On this day in2004,

[KurtRambis4]

we came back from 18 down to beat the gumps in Tuscaloosa, and claim the SEC title.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

My daughter's Christening was that day. We got back in time to watch the comeback. I will never forget the duel celebration that ensued.

Great memories.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Worst, most grueling basketball game I have ever sat through in my life....well up to the ending. Stayed until the team buses left for Vegas...good times.

 

[thatsbaseball]

My most vivid memories were the Gumps` pure hatred of Stans and bumping into The Kang at the game.

 

[Curby]

SEC Network replays it often, with commentary from Stansbury and Brandon Vincent. Incredible game. Roberts owned the boards, and Timmy Bowers was as clutch as any MSU player has ever been.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Timmy 17'n Bowers. Remember like it was yesterday. What a great kid. A worker. No ego. Team player. **** I miss great players. Never signed a big NBA contract but God bless great college players.
Winsome Frazier.
Lawrence Roberts
SWAT (17 you mike slive)
Darryl Wilson
Marcus Bullard
Ben Hansbrough
Any of these guys have a year of eligibility left?

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

The loss to Xavier a few weeks later in 2nd round of NCAA Tourney was the most Stans thing ever....

 

[PineGroveBully]

Was that the same year we spanked a ranked Xavier team in the regular season

Seems we beat them and a top 10 team Oklahoma in like a 10 day stretch, or was the Mario Austin's team? Man the years start to run together. It didn't get any more fun than MSU basketball during that 4 year stretch, outside of March of 96 of course.

 

[KurtRambis4]

In retrospect, that

Xavier team was pretty good. It wasn't like they were some **** team. Hell they made it to the Elite 8 and had two players drafted.

 

[KurtRambis4]

We had beaten

Xavier pretty easily early in 03/04 the season. However, you're talking about the 02/03 season. We played Xavier and beat them, easily, then OU (and won). The OU game was a fun game at the (now) smoothie center arena, in the sugar bowl classic. OU was ranked 5th at the time, and we spanked them. Hollis Price was from New Orleans, I think, so they had some fans there. The crowd wasn't big at all, either. I remember sitting about 3-4 rows up, midcourt.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

My wife and I had just seen the movie "The Passion"

We were pretty stunned coming out of the theatre. Then, I turned on the radio to the game heading home, and I hear Jack say, "For the first time in a while, we're within single digits." Then, as we drove home, we watched it on TV....it was just as intense as the movie.

 

[PineGroveBully]

You're correct

Seems like that OU game was Austin's coming out party. Man what was the worse decision, his or Bear(Wilson)'s coming out early?

 

[FlotownDawg]

Not to mention they were on fire that day. Everything they shot went in. They even hit a three quarter court shot at the halftime buzzer. They would have beaten anybody in the country the day. Thad Marta was their coach at that time. I believe he left for Ohio State after their run to the Elite Eight.

 

[anon1787432961]

You're 17n welcome. Timmy 17n Bowers. THIS TEAM HAD BALLS.

 

[anon1787432961]

Can we find ONE player with this much intensity again? Hope so.

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[rem101]

I talked to someone who had just talked with Timmy not long ago - he's still playing pro ball overseas and plans to retire after this season. May not have been NBA - but that's still a good career making good money.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

I will never forgive Jim Ellis for stepping on Jack at that moment. Inexcusable.

 

[KurtRambis4]

This team had a LOT of things.

They were mostly upperclassmen, had lots of experience, were very talented, tough, heart...

I'd venture to say that they were right up there with our Final 4 team. The only difference being that the Final 4 team had greater talent at the top end, but I think the 03/04 squad was deeper.

 

[CookieMonster.sixpack]

The loss to Xavier a few weeks later in 2nd round of NCAA Tourney was the most Stans thing ever....

The ref taking the ball back on the free throw was amazing. Troll level 1000 for Bowers there.

Slight hijack. For you, which NCAA loss hurt worse? Butler or Xavier? For me it's Xavier because I thought we had a real shot that year to win the whole thing. But man I was so mad at the Butler loss I didn't speak for the rest of the night.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I talked to someone who had just talked with Timmy not long ago - he's still playing pro ball overseas and plans to retire after this season. May not have been NBA - but that's still a good career making good money.

Matt Wyatt caught up with him on one of his Bully Pulpit segments recently, I believe.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

No question it's Xavier. To not even make the S16 as a 2 seed was beyond terrible, after that whole season. That was sickening. Even still, I think most of all of us saw that coming, we had been trending downwards for a while. I got a little concerned after Vanderbilt worked us.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

I remember watching Xavier the game before we played them and thought "man they are going to be tough to beat". Turns out I was right on that one. Xavier was on an incredible hot streak then and we caught them at the wrong time.

 

[MedDawg]

The loss to Xavier a few weeks later in 2nd round of NCAA Tourney was the most Stans thing ever....

That Xavier team was incredibly hot. They had won 14 of their last 15 before beating State then beat an even better-ranked team, then lost by only 3 to #1 seed Duke.

 

[KurtRambis4]

I follow Timmy on

Twitter.

He still keeps up with State, and usually will post about us when we have big games (football or basketball).

He's true maroon...

 

[mstateglfr]

8 of us drove over to see that game. Partied before, went thru an emotional rollercoaster during, and partied after.
Best damn game Ive seen.

 

[SyonaraStanz]

I was in attendance. That game shaved a few years off my life. The cherry on top of that victory was watching stereotypical Alabama-man (seated behind me) repeatedly kick the **** out of his chair in front of his wife and 3 kids, once Bowers sunk the game winner.

 

[rem101]

Maybe that was it. I can't remember who it was that told me, but maybe that's where they heard it.

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

^^This^^ The Final Four team will always be revered, but this might be my most liked team ever. They all gave great effort, played as a team, mentally tough......just a great composition of collegiate players.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

That second game

Roberts had an ankle.

Made a big difference.

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

I remember going to the game with my Bama Father-Inlaw.....He's a good guy/good fan. He hated that Bama lost the close game but was glad to see State won the SEC. Even though I know the outcome, I still get chills and excited watching old games like this - like it's a live game.