My birthday was in November 1967 so I just missed the grandfather from 18 to 19 and 19 to 21. Easy fix though. I cut out the first “1” with a razor from my MU ID and melted a white crayon to fill the hole. Suddenly I was 1/9/67. Only had one bouncer question it out of a whole lot of ID checks.

I am outraged by your lawlessness!

[Scoop Snoop]

I started in fall 86. Those were dark times for MU basketball. At least we had Tony Smith to watch and I still went to almost every game.

My birthday was in November 1967 so I just missed the grandfather from 18 to 19 and 19 to 21. Easy fix though. I cut out the first “1” with a razor from my MU ID and melted a white crayon to fill the hole. Suddenly I was 1/9/67. Only had one bouncer question it out of a whole lot of ID checks.

I had a "creatively produced" ID that listed my home town as Sparta, Wisconsin. In one store a guy looked at it and said "Sparta! I know some people there. Do you know,,,," Of course I said yes.

[The Lens]

I’m a 97 grad.  The ‘Lanche was shutdown on my watch (technically my roommate’s). 

We had Hegs, new Murph’s, new Gym Bar, Theo’s, The Glocc, Conways and Harp & Shamrock.  Plus Angelos. 

It wasn’t bad but I know we got a fraction of the greatness MU offered establishment wise in the late 70s / 80s. 

I just missed O’D’s and Thoma’s.

Wish my parents had me earlier but 3 out of 4 NCAAs, two conference champs and a NIT runner up soften the blow of the scarcity of bars.