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Post by njhoya78 on Feb 3, 2015 15:48:55 GMT -5
41-9 and Louie out of timeouts. The announcement that we had arrived and planned to do serious damage... That was an amazing first half at the Garden. I fondly remember Chris Mullin, on offense, running through the lane trying to get open for a pass, and getting whacked every time through the lane with a forearm shiver by Patrick Ewing. It was an utter and complete annihilation of what was a very, very good St. John's team.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 3, 2015 15:57:22 GMT -5
March 31,1984. A team with Sam Bowie, Melvin Turpin, Kenny Walker, Winston Bennett et al. held without a single point for 9:56; shoots 9% (3 for 33) for the second half. Not a single basket by the starters - including a player who would be picked ahead of Michael Jordan in the draft.
The most jaw-dropping defensive performance I will ever see.
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Post by HoyaChris on Feb 3, 2015 15:59:12 GMT -5
Gene Smith's utter domination of Kentucky's Dickie Beal as Beal tried to bring the ball upcourt in the second half of the national semifinal win against Kentucky.
At one point, after knocking the ball out of bounds, Smith turned to Billy Packer and winked.
Tom Scates going full Dr. J.with a one handed scoop shot across the lane against Penn at the Palestra in 1979.
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Post by njhoya78 on Feb 3, 2015 16:06:43 GMT -5
March 31,1984. A team with Sam Bowie, Melvin Turpin, Kenny Walker, Winston Bennett et al. held without a single point for 9:56; shoots 9% (3 for 33) for the second half. Not a single basket by the starters - including a player who would be picked ahead of Michael Jordan in the draft. The most jaw-dropping defensive performance I will ever see. Kentucky head coach Joe B. Hall, on his team's second-half offensive woes: "It was extra-cerrestrial [sic]."
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 3, 2015 16:12:24 GMT -5
41-9 and Louie out of timeouts. The announcement that we had arrived and planned to do serious damage... That was an amazing first half at the Garden. I fondly remember Chris Mullin, on offense, running through the lane trying to get open for a pass, and getting whacked every time through the lane with a forearm shiver by Patrick Ewing. It was an utter and complete annihilation of what was a very, very good St. John's team.The Johnnies were a Top 10 team at the time, IIRC. I was lucky enough to be at that game in MSG and could not believe the way our guys totally dominated and obliterated SJU early in a season that would end in our first Final Four in 40 years.
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Post by GUMBA on Feb 3, 2015 16:27:28 GMT -5
As for the JTIII era, in addition to the aforementioned JWall/UNC, JGreen/Vandy, Roy/UCONN, SugarFree/UCONN and Porter/Cuse standouts, I'd add Patrick Ewing Jr's 2008 block against West Virginia to seal a 58-57 win, Isaac Copeland's game winning three this season against Butler and damn near any Brandon Bowman throw-dribble/acrobatic finish that made me smile (there were too many to count).
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Post by prhoya on Feb 3, 2015 16:50:35 GMT -5
Great thread, great videos and great memories! Let's build some new ones! Starting with: Bowen's 360 dunk Both of Isaac's follow-up dunks of Hop's bunny misses (it's starting to become a designed play) Issac's and Tre's 3s to end the games DSR's block on Roosevelt Jones to seal the win
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Post by vv83 on Feb 3, 2015 17:37:57 GMT -5
That was an amazing first half at the Garden. I fondly remember Chris Mullin, on offense, running through the lane trying to get open for a pass, and getting whacked every time through the lane with a forearm shiver by Patrick Ewing. It was an utter and complete annihilation of what was a very, very good St. John's team.The Johnnies were a Top 10 team at the time, IIRC. I was lucky enough to be at that game in MSG and could not believe the way our guys totally dominated and obliterated SJU early in a season that would end in our first Final Four in 40 years. I was in the third row behind the basket we defended in the first half of the 41-9 game. Watching the defensive dominance up close like that was awe inspiring. I think both us and St. John's were undefeated going into the game. I think it was also the only game of Mullin's college career in which he did not score a point. I carried the ticket from this game around with me in my wallet for a good 20 years, until finally losing track of it at some point. One of the most enjoyable games of my undergrad days. as someone else said, this was the game that announced to the world the kind of team we were going to be during the Ewing era.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 3, 2015 17:40:58 GMT -5
I hate to correct you vv but we had lost twice in Alaska...
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 3, 2015 17:49:45 GMT -5
Tom Scates going full Dr. J.with a one handed scoop shot across the lane against Penn at the Palestra in 1979. I was at that game too! I could not believe my eyes.
