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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 7:28:54 GMT -6
Something to discuss instead of whether I have enough Clorox to last the week or whether my box from Amazon is laced with cooties.
A minute in UE history that cements you to a player, a team or a season:
Yeah, I recall my first Aces game (we lost to Iowa, snapping the win streak ... waaaah)
and I remember the Bill Franklin "goaltending" to beat Purdue and the sellouts at Roberts against the despised KWC Pu-pu-panthers.
My most endearing moment includes none of that. It was in an instant in 1971, Regionals at Roberts -- Aces playing Ashland College, who misplay the ball and it's rolling in the backcourt. It's an over and back -- then Don Buse, like a cat, dashes after it, picks it up and it's an easy layup.
Special moment -- it was so symbolic of the sort of player the Aces had in those years, unique talents with unique approaches.
I want to see the Aces make that play.
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Post by acepurple84 on Mar 29, 2020 8:58:44 GMT -6
I remember UE beating Florida State in the old Holiday Tourney we used to host. I remember being at the game Wilson hitting the corner shot to beat MSU. But mine is the 1971 National Championship game. Still wonder how the Wooden Bleachers held up to all of that stomping. Those crowds made the difference in many games.
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Post by acecard on Mar 29, 2020 10:14:28 GMT -6
There are so many, it's hard to pick one as the best, but the most memorable game I think I ever saw was Haffner's 65 points. The guy couldn't miss, and the atmosphere was electric.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 10:28:57 GMT -6
I recall so many of the guys from the late 60s. I roomed with Don Jordan and Ronnie Bae in separate residences. Jordan owned a 1951 Hudson and the thing was a tank. Once, he took it to Chandler and ran a specialty drag for cars in that "class." Um ... he had no competition and he brought home the trophy. Bae became an Evansville cop right after college. I rode with him a few times on patrol back when we could do that. Wow, the alleys of the city -- pretty interesting if you know what to look for.
Another guy who was a friend of mine was Layne Holmes. Holmes had a unique way of drawing fouls. He'd grab an offensive rebound, fake the putback, come down, and go up again.
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Post by purplestrong on Mar 29, 2020 12:45:57 GMT -6
There are so many, it's hard to pick one as the best, but the most memorable game I think I ever saw was Haffner's 65 points. The guy couldn't miss, and the atmosphere was electric. The fans stomping on the bleachers were deafening. Crowd was yelling “ 3 “ as soon as the ball left Haffner’s hands. Absolutely electric atmosphere.
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Post by purplestrong on Mar 29, 2020 12:59:00 GMT -6
Casbiers game, especially the first half against a ranked Norte Dame team was great too. He was the best player on the floor and owned Norte Dame’s big men inside with head fakes, fall aways, and leaning shots. Then he hits a huge 3 to end the first half. Crowd went nuts. "..........
Gotta mention UE Xavier game at Roberts. Simmons, Haffner, Godfried vrs Strong , Hill and Larkin from a very good Xavier squad. We were screaming at coach Pete Gillem...” better get a TO Baby” in our best Dick Vitale imitation. During the top of Crews coaching career.
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UE postseason tournament win with Giddy and Ballantine. Big time atmosphere.
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Post by aceshigh on Mar 29, 2020 13:07:16 GMT -6
The 1965 championship game against Southern Illinois and Walt Frazier. After being down about 8 points in the second half and the comeback led by Jerry Sloan and Larry Humes. It was the third time we played Southern that year and we won all three by a total of 5 points. Old Roberts was rocking back then and I was in the student section stomping on the bleachers with the rest of them. Everything was on the line and we ended it 29-0.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 14:53:47 GMT -6
I recall the year big Tom Niemeyer transferred to UE from Purdue and we ended in the Elite 8, beat SW Mo (Missouri State now) in the regional before we got blitzed by Trinity of Texas. We figured we had that title in the bag until then.
Unrelated, I recall a story Coach Mac told after they won the 71 title. He was in the elevator at the nationals with Press Maravich, who congratulated Mac on the title. Mac claims he said, "well, it's easier to win when you know one guy is going to score a third of their points."
Mac said it later occurred to him that Press's son, Pete, was doing exactly that at LSU. Oh, well .....
The reference Mac made was about Dwight Lamar, who was scoring about 38 a game for SW Louisiana, which UE beat in the semis.
