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Old 02-22-2017, 01:31 PM   #11
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Tried to post this earlier but don't know where it went. Been watching a lot of the games between 96-02. So much talent. Not sure how they didn't make a run one (or more) of those years. Some of the most talented teams in college bball in the 90s
04 was the the season that broke my heart. Logan was a monster that year. We got the unlucky task of playing a underseeded UCLA team. We lost in double ot. stokes dropped 30 something but Logan was shut down. I think Matt Barnes was on that team and every player was 6'7" or taller.
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Old 02-22-2017, 01:41 PM   #12
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04 was the the season that broke my heart. Logan was a monster that year. We got the unlucky task of playing a underseeded UCLA team. We lost in double ot. stokes dropped 30 something but Logan was shut down. I think Matt Barnes was on that team and every player was 6'7" or taller.
That was 2002. I remember bc I was on a family vacation in Charleston, SC and I completely ruined the day for everyone bc I was so upset. Stokes had 39 points. Logan didn't shoot well but still had 18 pts 7 ast 5 reb. I think Gadzuric was the one who hurt us the most. Tough game. That UCLA team had Kapono, Barnes, Gadzuric, Billy Knight, Cedric Bozeman, and Dijon Thompson. Crazy talented. What a Steve Lavin team.
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Old 02-22-2017, 02:05 PM   #13
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I think ucla ended up losing the next round
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Old 02-22-2017, 09:11 PM   #14
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1993 Reigional Final
Cincinnati vs North Carolina

Nick VanExel on fire in first half. You watch this game and realize how dam quick that team was back then.


(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aPuR_hPd3XM)
Man,

I cant watch that game. I went to every tourney game the year before (Final Four year). The yr we lost to North Car we drove to Syracuse for the 1st round. We were die hards. We would have won this game if Huggs would have called a TO when NC went on that big run. I think he finally called it when they tied the game, but it was like an 11-0 run. He didn't want to allow Dean Smith time to set things up. If we would have won that game we would really, really have been rolling. None of us thought we would never make it back. That's why I (try to) enjoy our wins so much. Out of all the things while Huggs was here, there were 2 things that stopped us from becoming a true permanent power: this loss and Huggs being impatient / hating to lose so much that he kept recruiting junior college PG's. I really think if he would have got some freshmen guards, suffer thru some losses, by the time they were Jr, Sr we would have been unstoppable. Most years we were missing a PG. Man, we were sooooooooooo close to breaking that glass ceiling.

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Old 02-22-2017, 09:33 PM   #15
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Yeah, darn underachieving UCLA had to choose this day to finally put it together. Jason Kapono was also on that team.
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Man,

I cant watch that game. I went to every tourney game the year before (Final Four year). The yr we lost to North Car we drove to Syracuse for the 1st round. We were die hards. We would have won this game if Huggs would have called a TO when NC went on that big run. I think he finally called it when they tied the game, but it was like an 11-0 run. He didn't want to allow Dean Smith time to set things up. If we would have won that game we would really, really have been rolling. None of us thought we would never make it back. That's why I (try to) enjoy our wins so much. Out of all the things while Huggs was here, there were 2 things that stopped us from becoming a true permanent power: this loss and Huggs being impatient / hating to lose so much that he kept recruiting junior college PG's. I really think if he would have got some freshmen guards, suffer thru some losses, by the time they were Jr, Sr we would have been unstoppable. Most years we were missing a PG. Man, we were sooooooooooo close to breaking that glass ceiling.
I watch it up to the point we are up 29-14. Nick was unbelievable. That stretch in the first half is my favorite memory as a Bearcat fan.
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I went to the regional final in 1996 against Miss St at Rupp arena. We got tickets from Georgia Tech fans who we beat us on Friday. We had great seats 10 rows up center court. Knocked a hat off a Kentucky fan with my Bearcat flag. The fan was being an ******* the whole game. We had to evade security on the way out.
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