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Post by AvantGuardHoya on Feb 3, 2015 18:28:31 GMT -5
The Johnnies were a Top 10 team at the time, IIRC. I was lucky enough to be at that game in MSG and could not believe the way our guys totally dominated and obliterated SJU early in a season that would end in our first Final Four in 40 years. I was in the third row behind the basket we defended in the first half of the 41-9 game. Watching the defensive dominance up close like that was awe inspiring. I think both us and St. John's were undefeated going into the game. I think it was also the only game of Mullin's college career in which he did not score a point. I carried the ticket from this game around with me in my wallet for a good 20 years, until finally losing track of it at some point. One of the most enjoyable games of my undergrad days. as someone else said, this was the game that announced to the world the kind of team we were going to be during the Ewing era. Actually listened to that game on radio; it wasn't televised in DC. BTW, we were not unbeaten going into that. We opened Patrick's freshman season in the Great Alaska Shootout, where we lost two of three games, bowing to SW Louisiana and Ohio State. We did not lose again before facing St. John's in what was both teams' conference opener.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Feb 3, 2015 18:38:21 GMT -5
I remember being so nervous before that game. Wingate was outstanding on Mullin.
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Post by blueandgray on Feb 3, 2015 18:57:15 GMT -5
I remember being so nervous before that game. Wingate was outstanding on Mullin. Speaking of Wingate, the memory that stands out for me is of him repeatedly blowing by Reid Gettys in the final game against Houston. In 3 of 4 possessions, the Hoyas isolated Wingate and he blew past Gettys for lay ups. Minutes later we were National Champs.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 3, 2015 19:07:47 GMT -5
Gene Smith's utter domination of Kentucky's Dickie Beal as Beal tried to bring the ball upcourt in the second half of the national semifinal win against Kentucky. At one point, after knocking the ball out of bounds, Smith turned to Billy Packer and winked. Tom Scates going full Dr. J.with a one handed scoop shot across the lane against Penn at the Palestra in 1979. On a much smaller scale obviously, but I always remember how Dwayne Bryant and Mark Tillmon defended Dana Barros in the quarters of the 1989 BET. That was fun to watch.
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Post by Big Dog on Feb 3, 2015 19:11:12 GMT -5
My memories start in 1997 and just about all of the positive ones have been mentioned so:
1. Every late Sweetney bucket and missed Chris Thomas jumper during the 4 OT loss to ND in 2002.
2. Estherick inexplicably not fouling UConn when they had the lead and took the ball with 38 seconds left. I have never left a game angrier. I think I spent an entire next business day on Hoyatalk screaming about it.
3. Seton Hall using 6 guys.
4. Lonnie Baxter eating our lunch in Anaheim.
5. Getting sworn at repeatedly by a deranged Seton Hall alumnus 20 rows up while sitting in the student section at the Garden as Seton Hall absolutely humiliated us in 2001.
6. Drew Hall to Wesley Wilson in the final seconds to win after 28 turnovers vs. Providence at the 2002 BET.
7. Dominic James fouling JWall at Bradley Center.
8. Whitt missing 1 of 3 FTs in Milwaukee.
9. Sweetney picking up a ridiculous two quick fouls to open the second half at Cameron in 2003 after we'd held the halftime lead at no. 1 Duke (the Hoyas were unranked).
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Post by njhoya78 on Feb 3, 2015 19:15:06 GMT -5
Tom Scates going full Dr. J.with a one handed scoop shot across the lane against Penn at the Palestra in 1979. I was at that game too! I could not believe my eyes. I seem to remember Scates hitting a reverse underhanded layup in the NIT overtime game at UVa in 1978, but that may also have been delirium resulting from seeing the little used Felix Yeoman play the best three minutes of his Hoya career in the first half.
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Post by Big Dog on Feb 3, 2015 19:26:39 GMT -5
I also remember Shernard Long and Boubacar putting it all together for the upset win over Miami in the 1998 BET. For some reason I don't remember Geoff Billet's running jumper at the buzzer giving Rutgers the 61-60 win.
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Post by Elvado on Feb 3, 2015 20:06:03 GMT -5
I remember being so nervous before that game. Wingate was outstanding on Mullin. Wingate was probably nervous too as he was still in high school...
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Feb 3, 2015 20:16:50 GMT -5
Demetrius Hunter's dunk on Eddie Griffin. I saw Demetrius slam back a rebound in HS that looks like AI's putback dunk.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Feb 3, 2015 20:28:03 GMT -5
Brendan Gaughan's two point shot off the back board against Colgate.
Pete Michell leading the Hoyas from 9 points down vs NYU in the last minute at MSG
Frank Hollendoner's 29 points in the first half vs NYU (again).
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