25 years ago....

[HoyaFanNY]

for those of us that are old enough to remember the agony, today is the 25th anniversary of the hoyas-unc title game. espn classic is airing the game tonight. i became a hoya fan earlier that year as an 11 year old living in central ny. the first time i saw patrick play i was hooked, much to my fathers dismay. i'll be watching tonight, only the first 39 and a half minutes though

[aggypryd]

James Worthy was a BEAST that game!!!

I really didn't appreciate him until Magic retired.

Then I realized why they called him BIG GAME JAMES.

[hoya8185]

I was a medical student then. We drove from DC to New Orleans on Thursday. We had a neuroanatomy exam on Monday, and promised our professor that we would be back by Wednesday. Tickets could be bought for 2-3 dollars from scalpers for "nose-bleed” seats. We then all crowded into the student section (nobody was sitting). It was great beating Louisville on Saturday and New Orleans was an incredible place for a final four. The Monday game was incredible and everyone there thought that after MJ's shot that Sleepy was going to hit the winning basket. Of course, instead Freddy Brown became (in)famous. By Monday night, we were out of money and immediately after the game got in the car to drive back to DC. We got pulled over going 90 in rural North Carolina. The cop heard that we were Georgetown students, congratulated us on a great game and let us off with a warning.

[manilahoyafan]

I'll never, ever forget that moment.

Actually, it wasn't a moment...it was a slow-motion, talking-underwater, just-got-whomped-in-the-head stumble through time and space. That was so confusing...there was such a long period of stupified, deafening, empty, swirling space...and then, with jaw dropped on the floor...a slow realization that whatever just happened, the final result was a loss.

But, you see, that doesn't matter any more.

Power to today's Hoyas. This is -- deservedly -- their show. The past is now the buried past.