November 27, 1990
- Thread starter Tango Two
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I was in Middle East as part of Operation Desert Shield/Storm
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Yes, I was there. Another classic battle at the RAC. Can't wait to return to that type of atmosphere!
Yes it was. It was right up there with the Mizzou game, Penn State in the '89 A10 Finals and undefeated West Virginia in 1982... Good God, I am old.
Agreed. I missed that Mizzou game but was there for the UNLV game in '91. Would like to know how they compare from anyone who went to both games.
The 3 consecutive turnovers on the press in the second half cutting the lead from 10 to 4 was the second loudest eruption in RAC history
Both were just awesome atmospheres ...the Vegas win did have the louder eruption though as I listed above during the second half press that got us in the game
Legit ...jerry tarkanian, to get a TO, had to walk In front of the refs face to get his attention ...and he was only 10-15 feet away amd could not be heard
I was there for every one of those games and have been at almost every home game since the RAC opened. I have only missed a few. In the 1975-76 Final Four season I attended 13 games. The first RU game I ever attended was on March 6, 1971 when RU defeated Penn State 84-70 at the Barn.I became hooked on RU B-Ball by the 74-75 season. Talk about being old I am there. I have lived through all the difficult years and certainly need to see some real success again.
As in Shaquille O'Neal for the Mozzou game? Did we recruit him at all? I know he lived in Newark for a while
Are you joking? If not, just look at the screen name of the person you quoted.
Was at both. Both were loud. Darryl Smith played the game of his life against Mizzou. We got payback on UNLV. They trashed us on national TV the year before. I remember they cut away from the game with about 5 mins left it was so bad. If I remember, the reason that game was on TV, is that we were playing in place of Temple.
UNLV thrashed pretty much everyone that season. That would have went down as maybe the greatest team ever if they didn't lose to duke in a very odd game.
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We need to meet sometime. Before my first son was born in 2005 I could count on my fingers the number of games I missed since the RAC opened in November 1977 va.....the USSR in that exhibition game.
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We moved at Saturday game vs temple to Friday night at the RAC ....a game where we trashed Mark Macon and temple by 20 at the RAC ....so we could fly out to Las Vegas and play UNLV on a sunday afternoon on ABC national tv that dick vitale called....
That was the year Vegas lost to Duke in the final four ...and didn't cut the nets down when making the final four
The year we beat them ...Vegas was 25-2 and lost to us and LSU and Shaquille O'Neil ...and finished number 7 in the country but was on probation so could not go the NCAAs....and that's also why the Rutgers -Vegas game was not on TV as they were banned from TV that year
I was 6 and there in section 118. Same season as our last NCAA tournament game in Atlanta. Still have the ticket stubs.
I was there and it was really loud. I will never forget this dunk by Daryl Smith that night which was the cover photo on the Daily Targum the next day. I can't believe I remember that?
That's the RAC I know and what I want again so badly. So many people have no idea how great it is to have your college team in the Top 25 or right on the edge.
That's the RAC I know and what I want again so badly. So many people have no idea how great it is to have your college team in the Top 25 or right on the edge.
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that USSR game was funny..... we had a Russian official doing the game and there was a sequence when he made a dramatic
looking call in favor of the Russians, and got overruled by
the other officials....might have happened a couple of times.
Speaking of exhibition games...
I remember one against China during the John Battle era. The Chinese fans were very into the game...cheering loudly, waving little flags, etc.
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and regulation ended in a tie, and the Chinese walked off, game ended that way
