And your best Louisville game of the decade is
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 20, 2010 1:26 PM EST
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PrintThe tremendous comeback against West Virginia in the 2005 Elite Eight, prevailing over the second-seeded '06 blackout of the Mountaineers by a commanding final margin of 222-117.
You all have shared yours, but my personal favorite memories from that day include:
--Thinking "I've never had a feeling like this in my chest before. Am I going to die?" As Taquan Dean raced down the court with the score tied at the end of regulation.
--Watching the entire second half upstairs by myself and hearing the downstairs party's screams about three seconds after mine since they were watching on satellite.
--Pacing so much that I would watch offensive possessions in one room and defensive possessions in another.
--The "You Just got Pittsnoggled" and "Welcome to the Big East" signs.
--Coming downstairs once victory was in hand and seeing my mom (who doesn't know what a three-pointer is) standing on a couch and clapping.
--Meeting up with friends hours later and sharing hugs like we hadn't seen each other in a decade.
--Getting up early the next morning to snag a Final Four shirt from the mall before making the trek back to school.
A very deserving champion. Thanks to all who participated in the voting.
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Best game EVAR
Luckily my school obsreved an Easter break, so I was able to make the 4 hour trip home to watch both the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games.
Watched THE game at old Maier’s (now Brendan’s) in St. Matthews with a group of friends, and I’ve never seen buckets of beer disappear that quick. I kept saying it was like Villanova-Georgetown, WVA couldn’t miss. I think I chain-smoked half a pack in the 1st half alone.
At the half my friend called and was freaking out, and for some odd reason I thought we would be cool. I thought we would win. I felt this team had the toughness to at least try, and they proved us right. Going into OT we all knew we would pull it out. I stood up on the table and ripped apart my classy UofL buttondown (destroying any class I had left remaining) then went outside to call people. All of a sudden a random guy from BW-3’s runs across the street and picks me up and yells/cries “we did it man, we did it!” Best UofL sports moment in my short life.
I was at the backdoor
Drinking ridiculously cheap and strong bourbon and cokes.
Every time we did something good my friend would scream “We got this!” Then WVU would hit a three, and the rest of us would yell at him.
That went on for the first 36 minutes or so. After that i just remember a lot of being unable to watch and hugging people i’d never met after the game was over.
Car horns blaring on Bardstown Rd. and Cards cheers late into the night. Awesome awesome frigging day.
It wasn’t until the next morning that I realized I had to be a groomsman right smack in the middle of the FF4 game.
This is one of the few games I'll always remember
I had to go to a graduation party right after this game at Big Springs, and I remember everyone showed up late. I also remember high-fiving and hugging everyone who I knew to be a Louisville fan. We were so giddy the whole night. I just kept telling people how unbelievable it was. I’m not sure I talked about anything else that whole night. That was a night I will always always remember just for how I felt afterwards. I don’t even vividly remember details of the game, just how I felt.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 20, 2010 4:32 PM EST reply actions
that photo of Pitino...
makes it look like he does hair and not coach bball.
“Hey boys put that round thing in the hole!!” Stop that Damn Pittsnoggle. He needs a cut & a higlight like Chris Current needs a tan!"
Best game eva!!
Since this is turning into a "Where were you..." thread
I lived in Destin and watched the game at the local Hooters. I drank beer during the 1st half until I was sufficiently Pittsnoggled and remember not speaking to my buddy for 30 solid minutes after WVU went up by 20. Then something amazing happened. The Cards came back, Larry O’Bannon scored 24 pts in the 2nd half and my “I’m in my mid-twenties—I’m indestructable—life is great” worldview remained intact for several more months.
But, more importantly, during the end of the game as I’m high fiving random people and chest-bumping Hooters waitresses a group of college girls on spring break from somewhere in Louisiana come up to our table and ask if we want to go back to their condo with them because we seem fun and like having a good time. True Story.
How many times has Louisville basketball ever led to going home with 8 college girls who are on Spring Break? No offense to the Black Out game at PJCS but I think it’s pretty obvious why my vote was already cast in this contest.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Jan 20, 2010 5:28 PM EST reply actions
I just remember watching at a buddy's house and after the game we ran outside
and as we were doing CARDS chants we could hear people from all over his neighborhood joining in
I was at this game and it was so amazing
My family just happened to have a trip to Arizona planned for spring break and since we were driving we were able to go to the game on the way. The game was incredible and it was one of the greatest memories of my life. I still remember turning around and hugging everybody I saw when the game went into OT and running onto the court after we had finally won! What a game.
Best game of the decade
Bar none!
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Just out of curiosity...
Where did the Orange Bowl game finish? Agree WVU was the best game (I think I spent about an equal amount of time praying, literally for the first time in a decade, and swearing, which probably negated it) but feels to me like the Orange Bowl win should have come in second. Just saying.
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