drquigley
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Post by drquigley on Feb 2, 2015 23:07:14 GMT -5
Austin Freeman's second half 28 points against UCONN. IN 50 years of watching Hoya bball the best and most unforgettable performance I ever saw. My buddy and I were at the game.
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Post by rambis on Feb 2, 2015 23:24:37 GMT -5
We were playing UConn at the US Air Arena in February 1996. In the first minute of the second half, Calhoun had to call timeout after Iverson went coast-to-coast and dunked over 7' Travis Knight.
EDIT: I stand corrected. It was Rudy Johnson. From our end it looked like Knight. Still a devastating dunk. It's at the 4:11 mark below.
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Post by jester on Feb 2, 2015 23:29:22 GMT -5
J walls 3 vs unc
Every play especially the last one vs duke
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2015 23:51:39 GMT -5
Ray Allen Da'sean Butler
Both garbage
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Post by SaxaCD on Feb 3, 2015 4:54:21 GMT -5
J walls 3 vs unc Every play especially the last one vs duke When I watch that, I think that maybe it's not that other teams have "caught up" to our offense as much as hardly any of JT3's teams have bought into it so completely -- I don't see tentative, telegraphed backdoor passes there, I see really crisp stuff, with hard cuts and decisive passes. I hope he can get guys to buy in the same way in the future, because that clip reel was ANYTHING but "dungeon ball" -- it was a high-flying disembowelment. Granted, even in those days, some days things clicked more than others, but wow. The movement, ball sharing and trust are just beautiful there.
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 3, 2015 9:04:27 GMT -5
Derrick Jackson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" v. West Virginia (with Bob Huggins in his short shorts and headband, IIRC). From wikipedia:
In the ECAC South final, Georgetown faced West Virginia on the Mountaineers ' home court at the WVU Coliseum before a crowd of some 14,000 West Virginia fans and a few hundred Hoya supporters. Jonathan Smith scored 10 points in the game and West Virginia guard Bob Huggins scored 14. The Mountaineers led 32-31 at halftime and appeared to have an advantage when Merlin Wilson and Larry Long both fouled out in the second half. With 54 seconds left in the game and West Virginia leading 61-58, Derrick Jackson scored to close to 61-60. The Mountaineers tried to preserve the win by running out the clock, but Georgetown 's Mike Riley fouled West Virginia 's Ernie Hall with 10 seconds left to stop the clock. Hall came to the free-throw line to shoot a one-and-one, and missed his first shot. Ed Hopkins – who shot a career-low 25% (4-for-16) but pulled down 12 rebounds – grabbed the rebound and passed it to senior forward Bill Thomas, who in turn relayed it to Jackson with five seconds left. Jackson promptly scored on an 18-foot (5.5-meter) shot with two seconds left, silencing the crowd – except for the handful of Georgetown fans celebrating in the stands – and giving Georgetown a 62-61 victory. Jackson 's shot became known in Georgetown men's basketball history as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," because the unlikely victory secured the Hoyas ' first NCAA Tournament berth since the 1942-43 season and began the school 's pattern of regular appearances in the tournament in the years to come.[3][4][5][6][7]
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Post by Cambridge on Feb 3, 2015 9:28:27 GMT -5
1. Wallace's shot versus UNC 2. Nat Burton's buzzer beater to beat Arkansas in the NCAAs 3. Gharun Hester's 3 at UVA in the triple OT NIT win. I was in school and in attendance, give me a break! 4. Hibbert's 3 versus UConn 5. DaJuan Summers' 3 to beat Louisville and seal a 2008 Big East title - had an amazing view of it as it developed. The Hester one was a big favorite of mine as well. I remember he got a standing ovation in Western Civ the next day.
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Post by dungeon ball on Feb 3, 2015 9:30:22 GMT -5
J walls 3 vs unc Every play especially the last one vs duke with hard cuts and decisive passes. I hope he can get guys to buy in the same way in the future, because that clip reel was ANYTHING but "dungeon ball" -- it was a high-flying disembowelment. My handle takes exception with your comment. Seriously, though, Duke was (and maybe still is) the perfect opponent for our style of play. They seriously overplayed on man defense, and weren't as athletic or big. So yeah, those players were maybe better fitted for that style of play, but Duke also helped our cause quite a bit. Also, Hibbert only played 12 minutes in that game, which totally opened up the inside for cuts too.
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Post by aristides on Feb 3, 2015 10:30:36 GMT -5
Favorite positive memory is Wallace's shot versus UNC.
On the flip side, I can't forget Darrel Owens's shot versus Florida. Right guy, perfect timing, good looking shot...just didn't go in.
