My memorable moments
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Every fan remembers the big games and moments. The championships being the most obvious. But here are some good Jayhawk game memories I’ve had that probably zero or very few people will remember.
These are from my student in person years:
Larry Brown was pissed at the ref. The ball had rolled to Brown who picked it up and rolled it all the way down to the opposite end of the court. Amazingly the ref didn’t T him up.
Late night, 1987 and the team lip synching “Kansas City Here We Come”.
I always sat behind the basket in AFH. If we got there 2 hours early the seats were always empty, right on the floor. Danny grabbed a rebound and threaded a full court bounce pass from the right side of the lane to a streaking (yes he was clothed) player in stride who finished with a thunderous dunk.
A kid from Iowa St shot an airball. We just let him have it with the chant until finally Brown told us to leave him alone!
Some memorable TV moments that weren’t particularly notable.
Arkansas’ 40 minutes of hell was famous that year and they smacked us in the 1st half of an elite 8 game. But by the 5 minute mark of the 2nd half we had firm control and their big bodied center Oliver Miller went down on the court with an ‘injury’ he just lay there for like 5 minutes. He needed a rest is what it really looked like as we had amazingly worn out their team.
Another elite 8 bludgeoning in 2002, this time it was Oregon. I just remember Aaron Miles, Kirk, Gooden, etc just running them out of the Kohl Center gym that day. 100-80 final score and it was beautiful to watch.
Selden was famous for his dunk against Baylor in the Big12 tourney, but he had one that year against Kentucky and one of their NBA centers that was just astounding.
A few more in person games, but from the past decade or so. Texas’ fight song is the tune of “I’ve been working on the railroad”. They call it “Eyes of Texas” and after a KU win in Austin I was singing rock chalk to the same tune as we were walking out.
While at the NC game in the superdome in 2012 we were way up in the stratosphere with tickets purchased from a former bucketeer. A group of Kentucky fans directly in front of us who decided to stand the whole game. This was a very neutral section of the stands. I asked them to sit, the punk kid young enough to be my son pointed to the big screen and said you can watch it up there. grrrrrr
Illini fans hate Bill Self as much as some KU fans still hate Roy for leaving which of course are related. In the United Center for the Elite 8 a guy I was chatting with wearing U of I gear said he was there to cheer against Bill Self. I told him I understood, but there’s not a coach in the country who would turn down an opportunity to coach at KU. (fyi the next Chicagoan he should be targeting is Jaxson Davis. Most people around here don’t buy the 4 star rating. Should be higher. MARK MY WORDS!)
That’s all I can think of right now. Whatchu got?
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@wissox said in My memorable moments:
I always sat behind the basket in AFH. If we got there 2 hours early the seats were always empty, right on the floor.
Well, we must have run into each other at some point, @wissox . I tried to sit in the last row behind the basket every game. It was remarkably easy in the 80s!
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Most memorable in person moments -
Wilt Chamberlain coming back to have his jersey retired.
For Silvio Desousa’s WWE audition I was right on that baseline sitting during directly in front of Christian Braun’s mom. The actual best part about that game was hearing Mrs Braun’s mom voice when yelling at Christian. Dead giveaway that it was a players mom without even looking. lol
Saw many victories so the Acie Law IV game sticks with a guy. Losses suck!
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@dylans said in My memorable moments:
Most memorable in person moments -
Wilt Chamberlain coming back to have his jersey retired.
For Silvio Desousa’s WWE audition I was right on that baseline sitting during directly in front of Christian Braun’s mom. The actual best part about that game was hearing Mrs Braun’s mom voice when yelling at Christian. Dead giveaway that it was a players mom without even looking. lol
Saw many victories so the Acie Law IV game sticks with a guy. Losses suck!
Interesting memory of the brawl. So Christians mom was yelling at him to stay out of it?
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@wissox Nah, she was yelling at Christian to run harder, get the rebound, hustle on defense. She was pushing him from the stands. Sounded like any HS gym or baseball game, it was a bit different than the normal crowd noise in Allen Fieldhouse though!
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Biggest game I’ve been too was one where KU unfortunately got their asses handed to them, unless you ask the NCAA who will say the game didn’t happen. The 2018 Final Four game against Villanova. That Villanova was so freaking good and among the best college teams I’ve ever seen.
I’ve also had the good fortune to see KU in two top 5 match ups including my senior night game in 2010 against KSU that was not on TV. KU stomped KSU by 17 in that one. Sherron didn’t have his game game, but still led KU that afternoon.
The other top 5 match up was in February of 2020 at Baylor in Waco. It was an 11 am tip and College Day was there. Ochai had his absolute worst game of his Kansas career that day going scoreless in 39 minutes, but Doke made up for it with the biggest game of his KU career going for 23 and 19 and leading KU to a 3 point win that cemented KU as the title favorites that season.
Also, the first 4 times I went to watch KU play Texas in Austin were all losses including one of KU’s 3 losses during the 2008 title run.
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@wissox enjoying the thread. Great stuff!
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@Texas-Hawk-10 wow not only 2 top 5 match ups but also Ws.
Also, the first 4 times I went to watch KU play Texas in Austin were all losses including one of KU’s 3 losses during the 2008 title run.
Good thing Texas kicked Barnes to the curb and then deposited themselves on that B12 curb.
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Big 12 has had a good run of basketball besides our success. Baylor, Houston, Texas Tech also in championship games. Tech could have won had a non call turned differently. Houston lost closely but in a brutal way and I’m sure that kid is having some sleepless nights. Of course in crunch time we had Sherron and Mario to perform miracles and I guess Houston didn’t.
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@wissox When was Houston in the championship game, I missed that. I only watch KU basketball, so that wasn’t on my radar.
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@dylans They were really good this year and while the worst team in recent KU history should have beaten them, we didn’t and instead they made it all the way to the championship and forgot to shoot before the buzzer allowing Florida to win. (I know you were joking…or were you?)
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I didn’t see KU lose in AFH until my senior year. Then we lost 3 out of 4 home games to our last three opponents in the 88 championship run. Sweet, very sweet revenge.
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@wissox said in My memorable moments:
@dylans They were really good this year and while the worst team in recent KU history should have beaten them, we didn’t and instead they made it all the way to the championship and forgot to shoot before the buzzer allowing Florida to win. (I know you were joking…or were you?)
Not joking. I only watch KU basketball. That’s a horrible way to lose. Just holding the ball. Ugg. I’m sure I heard Florida won and Houston lost, but I repressed it. All KU baby!
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A lot of them…but the best of the bunch was KU/UCLA in late '95. I was a sophomore…camped out with my buddies…ended up in the front row under the basket on KU’s end. Jacque Vaughn’s spin move between two defenders to put KU ahead after coming back from down 15+ was right in front of me. Unbelievable. I have a loud voice and I couldn’t hear myself screaming full throat. I also remember Lester Earl being on official visit that day and I told my buddy, “If he doesn’t come here after that, someone else is paying him.” Funny how that turned out.
Also…the next KU home game at the Fieldhouse will my daughter’s first…headed to KU as a freshman from CO. #parentingwin
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@focojayhawk Wow, great memory. Don’t remember that one. When I taught in Baton Rouge, I taught Bobby Earl, Lesters nephew who sadly tried to stick someone up and got shot in the face. Such a shame.
