What loss caused you the most agita ?

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matt105

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I remember a terrible loss to Columbia @ 1979 at their gym .They had a short point guard who we could not control . I was so upset that I was driving
up one way streets the wrong way in Manhattan . I scared my fiancee to death .
 
I find that a lot of St. John’s brutal losses follow a similar script. Inspiring first half that makes you believe, followed by a slow death by a thousand cuts in the second half

I say that to say - the (recent) loss that sticks out as the one that absolutely crushed me-

2022 BET Quarterfinal against Villanova: Champagnie’s final game on St. John’s included the worst minute of his college career. Airballs a dagger three and then commits a foul with seconds left and nova wins at the free throw line. Nova would go on to win the BET that year and we had them that night. that loss broke me.
 
The Seton Hall Screwjob 12/29/18 @ Prudential. We were 12-0 before that game.

Was visiting family in NY that week. Saw the Sacred Heart game and then stayed for the away game in NJ too. After loss, rented a hotel room next to arena, got up 6am and to drive back miserable for 8-9 hours while my wife & daughter slept in car.

Aside from the ref screwing, Ponds was awful

Didn't sleep that night and posted that here after the game.

Post in thread '(POST-GAME) @Seton Hall (Pru Ctr), Sat. Dec. 29, 8:30p, FSN / 570AM' https://red.fans/quad/threads/post-...sat-dec-29-8-30p-fsn-570am.273579/post-310493
 
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matt105 said:
I remember a terrible loss to Columbia @ 1979 at their gym .They had a short point guard who we could not control . I was so upset that I was driving
up one way streets the wrong way in Manhattan . I scared my fiancee to death .
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I was first year law student in Dayton, Ohio. Left a friend’s house that night and while driving home tuned in to News Radio 88 which barely came in on the car radio. Heard the score which if I remember correctly was 93-79 and couldn’t believe it. Got home and spent a dime to call King Wally’s Sports Phone which confirmed it. We started that year 9-8 and my fellow students were chiding me that St. John’s was dropping down to Division 2. We came within a bucket of playing Magic’s Michigan St. team in the final 4 that year. At that point when friends saw me they would say ST. JOHN’S!
 
loss at rose hill; johnnie's up by one. seconds on the clock. fordham has the ball 94 feet from their basket. mahoney puts on the floor the strangest defensive 5 possible. the rams drive the length of the floor and lay it up and in. Fordham wins.
 
Too many to list. Some of the prominent ones:

  • 1983 loss to Georgia in the Sweet 16. Team should have went to the Final Four that year.
  • 1986 loss to Auburn in the second round. Berry hurt his ankle against Montana St. in the first round, and he was not 100%. Chris Morris and Chuck Person killed them in this game.
  • 1987 loss to DePaul in the second round. The Dallas Comegys lane violation travesty absolutely kills me.
  • 1988 loss to Florida in the first round. Florida had a bunch of guys ineligible for this game, and they let Vernon Maxwell kill them.
  • 1992 loss to Tulane in the first round. Looie deserved better in his last game.
  • 1999 loss to Ohio State in the elite eight. That team was soooo good, and after a long stretch of ineffectual basketball, I didn't want this season to end.
 
Gtown in 85? Ohio State in 99?

Not even close.

It's the losses that made me realize we're not the same program anymore.

Here are two that will always stay with me:

Nov 26, 1995 - UC Irvine wins the Joe Lapchick Memorial Tournament 83-77 snapping St. John’s 41-game winning streak in the tournament.

This was Felipe, Zendon and Tarik's sophomore year, which I envisioned when they signed as the year we win the national championship with role player seniors like Minlend, Barrett, Lyson, Brown helping the superstar underclassmen. And we end up with one of the worst seasons in school history.

Here go down memory lane: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-26-sp-7397-story.html

Nov. 24, 2004 - St. Francis 53-52 on the night Alumni Hall becomes Carnesecca Arena. Norm being Norm.

Here you go. Punch yourself in the face: https://nypost.com/2004/11/24/red-storm-shocked-on-looies-big-night/
 
MainMan said:
Gtown in 85? Ohio State in 99?

Not even close.

It's the losses that made me realize we're not the same program anymore.

Here are two that will always stay with me:

Nov 26, 1995 - UC Irvine wins the Joe Lapchick Memorial Tournament 83-77 snapping St. John’s 41-game winning streak in the tournament.

This was Felipe, Zendon and Tarik's sophomore year, which I envisioned when they signed as the year we win the national championship with role player seniors like Minlend, Barrett, Lyson, Brown helping the superstar underclassmen. And we end up with one of the worst seasons in school history.

Here go down memory lane: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-26-sp-7397-story.html

Nov. 24, 2004 - St. Francis 53-52 on the night Alumni Hall becomes Carnesecca Arena. Norm being Norm.

Here you go. Punch yourself in the face: https://nypost.com/2004/11/24/red-storm-shocked-on-looies-big-night/
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With no time off in “purgatory”
 
L J S A said:
The Ohio State loss killed me more than any other loss I've witnessed. Remember leaving friend's house and feeling so hollow.
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This is the only answer as far as I’m concerned. I was in my early-20s at the time, ready to party and I thought that was truly our year. I hated Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd for life after that game. I’m a little too young for ‘85, so this is definitely it for me.
 
guinness77 said:
This is the only answer as far as I’m concerned. I was in my early-20s at the time, ready to party and I thought that was truly our year. I hated Schoonie Penn and Michael Redd for life after that game. I’m a little too young for ‘85, so this is definitely it for me.
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Ty Grant injury killed us and made their center, never to be heard of again Ken Johnson, look like Hakeem O
 
This year’s Baylor loss. While there were much worse losses, the way I felt afterwards made me not watch the next two games in the Bahamas. I stayed away from this site for about three to four days.

I was pissed at the team and the way the loss made me feel.
 
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