The one SJU game to watch if you were quarantined

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If you could only have access to one SJU game, which game would you watch multiple times?
 
Probably the 1965 NIT Championship game against Villanova. It was my senior year in high school and I was there in person. The McIntyre brothers, along with Sonny Dove and others, defeated Nova who had Jim Washington, Wali Jones, and George Leftwich. Would love to relive that experience of seeing Coach Lapchick's final game.
 
2020 Big East Tournament, as we won four consecutive games in as many days to capture our first Big East Tournament Championship in two decades (and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament).
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=382099]Bootsy team win at Duke with Maven kissing Jarvis at conclusion :)[/quote]

Absolutely the first game that came to mind -- not for the kiss! ;)
 
The 1986 Big East championship game when SJU came from 19 down in the second half to defeat Cuse with the Ron Rowan shot for the lead and The Truth stopping Pearl at the buzzer.
 
[quote="panther2" post=382103]Probably the 1965 NIT Championship game against Villanova. It was my senior year in high school and I was there in person. The McIntyre brothers, along with Sonny Dove and others, defeated Nova who had Jim Washington, Wali Jones, and George Leftwich. Would love to relive that experience of seeing Coach Lapchick's final game.[/quote]

I was there also, watching my Violet team lose by one point to Army for the second year in a row in the third place game. Was Bill Melchionni the backup guard on that Nova team?
 
[quote="panther2" post=382103]Probably the 1965 NIT Championship game against Villanova. It was my senior year in high school and I was there in person. The McIntyre brothers, along with Sonny Dove and others, defeated Nova who had Jim Washington, Wali Jones, and George Leftwich. Would love to relive that experience of seeing Coach Lapchick's final game.[/quote]
Panther, I always defer to your great memory on SJU hoops, but Wally Jones wasn't on that team; he had graduated in 1964. Bill Melchioni was their star guard in '64-'65, averaging 19.4 ppg. However -- and fortunately for us -- he saw limited PT in that title game due to an injury. That said, I would love to see either that game or beating No. 1 Michigan in the Holiday Festval earlier that sason. Bottom line: both great games featured Sonny and McIntyre brothers (and my all-time favorite team).
 
[quote="redken" post=382147][quote="panther2" post=382103]Probably the 1965 NIT Championship game against Villanova. It was my senior year in high school and I was there in person. The McIntyre brothers, along with Sonny Dove and others, defeated Nova who had Jim Washington, Wali Jones, and George Leftwich. Would love to relive that experience of seeing Coach Lapchick's final game.[/quote]
Panther, I always defer to your great memory on SJU hoops, but Wally Jones wasn't on that team; he had graduated in 1964. Bill Melchioni was their star guard in '64-'65, averaging 19.4 ppg. However -- and fortunately for us -- he saw limited PT in that title game due to an injury. That said, I would love to see either that game or beating No. 1 Michigan in the Holiday Festval earlier that sason. Bottom line: both great games featured Sonny and McIntyre brothers (and my all-time favorite team).[/quote]



Thanks for the correction.
 
[quote="Porgyman" post=382200][quote="jetstorm" post=382158][quote="sjc88" post=382101]This one: [URL]https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/27/sports/st-john-s-behind-mullin-upsets-georgetown-66-65.html[/URL][/quote]

Winner!!![/quote]
That game will always be special for me. It was played on a Saturday. The following Monday, they stopped my graduation ceremony in Alumni Hall to announce that St John’s was number 1 in the polls. The place went crazy![/quote]

I was just a freshman at SJU. My brother was in his Junior year. We went bar hopping that night with some of our crew. It was a great night. Good memories. :cheer:
 
For me it would definitely be the finals of the 1964 Holiday Festival where we beat #1 ranked Michigan with Cazzie & Bill Buntin with our team inlcuding Sonny Dove & the McIntyre brothers. That was the first college game I have a clear memory of attending and the garden was electric. I'd love to see it again because it's been so long and would love the opportunity to see those long ago Johnnie greats one more time.
A close 2nd would be the overtime game we lost to Duke in the Garden in Fran's last year(believe Artest was a frosh). I did get to see that one again last year and it was as great as I remembered it.
 
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