Basketball rankings before internet

[ukjenning44]

Who used to watch the ticker on the bottom of the ESPN screen on Mondays to see where KY was ranked?

Or look at the box score in the Lexington Herald Leader the day after a game?

How times have changed

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

I still do.

Also pisses me off when I have to click on 'other games' on ESPN when we're out of the top 25.

 

[bthaunert]

There wasn't a ticker for many years on ESPN (1995 was the year it started on ESPN2), so I was addicted to CNN Headline Sports in the 1980's at 19 and 49 minutes past the hour to get the quick 1 minute update on rankings and scores. Van Earl Wright was the man!

 

[Jamal Mercer]

There wasn't a ticker for many years on ESPN (1995 was the year it started on ESPN2), so I was addicted to CNN Headline Sports in the 1980's at 19 and 49 minutes past the hour to get the quick 1 minute update on rankings and scores. Van Earl Wright was the man!

Yes! This is how I used to see a lot of scores. Living in Michigan and being a Reds fan, it’s how I kept up on the score. 700 wlw only came in clearly around 830 pm every night.

 

[BlueBomb]

How the heck do you know the ticker started on ESPN2 in 1995?!

 

[GoBIG BLUE]

I still do.

Also pisses me off when I have to click on 'other games' on ESPN when we're out of the top 25.

Yes, its been disheartening to have to click on all division I games just to see KY games. I miss never dreaming of falling out of the top 25.

 

[H00SIER-Cat]

Before ESPN, we got our basketball news by carrier pigeon

 

[bthaunert]

How the heck do you know the ticker started on ESPN2 in 1995?!

Google. It looks like ESPN2 in 1995 was the first to keep it up at all times. But it looks like 1986 was the first time ESPN did it when it played twice per hour.

 

[ukjenning44]

Google. It looks like ESPN2 in 1995 was the first to keep it up at all times. But it looks like 1986 was the first time ESPN did it when it played twice per hour.

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I remember when it played twice per hour and the ticker would go away during commercials making me almost always miss what I was really looking for. Then I would have to wait for the ticker to come back and get to the score I was looking for.

 

[bthaunert]

I remember when it played twice per hour and the ticker would go away during commercials making me almost always miss what I was really looking for. Then I would have to wait for the ticker to come back and get to the score I was looking for.

That's right....I do remember that!

 

[GoCats-GoHerd88]

I still do.

Also pisses me off when I have to click on 'other games' on ESPN when we're out of the top 25.

If you set UK basketball as a “favorite” on there, it will show you those scores at the top of the page first.

 

[NociHTTP]

How the heck do you know the ticker started on ESPN2 in 1995?!

His TV froze.

 

[NociHTTP]

Yes, its been disheartening to have to click on all division I games just to see KY games. I miss never dreaming of falling out of the top 25.

Ellen: "Cow, the ticker is almost done. The Mock Drafts are starting to scroll!"

 

[PensacolaBlue]

Never understood the fascination with in-season rankings. The idea that people would be refreshing their browsers on Monday mornings to see our ranking just seems a little sad. But you be you.

 

[Ron Mehico]

Google. It looks like ESPN2 in 1995 was the first to keep it up at all times. But it looks like 1986 was the first time ESPN did it when it played twice per hour.

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God that brought back some memories! Man how shit has changed. Still remember switching to headline news to get those scores in HS!

 

[ukjenning44]

Never understood the fascination with in-season rankings. The idea that people would be refreshing their browsers on Monday mornings to see our ranking just seems a little sad. But you be you.

It’s definitely sad to see our ranking lately!

 

[Wildcats1st]

Who used to watch the ticker on the bottom of the ESPN screen on Mondays to see where KY was ranked?

Or look at the box score in the Lexington Herald Leader the day after a game?

How times have changed

I remember having to wait until Tuesday in the herald leader or Monday in the evening edition of USA Today to find our rankings

 

[blackcat714]

Before ESPN, we got our basketball news by carrier pigeon

I preferred the pony express sometimes chicken hawks would kill them pigeons

 

[cawoodsct]

My recruiting info used to come from The Cats Pause paper (im old)

How often did that come out???

