Memory Lane

panther2 said:
Don't remember McNiece but remember Bruns from high school, not sure which one though. He was a couple of years older than me. He was a hell of a player at Manhattan College.
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Do you guys remember a Manhattan College player named George Bucci? Mid to early 1970s? He could jump out of the gym.
He was a tremendous baller, and me and my fellow HS teammates would wear ankle weights all day so we could try to jump like him.
Now we have knee replacements for our efforts.
 
Ralph318! said:
Do you guys remember a Manhattan College player named George Bucci? Mid to early 1970s? He could jump out of the gym.
He was a tremendous baller, and me and my fellow HS teammates would wear ankle weights all day so we could try to jump like him.
Now we have knee replacements for our efforts.
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Absolutely and I remember him exactly like that - a super leaper. Believe he played briefly for the Nets after college.
 
SLYFOXX1968 said:
It’s a bygone era but , Manhattan College , Fordham , NYU were all top notch BB programs back in the day .

Both Mahoney’s Brian and Charlie played for the Jaspers .
Bruins too !
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Am told that in the era you describe the student bodies from the four schools would assemble en masse at different subway entrances and march as groups in to the old 49th street MSG. Once Alumni opened on campus MSG would have Fordham vs Manhattan, NYU vs St. John's double header every other year. Went to a few of the doubleheaders.
 
fuchsia said:
Am told that in the era you describe the student bodies from the four schools would assemble en masse at different subway entrances and march as groups in to the old 49th street MSG. Once Alumni opened on campus MSG would have Fordham vs Manhattan, NYU vs St. John's double header every other year. Went to a few of the doubleheaders.
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Me too. Great memories from my childhood. My Father took me to some of those doubleheaders.
. I remember seeing my first game between Manhattan and Fordham. It was fantastic.
. When the final buzzer sounded I got up to leave. My father told me to sit down because there’s another game. Next up: the Johnnies. I forget who they even played. It was absolute Heaven.
 
fuchsia said:
Am told that in the era you describe the student bodies from the four schools would assemble en masse at different subway entrances and march as groups in to the old 49th street MSG. Once Alumni opened on campus MSG would have Fordham vs Manhattan, NYU vs St. John's double header every other year. Went to a few of the doubleheaders.
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i resemble this remark. Went undergrad to Manhattan (became a SJU fan in1973 when I started full time grad school). Manhattan was at the last stop of IRT #1 line so after spending time in one of the 242nd Street, Jaspers would board enmasse and go down to Columbus Circle and then march down 8th Ave to the Garden (in the street of course). Jaspers then would march into our seats about 15 minutes before tip off. Remember one Fordham game where the News or Post had a headline on backpage stating the Manhattan/Fordham game was a real old fashioned game highlighted by Jaspers marching into the Garden "leaving" the ingredients on the court which had a pint bottle of rye, snowballs and orange Garden floor while chanting The Ram Eats S**t.
 
We were at JSJs fantastic event in Spring Lake New Jersey. I recognized Coach Panther from a photo he posted with Coach Lav.
Coach Panther then introduced me to the Hon. Otis. I’m the other guy (on the right).
I also met some of the other terrific guys from 114.
I’m ready for the Season with my two new brothers. I’m truly blessed.
Ps. We were all Country Club Cas and I’m wearing my No Bulls. Kudos to the Great Jersey Shore Johnny.
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Ralph318! said:
We were at JSJs fantastic event in Spring Lake New Jersey. I recognized Coach Panther from a photo he posted with Coach Lav.
Coach Panther then introduced me to the Hon. Otis. I’m the other guy (on the right).
I also met some of the other terrific guys from 114.
I’m ready for the Season with my two new brothers. I’m truly blessed.
Ps. We were all Country Club Cas and I’m wearing my No Bulls. Kudos to the Great Jersey Shore Johnny.
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It was a fabulous day. Got a chance to meet Ralph318 and his lovely family. Will forgive his daughter for being a Villanova grad, lol.

Found that Otis graduated from St John’s Law in 1982 and Ralph in 1984. Amazing. Got a chance to catch up with a few more friends.

As usual, JSJ and his wife were gracious hosts.

Can't wait until next year!!!
 
Alex Evans episode on Big East Rewind was a good one for Johnnies fans. Sonny Spera and Chuck Everson always very respectful towards St. John's and over the top about it for LooieC.

They actually said in the mid-Eighties, the guys from Syracuse, Nova and St. John's all liked each other.

Left out was the same comment about Georgetown interestingly enough.
 
Amaseinyourface said:
Any memories of those games and how competitive they were?
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The game in 2001 was close. Marcus Hatten’s college debut and he didn’t disappoint with 27 points. One point game at halftime and down two points with 2 minutes to go, but were unable to contain Kareem Reid (St.Ray’s/Arkansas) down the stretch and we lost 75-69. I just remember being thankful the game was played as we were less than 2 months removed from 9-11. Over 12k at the garden felt like a sellout.

The 2002 game was not as close. Hatten did have 17 points, but ex NBA guys Todd Day, Oliver Miller and Olden Polynice proved to be too much. Former johnnie Chudney Gray scored a couple of baskets against us as well in the 86-61 loss.
 
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