I sure miss a big college basketball game a couple of hours before the Super Bowl instead of all this talking. One I remember was Kentucky vs. Houston when they had Hakeem.
You know what I miss?
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Louisville was the Sam Bam game. Same season.
UK vs Arkansas in the early to mid 90's was played on Super Bowl Sunday also. BIG TIME matchups!!!
If I'm not mistaken Kentucky played Navy with David Robinson on Super Bowl Sunday in 1987! Remember that game!
If I recall the Rupp crowd gave Robinson a long standing ovation as he walked off. 50 points? Is that right?
I was thinking about this very thing today and looked at the channels and found a couple of A10games and a Big East game, all between teams who aren't going to the postseason unless they win their conference tournament. It's a testament to how far college basketball has fallen. For most of the nation college basketball has devolved into a 4 week sport that starts in March.
Robinson, 45 points, 17 of 22, 14 rebounds and 10 blocked shots and yes, standing ovation from the Rupp crowd
When SDSU went to championship game, the sports reporter in San Diego said, SDSU goi g to the grand finale...
I most certainly do. Was a great game. I think their team nick name was Phi Slama Jama
Our game was in 1984 on Super Bowl Sunday. In Rupp.
It was a great time. They didn’t have Drexler anymore but they were still damn good. Olajuwon fouled out.
He did a lot of complaining about the officials after the game. Which was out of character for him
Guy Lewis just said something like “they had twice as many 7 footers as we did”
Both teams ended up in the FF.
It was a great time. They didn’t have Drexler anymore but they were still damn good. Olajuwon fouled out.
He did a lot of complaining about the officials after the game. Which was out of character for him
Guy Lewis just said something like “they had twice as many 7 footers as we did”
Both teams ended up in the FF.
I don’t remember that game being on Super Bowl Sunday. But it might have been?
UK fans did give DR an ovation.
Just going on memory I think he had a triple double.
I think it speaks volumes how classy people were. Standing ovation to appreciate the game regardless of it being an opposing team. I tend to think it would still happen today. RR would implode on Pope but at the moment I think it would happen.
I was there. That was my first in-person UK game. Terrible seats way up in the rafters.
The SAM BAM game was the UofL game from Nov. 1983, back in the days when this game was a REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL.
We had a tip in win against a top 10 Oklahoma team in the 80s that MIGHT have been in a similar time slot - I think Ced Jenkins got the win for UK - OR Richard Madison
Bowie was AD 30 years ahead of him. Maybe even better had he not gotten hurt? He was tremendous as a freshman. That play we ran every game with the opening tip was unstoppable. Tip it to Minnefield, circle around for a lob dunk. Every game. Everyone knew it was coming including the other team. They couldn't stop it. One coach said, "why don't we just give them 2 points and then we get it out of bounds?"
I have that Sports Illustrated with Sam and Mel blocking Hakeem's shot. Got that one and it is right there with the Christie Brinkley issue.
I remember Houston bending over and clutching their drawers that game - UK ran them to death I think
Great memory - i also miss the mid/late season conference schedule break against a marquee team
There were several over the decades
Conference schedule may make that impossible now
Great memory - i also miss the mid/late season conference schedule break against a marquee team
There were several over the decades
Conference schedule may make that impossible now
How many teams are in the SEC now, 16? We should just play each team once. That's 15 games. Then we could have 3 games against basketball schools.
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That makes sense
Honestly i hope the conference contracts and drops 4 certain schools
But thats just me hoping against the broken wind
Was that the Eric Manuel game? I remember playing them when they had Wayman Tisdale and we beat them at Rupp.
I remember the standing ovation for Robinson, but not his point total. I was thinking somewhere in the 40’s but I’m probably wrong on his points.
Definitely at Rupp
I THINK it was 1987
Will look up shortly
Did they have armand gilliam?
I believe it was the Master Blaster with the tip-in, but don't think it was Super Bowl Sunday.
You keep saying it's a 4 week sport, and to some it is. But, if that statement is mostly true, how do you explain college basketball games being on every major sports network from noon until midnight every Saturday? If people weren't watching and the networks were not making money, these games wouldn't be on tv. College basketball dominates their Saturday programming this time of year. Part of the reason viewership is potentially down is because they're really only referring to linear TV. You gotta have different subscriptions to watch games now and that part is annoying.
I started watching in the 80's and certainly don't remember every UK game being on national tv back then. Think you could just watch a random S Carolina - Georgia game back then? Only if it was the JP Sports Game of the Week.
Manuel was HS class of '87 so he wasn't on that team.
You correct, hossey
Looks like UKs backcourt handled their business with both Chqpman and Davender getting 20+ each
We were a bubble team like all season that year I think
Iconic UK game to have seen live - thats cool as hell, man
Like great concerts over decades - UK basketball has some iconic displays - almost a century deep
I just freaking realized I have the old school Cats Pause NEWSPAPER with that season - Blackmon and Paul Andrews on the cover IIRC
I remember seeing the amazing recruiting reports in there on Manual, Pittman, Mills & Lewis I think?
Who was the tall lanky guy in that class? He qas featured showing off baking skills in TCP --