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Post by aceschamps6571 on Mar 29, 2020 16:57:18 GMT -6
I recall so many of the guys from the late 60s. I roomed with Don Jordan and Ronnie Bae in separate residences. Jordan owned a 1951 Hudson and the thing was a tank. Once, he took it to Chandler and ran a specialty drag for cars in that "class." Um ... he had no competition and he brought home the trophy. Bae became an Evansville cop right after college. I rode with him a few times on patrol back when we could do that. Wow, the alleys of the city -- pretty interesting if you know what to look for. Another guy who was a friend of mine was Layne Holmes. Holmes had a unique way of drawing fouls. He'd grab an offensive rebound, fake the putback, come down, and go up again. Speaking of Ronnie Bae, and along with your earlier post mentioning the Kentucky Wesleyan Purple Panthers (as Marv Bates always called them), he hit a shot to beat a Wesleyan team that came in undefeated in early January,1969. The Aces got the ball down one with just under a minute left, long before the shot clock, and after not getting a good look, ended up going for the last shot. Bae was the shortest player on the floor at maybe 5'10, at least his listed height, but he drained one with just a few seconds left. Wesleyan had just enough time to inbound the ball to George Tinsley, who heaved it from the opposite end just as the buzzer sounded, and it nearly went in, rimming out. The place was packed, including a few thousand from Owensboro, and the Aces' fans went crazy. It was considered quite an upset.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 17:08:06 GMT -6
Speaking of Ronnie Bae, and along with your earlier post mentioning the Kentucky Wesleyan Purple Panthers (as Marv Bates always called them), he hit a shot to beat a Wesleyan team that came in undefeated in early January,1969. The Aces got the ball down one with just under a minute left, long before the shot clock, and after not getting a good look, ended up going for the last shot. Bae was the shortest player on the floor at maybe 5'10, at least his listed height, but he drained one with just a few seconds left. Wesleyan had just enough time to inbound the ball to George Tinsley, who heaved it from the opposite end just as the buzzer sounded, and it nearly went in, rimming out. The place was packed, including a few thousand from Owensboro, and the Aces' fans went crazy. It was considered quite an upset. Wow, yeah ... I remember that now! Ronnie was a brash guy, from Long Island, great sense of humor and not one to back down from a tough situation. We shared an apt on Linwood Avenue, not far from something else just about as bad ... we had some ba-dass parties that spring of 69. Ronnie also got into some trouble a few years ago while he was teaching at Troy State.
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Post by aceschamps6571 on Mar 29, 2020 17:32:24 GMT -6
There are so many, it's hard to pick one as the best, but the most memorable game I think I ever saw was Haffner's 65 points. The guy couldn't miss, and the atmosphere was electric. The fans stomping on the bleachers were deafening. Crowd was yelling “ 3 “ as soon as the ball left Haffner’s hands. Absolutely uelectric atmosphere. The day Haffner scored 65 points was the first Aces game for my then 5 year old son. He has been to many since. His older brother had been to some games with me, and he begged to go too. Since the game against Dayton was an extremely rare afternoon game, he got to go. Because night games were at 7:35 then, they ended too late for him. We sat in the rollaway bleachers in the corner nearest the Aces bench, and as you said, the noise in the last 10 minutes at least was deafening. My son was covering his ears, it was so loud. Lol That has been a memory we have gotten a lot of enjoyment from. Years later, at the last game at Roberts Stadium, Haffner was introduced during one of the timeouts, and when it was said, "If you were here on, and the date was given, in 1989, you saw this man score 65 points." Wife and I were sitting across from the benches in the middle, about half way up, and upon that announcement, I looked behind the basket where our now married son was, and he saw me, and just laughed. Rollaway bleachers were taken out in the 1990 renovation, and that ended stomping on bleachers.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 17:45:27 GMT -6
I recall reading the next day that Haffner had scored 65 ... I thought, 'whoa, he broke Larry's record. How dare this kid to this to my hero?'
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Post by Tom Servo on Mar 30, 2020 10:15:30 GMT -6
My parents would definitely say the Haffner game - definitely one of the most amazing feats I have heard of - especially considering Dayton wasn't some joke team either. That team had a guy who went on to play several years in the NBA (Neagle Knight). Unfortunately, I wasn't there to see it because I wasn't born until a year later. I've seen the tape of it though - definitely not the same.
-Marcus Wilson shot to beat SMS in 1999. Amazing - everyone thought that shot was going to bounce out and it just fell right in the basket.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2020 10:56:23 GMT -6
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Post by stennisrm72 on Mar 30, 2020 11:33:44 GMT -6
I was at the Purdue game with the goal tending call against Bill Franklin. I was also at Haffner's 65 point game against Dayton. Man I'm old. 😣. Both great games. I was at Roberts for many memorable games.
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