40 years ago

[tower912]

MU went to play at IU in the NIT.  Finished the game with 4 players on the floor, including the legendary 5'8 walk on, Willie Hines.   St. Patrick's day.  Everyone coming back from spring break.   The rest of the night was, ummmmm, not my finest hours.

Bigger point, finished the game with four players.  NIT. 

[The Lens]

30ish years ago at the Highland Gardens Apartments Willie Hines ushered me from the sidewalk to the voting booth recounting his MU walk-on heriocs.  You're GD right I voted for him that day.

Willie Hines

[Zog from Margo]

I listened to that game on the radio. To state the obvious, the NIT officials were pretty anxious to get IU and Bobby Knight to the next round.

[MU1985]

Tower you must still be drunk. The game was played on March 24, 1985, which was one week after St Patrick's Day. Mandy Johnson called for the box and one defense during the timeout huddle in OT before coach Majerus reminded him that they only had 4 players left to play. So their defense could only resemble a box rather than a box and one....duh!!!!

[TallTitan34]

Even when they were in trouble, Knight`s Hoosiers somehow seemed predestined to win. Several key decisions by the officials went in favor of Indiana, perhaps leading Knight to say: "I think that out of the five best officiated games we`ve had this season, three of them have come in the NIT." At one point during the first overtime, Knight was so elated with a call that he patted an official on the back.

When asked about the 36 personal fouls called against Marquette to 21 on Indiana, coach Rick Majerus said: "I don`t officiate the games, I coach the games."

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/03/25/indiana-stays-alive-in-2-overtime/

[mug644]

Uwe Blab v. Tom Copa ended in a draw (though I believe Copa was one of the MU players that fouled out). Steve Alford was the difference.

Such a bummer to end the season that way. But it was a 20 win year!

[Nukem2]

That was a double overtime game.

[MU82]

Tower you must still be drunk. The game was played on March 24, 1985, which was one week after St Patrick's Day. Mandy Johnson called for the box and one defense during the timeout huddle in OT before coach Majerus reminded him that they only had 4 players left to play. So their defense could only resemble a box rather than a box and one....duh!!!!

I was just about to look it up, because I couldn't believe an NIT game was played in February.

Given how fallible I am, it feels good that tower had a senior moment there!

[muwarrior69]

Nothing has changed complaining about the officials. Can't let it go even after 40 years have passed. I'll leave it to the stat guys here on Scoop to see if Marquette is the reigning all time champ at having the most fouls called against them albeit in the regular season or post season.

[TallTitan34]

Nothing has changed complaining about the officials. Can't let it go even after 40 years have passed. I'll leave it to the stat guys here on Scoop to see if Marquette is the reigning all time champ at having the most fouls called against them albeit in the regular season or post season.

Have to assume they are the leader in getting flagrants called for "pushing an airborne player".