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
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.
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