Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the greatest Kentucky-Arkansas game ever, and my choice for greatest SEC Tournament game ever.
Greatest SEC Tournament Game Ever?
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It was from my perspective. Not sure the arky contingent would agree
Yes the best one I've seen.
My favorite SEC tournament game I saw in person :
Kentucky 101 Alabama 100
Thursday, March 1 1979
(before the three point shot)
epic in every way
Kentucky 101 Alabama 100
Thursday, March 1 1979
(before the three point shot)
epic in every way
That was the game that made my aunt and grandmother cuss. Neither of them EVER cussed much around anyone but that game was rough and a war.
Not the greatest, but one of my favorites is 1984 with Charles Barkley sitting on the floor crying like a baby after Kenny Walker's winning shot.
2010 finals against msu was a more recent crazy game. That's the one I remember the most of Cals era.
That Arkansas game from the 90s has to take the gold prize though.
That Arkansas game from the 90s has to take the gold prize though.
That's the one I was going to say. And we had to win out. In their wisdom the NCAA was limiting NCAA bid to 2 per conference. LSU had won the regular season. That was one. The conference tourney was the other. Only way to get an at large bid was if LSU won the tourney too.
Just an epic game. We won then had to play UT for the one to go to the tourney. I don't know if that Alabama game took our legs but we lost to UT.
* The 1995 Arkansas comeback from 9 down in OT is #1.
* The 2010 “Cousins tip in” to tie, followed by an OT win over Mississippi State is probably #2.
* A Top Five SEC tournament game that hasn’t been mentioned yet is the 2016 Final win in OT over Texas A&M. Great games by Murray and Ulis over a very good TA&M team.
* The 2010 “Cousins tip in” to tie, followed by an OT win over Mississippi State is probably #2.
* A Top Five SEC tournament game that hasn’t been mentioned yet is the 2016 Final win in OT over Texas A&M. Great games by Murray and Ulis over a very good TA&M team.
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UK 101 Tennessee 40
Tomorrow is the anniversary of that game. March 12, 1993. “The Reckoning”.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of that game. March 12, 1993. “The Reckoning”.
I was there with my dad. The atmosphere in that arena was CRAZY good.
Good list and a couple notes about that last one (I'm sure most remember these things, but still worth mentioning):
- revenge for what shouldn't even have been a loss at A&M (******** T on Humphries in OT)
- committee still gave A&M a 3 seed and us a 4 seed in perhaps the ultimate proof EVER that they don't care about the championship game...we tied them for the regular season, won the tournament title, and got a worse seed
There were some battles between Alabama and Arkansas in that same era. They were more enjoyable to watch for me because I was stressed out in the UK-UA game. NOW it would be the one game I'd like to rewatch.
Roderick Rhodes missed FTA at the end of regulation. Absolutely crushed him and his confidence. I don't think he played at all in OT. UK trailed the entire game and only led the last few seconds. What a game!!!
That Demarcus Cousins tip-in to TIE Miss. St. was a classic and signaled UK was back baby. YES I reacted like it was the game winner too!!!!!!! 
This is my pick.
It was overwhelming.
The Arky fans in front of us still got chesty about the next day.
I remember a great game between Alabama & Arkansas during the 1992 tournament. 2 teams with loads of basketball talent making one great play after another.
That was a good one. But, the other that comes to mind was the 2001 Kentucky vs. Arkansas game where we overcame a 15-point deficit in the final minutes to force overtime and eventually win.
I was in high school and had a class with Wade Houston’s daughter. It was the day of the game and she got me excited by saying Tennessee was gonna win that night. Since the blizzard hit later that afternoon a bunch of my friends stayed the night at my house and we were pumped for the game. I think we watched about twenty minutes.
I was there when Tennessee beat Kentucky in the title game in 79' too, of course. That was a great game, went to OT. Since that was the restart of the tournament year, it stood out for me for a long time. Seeing Macy throw that ball up at the end after beating Alabama was pure exhilaration.
I always thought it more than ironic until 2022, that was the only other time Tennessee ever won the SEC tournament. And when they won the regular season, they always shared the regular season crowns. Until recently.
Goes to show how good of a coach Barnes has been for them. And if the Vols don't make the Final Four THIS YEAR (?) will we keep saying it forever ? I'm getting tired of saying it.
I always thought it more than ironic until 2022, that was the only other time Tennessee ever won the SEC tournament. And when they won the regular season, they always shared the regular season crowns. Until recently.
Goes to show how good of a coach Barnes has been for them. And if the Vols don't make the Final Four THIS YEAR (?) will we keep saying it forever ? I'm getting tired of saying it.
This fight is the reason why we won the 1992 tournament. Shaq got suspended and we were able to beat them in the semis. LSU beat us by 21 in the regular season and we had no answer for Shaq.
Thanks, Carlos Groves!!
Also, Dwight Anderson broke his wrist before the finals otherwise Kentucky maybe wins.
That was my choice, too. To be fair, I never saw the 101-100 game. I'm surprised it's not on YouTube.
We beat LSU.
Anderson was hurt in that game.
www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/games/19790302LouisianaState.html
I remember that one....UT's football team had unmercifully run up the score on UK's hapless team that year. The basketball players made it clear some of that beatdown was payback. But I remember that date being 1996.
Forgot about that. You are correct. Of course he would have made the difference.
In which Svoboda outscored Allan Houston.
When was there severe weather in atlanta and games were not played?
2008 georgia dome
2008 georgia dome
Never forget that game. One of the best ever. Epps was a stone cold killer on the court. Wish Rhodes would have been a little stronger in the noggin.
It wasn't empty but they didn't let the original ticket holders in (impossible due to space considerations), which obviously benefited UGA.
Yeah. They refunded our tickets and wouldn't let us go to the other gym.