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Post by drquigley on Feb 3, 2015 10:41:01 GMT -5
Not so much a play but a game. By 1972 the Hoyas were so bad (I think they only won 3 games in '71) that my class of '68 buddies had pretty much given up on Hoya bball. But then JT2 showed up and Hoya bball seemed to be different. Obviously the color of the players (no more Catholic school white kids from New Jersey) but also the style of play, especially the defense. So sometime around 1974 a friend and fellow classmate decided to see the Hoyas play GW at McDonough. Back then we played GW and AU home and home and the games were always close (e.g. the Esherick half court shot). But this game was different. The Hoyas just dominated. I don't remember the final score but I'd say with about 5 minutes left in the game and us up by 20+ my buddy turned to me and said "we're not in Kansas anymore". I don't think we ever played GW again and from that moment on I realized that not just the team but the entire bball program was at a different, much higher, level.
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Post by wrestlemania on Feb 3, 2015 10:51:27 GMT -5
To the wayback machine -- Mike Frazier's inexplicable three point play that either tied or won the game at BC during the 1979-80 season -- to my mind that was really the launching point for Hoya madness (you know the rest). Plus more general things, such as:
-- Irvin Church shooting from other, more distant zip codes -- Pops glowering at David Edwards when he did the same thing -- Brian Kelly knocking people over under the basket -- Othella's WTF? expression after his first few minutes playing with Iverson -- Pascal Fleury doing anything -- Pops saying that Lonnie Harrell would be pretty good "once he gets the boogaloo out of his game" (he transferred to Northeastern) -- St. Leo's dying for all of our sins, usually by 30-40 points
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 3, 2015 11:01:03 GMT -5
Extend to favorite games, 1981-82 season (from Hoya History Project):
GU v. Mizzou, 63 - 51
The last scheduled game in McDonough Gym history is a classic. An announced crowd of 4,620 fans (but closer to 5,000) pack the 3,600 seat configuration to see the #4-ranked Missouri Tigers and center Steve Stipanovich. "The fire marshal must be out of town today!" yelled NBC's Al McGuire to a national TV audience above the noise of the record crowd. The Tigers are outhustled at every turn and Georgetown wins rather handily, 63-51. A classic at game's end--a soaring Ewing dunk misses the basket but sails 20 feet in the air, which got a bigger crowd response than a dunk itself. The call is shown three more times on TV's instant replay to marvel at the young center's strength and potential.
IIRC, Stipanovich had accidentally shot himself in a prior season and lied about it. We (in the pep band) brought toy guns and waved them at him from our baseline seats. So not politically correct today!
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Post by hoyainspirit on Feb 3, 2015 11:15:40 GMT -5
Austin Freeman's second half 28 points against UCONN. IN 50 years of watching Hoya bball the best and most unforgettable performance I ever saw. My buddy and I were at the game. That was a good one.
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Post by hoyas1995 on Feb 3, 2015 11:54:08 GMT -5
Don Reid following Iverson's airball in 1995 Tourney
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 3, 2015 12:16:54 GMT -5
To the wayback machine -- Mike Frazier's inexplicable three point play that either tied or won the game at BC during the 1979-80 season -- to my mind that was really the launching point for Hoya madness (you know the rest). Plus more general things, such as: -- Irvin Church shooting from other, more distant zip codes -- Pops glowering at David Edwards when he did the same thing -- Brian Kelly knocking people over under the basket -- Othella's WTF? expression after his first few minutes playing with Iverson -- Pascal Fleury doing anything -- Pops saying that Lonnie Harrell would be pretty good "once he gets the boogaloo out of his game" (he transferred to Northeastern) -- St. Leo's dying for all of our sins, usually by 30-40 points Frazier!!! It was that incredibly unexpected moment that turned my buddies and me into the Frazier Fanatics! The Hoyas came back from 7 or 8 down in the last minute - before the 3-point shot was in play - and BC inexplicably challenged the last second 2 pointer and fouled Big Mike, who calmly sank the charity shot. We celebrated long into the night.
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Post by gunny on Feb 3, 2015 14:06:31 GMT -5
Watching all those highlight bring back A LOT of GREAT memories. That backcourt of Iverson and Page was unbelievable. You forget how good they were and how special AI was.
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 3, 2015 14:45:55 GMT -5
An oldie to be sure, but Craig "Big Sky" Shelton jamming over Detroit's Terry Tyler at McDonough in the 1977-78 season still brings a tear to my eye. This. Others, in no particular order (games I attended): Eric Floyd's 2 free throws for the win at Manley Mike Riley's drawn charge and 2 free throws with :02 in regulation to send the first round NIT game at UVa into OT Craig Esherick's shot against GW (from right in front of my seat at the scorer's table) Alonzo's block against Princeton The entire 2006 Duke game
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Post by Elvado on Feb 3, 2015 15:00:23 GMT -5
41-9 and Louie out of timeouts.
The announcement that we had arrived and planned to do serious damage...
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 3, 2015 15:01:06 GMT -5
Recent history - the last Big East game at the Dome. Otto dominance. Sat 2 rows in front of the Carmelo jersey they retired at halftime. Laughed all the way home.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 3, 2015 15:45:40 GMT -5
41-9 and Louie out of timeouts. The announcement that we had arrived and planned to do serious damage... Forgot about that one, an absolutely crushing performance.
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