30 years ago today...
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Great moment. My dad was there, I was at home. We taped all the games in those days. It was his biggest period of fandom and he used to take me to practices (they were open. They remained open under Willard and semi-open under Howland though wanted you to call ahead I think.) Anyway, Evans had no control over the team, especially Lane. Dude was sort of nuts. Great physical force though.
I've never heard such an instant deafening roar from a crowd in such a short moment of time.
My son was sitting with the Little Panther dribblers (coached by John Cal) near the basket at that game. During the delay he came up and sat with us and had a speck of glass in his hair.
For this old timer, it is one of my five favorite Pitt basketball memories.
My son was sitting with the Little Panther dribblers (coached by John Cal) near the basket at that game. During the delay he came up and sat with us and had a speck of glass in his hair.
For this old timer, it is one of my five favorite Pitt basketball memories.
One of the greatest (if not the greatest) sports moment I ever witnessed. For us it kind of unfolded in slow motion - you're watching the backboard turn white and we turned and looked at each other like - WTF? - and then kaboom! it shattered to the ground. There was this groundswell of noise as everyone realized what they were witnessing. Still gives me goosebumps when I think of it.
Good times.
Nice marketing video piece.
Jerome was such a physical specimen. Up there with Sam Clancy, Sam Young, Julius Page, Steven Adams for some of our great athletes I can think of. Chad Varga? Vonteego? Clyde Vaughn?
I went back and watched some old NBA tapes of him playing for the Guru of Go, Paul Westhead, for his awful Enver Nuggets teams (No d.) Jerome never developed the shot he needed at the next level, to put it nicely, but he did a good job running the floor and grabbing rebounds for Westhead.
The night Charles Smith scored 52 points for the Clippers, Jerome scored about 18? more. Pitt goes for 70! Charlie was guarded by Orlando Woolridge for most of the night, maybe the worst defensive player I've ever seen in terms of effort.
Jerome was such a physical specimen. Up there with Sam Clancy, Sam Young, Julius Page, Steven Adams for some of our great athletes I can think of. Chad Varga? Vonteego? Clyde Vaughn?
I went back and watched some old NBA tapes of him playing for the Guru of Go, Paul Westhead, for his awful Enver Nuggets teams (No d.) Jerome never developed the shot he needed at the next level, to put it nicely, but he did a good job running the floor and grabbing rebounds for Westhead.
The night Charles Smith scored 52 points for the Clippers, Jerome scored about 18? more. Pitt goes for 70! Charlie was guarded by Orlando Woolridge for most of the night, maybe the worst defensive player I've ever seen in terms of effort.
Lost the Saturday before to Oklahoma on CBS then a quick turnaround facing Providence. Rome had two quick turnovers after play resumed and Evans was going beserk. John Feinstein was in the house that night writing his book, A Season Inside.
Great book. Re-read about five years ago. Funny how much it emphasized Evans as "the up and coming coach, disrupting the old coach power structure.
That was a fantastic game against Oklahoma. I remember we never sat the entire game and it was HOT in the upper level.
Feinstein loves Evans for some odd reason. He is likely is a big fan of Evans because Paul coached at Navy and Feinstein loves the Naval Academy.
Well, I had season tix from 1982, but was away on business, at my parents' house near Philly. They didn't have cable, so I didn't know about it until they used it to open the 11:00 PM newscast. Hell, I saw enough shots from outside that almost shattered the glass at the Field House, why did I have to miss that one??? Actually had a chuckle with Raftery on a plane a few years later...he obviously loved that, a signature moment for him.
Of course Rasp was a good enough basketball player that he was all state, so it's not like he was some bum off the street.
Remember like it was yesterday.. 12 mile training run, soaked in the tub, Nico's recovery room for a gyro and some irons, smuggled in some bears and send it Jerome.. still have a piece of the glass..
Ended up going to the Cricket and Anthony's afterwards... get some of that .25 cent pizza..
I think you are thinking about the 1989 game v Oklahoma.The 1988 game was a road game in which they lost.They beat OU at home in 1989.
If he'd have played basketball full time he would have been a contributor. He also wasn't just a punter for the football team, he was recruited as a quarterback but he also punted in high school and Pitt needed a punter his freshman year so he punted that year. It would have been interesting to see what he could have become if he hadn't torn a leg muscle that basically ended his career in both sports.
You made a trip to the Cricket that night. LOL! I made a stop or two there in my time. Did you feed the bears any $1 bills?
I wasn't at the game (still in high school) but I put a new tape in the 'ol VCR to record the KDKA sportscast that night. John Sanders ephasized how loud it was.
Sanders: Listen to the sound of the dunk... [cut to the replay]
I played that tape and the highlights over and over with much joy.
Sanders: Listen to the sound of the dunk... [cut to the replay]
I played that tape and the highlights over and over with much joy.
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I didn't say that, just that he was not usually playing. and he didn't have a name on his jersey, so him playing was unusual.
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