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OLV72 said:
Maybe not:) Thought he was around 90%, but see that he was only about 80%

Williams was a fan favorite back then. He stood up to Ewing at MSG. His last second shot rolled off the unlucky Nassau Coliseum rim in the last second of that Alabama loss. People today would not believe that the NCAA opening round game ten or so miles from campus was an easy ticket and maybe 3/4's full.
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Alabama was actually a second round game on a Sunday afternoon and blacked out on local TV. WE played Penn Friday night (Not the Penn game others have referenced which was in 1979). I was a Senior in HS and went with a bunch of friends one who was going to Penn in the Fall. The boys kept teasing him how outnumbered he would be and that he would get his asked kicked, well when the Quakers took the floor you would have thought we were at the Palestra. Definitely a pro Penn crowd. We were surrounded by Penn students and got really tired of the "lets Go Quakers" chants. Once we had the game in hand, I started a "Let's Go Amtrack" chant and told them to go home. Would have played eventual champ Carolina next had we beaten Alabama.
 
SJUNC said:
Alabama was actually a second round game on a Sunday afternoon and blacked out on local TV. WE played Penn Friday night (Not the Penn game others have referenced which was in 1979). I was a Senior in HS and went with a bunch of friends one who was going to Penn in the Fall. The boys kept teasing him how outnumbered he would be and that he would get his asked kicked, well when the Quakers took the floor you would have thought we were at the Palestra. Definitely a pro Penn crowd. We were surrounded by Penn students and got really tired of the "lets Go Quakers" chants. Once we had the game in hand, I started a "Let's Go Amtrack" chant and told them to go home. Would have played eventual champ Carolina next had we beaten Alabama.
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I was at the Penn game as well. At Nassau Coliseum and you are correct, Alabama game was blacked out locally. Imagine that today ..
 
GeorgiaRed said:
I was at the Penn game as well. At Nassau Coliseum and you are correct, Alabama game was blacked out locally. Imagine that today ..
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Went to the Bama game with a friend of mine who had tickets to the Ranger game that night at MSG and so he left our game at halftime. I've never let him live that one down. :giggle:
 
Howie71 said:
JUST MAGINE IF SJU MET KANSAS IN THE TOURNEY! I literally got my 54 yr old body off the couch and started playing "air" basketball dunking and blocking shots at the mere thought. šŸ˜ #ZUBY #Beastmode #CharlesJeffersonFastTimes
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Just as long as AJ Storr doesnā€™t pull a Dwayne Polee on us.



 
SJUNC said:
Alabama was actually a second round game on a Sunday afternoon and blacked out on local TV. WE played Penn Friday night (Not the Penn game others have referenced which was in 1979). I was a Senior in HS and went with a bunch of friends one who was going to Penn in the Fall. The boys kept teasing him how outnumbered he would be and that he would get his asked kicked, well when the Quakers took the floor you would have thought we were at the Palestra. Definitely a pro Penn crowd. We were surrounded by Penn students and got really tired of the "lets Go Quakers" chants. Once we had the game in hand, I started a "Let's Go Amtrack" chant and told them to go home. Would have played eventual champ Carolina next had we beaten Alabama.
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Yes - thanks for the correction. I recall it was a Sunday afternoon because I was battling a pretty awful hangover. When the ref fouled out Mullin my hangover dissipated into full blown rage - a sign of the future of watching our games.

The first game of that doubleheader was a classic with Jim Calhoun of Northeastern versus Rollie and Nova. I believe it was OT, but no clue who won.
 
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