 

[YardCat]

Sometimes I would get my Catspause magazine 1 month behind while stationed overseas. Plus I wanted every college basketball magazine to learn about who we were playing

 

[bigbluelou]

I remember having to wait until Tuesday in the herald leader or Monday in the evening edition of USA Today to find our rankings

This was me except in the Lville area had to wait for the CJ or Times. And this was before USA Today if I recall correctly. Which I may not. Yeah, I'm old.

 

[bthaunert]

My recruiting info used to come from The Cats Pause paper (im old)

How often did that come out???

I love the CatsPause! My dad had a subscription. I think it came weekly in basketball and football season and less frequent in the off season.

 

[Creed Bratton]

I remember riding my bike a couple of miles down the road in the cold and sometimes snow on Sunday morning to get a LHL so I could read about UK and my mom could use the coupons. 😂

 

[ukjenning44]

I love the CatsPause! My dad had a subscription. I think it came weekly in basketball and football season and less frequent in the off season.

My recruiting info used to come from The Cats Pause paper (im old)

How often did that come out???

I remember preseason basketball magazines(I can’t recall who put them out) they were sold in the book and magazine sections of stores. I would buy a couple of different ones to look at all the preseason rankings and where they thought every team would finish in their respective conferences.
Can’t believe I forgot the names of those things. I remember they were kind of pricey lol

 

[awf]

Who used to watch the ticker on the bottom of the ESPN screen on Mondays to see where KY was ranked?

Or look at the box score in the Lexington Herald Leader the day after a game?

How times have changed

As a kid I would go to the front porch first thing in the morning to retrieve the Courier rag at the time for the sports page to either check standings or to glean for anything......anything about the CATS.....

 

[awf]

I preferred the pony express sometimes chicken hawks would kill them pigeons

Wrong!

 

[Wildcats1st]

This was me except in the Lville area had to wait for the CJ or Times. And this was before USA Today if I recall correctly. Which I may not. Yeah, I'm old.

Yeah I can remember pre USA Today too.

 

[bthaunert]

I remember preseason basketball magazines(I can’t recall who put them out) they were sold in the book and magazine sections of stores. I would buy a couple of different ones to look at all the preseason rankings and where they thought every team would finish in their respective conferences.
Can’t believe I forgot the names of those things. I remember they were kind of pricey lol

Street and Smith was my go to. They had the best high school recruit section too.

 

[BC_Wader]

There wasn't a ticker for many years on ESPN (1995 was the year it started on ESPN2), so I was addicted to CNN Headline Sports in the 1980's at 19 and 49 minutes past the hour to get the quick 1 minute update on rankings and scores. Van Earl Wright was the man!

Fred Hickman and Nick Charles were really good as well. Back when CNN was actually pretty good.

 

[DreadLox]

Before ESPN, we got our basketball news by carrier pigeon

We'd have killed to have news via carrier pigeons. We got ours from messages in bottles.

 

[ukjenning44]

Street and Smith was my go to. They had the best high school recruit section too.

That was my favorite too. Thank you! It was driving me crazy trying to think of the name.

 

[JonathanW]

Who used to watch the ticker on the bottom of the ESPN screen on Mondays to see where KY was ranked?

Or look at the box score in the Lexington Herald Leader the day after a game?

How times have changed

Didn’t live in town, so didn’t have cable thus no ESPN. Would go to the school library early in week to look at the Louisville CJ to see our rank.

 

[JonathanW]

That was my favorite too. Thank you! It was driving me crazy trying to think of the name.

That (Street & Smith) was my preseason must-buy.

 

[Middawg]

The only reason my family got cable TV in the mid 80's and upgraded from the three channels with snowy late Saturday night porn, and PBS, was so my father could come home at lunch to watch the stock market ticker for 30 min to catch the movement in the few stocks he was invested in.

Seems insane now in retrospect that was some boring ass waste of time.

 

[Boyd94]

I remember it used to be top 20.