What was Your Best Memory of Razorback Basketball as a UA Student?

[JJHog]

camping out under Razoback Stadium fro 3-4 days in the early 80's for b-ball tickets

[little pigee]

Going to every home game from '73 to '77, including '73 when you needed only a student ID to get in.  You could look  behind the beachers (in the sawdust) and see Joe Ferguson's bass boat.

Watching Shelby Metcalf, then coach of A & M, go to midcourt and stomp on the hog because he was pissed at the crowd.

Getting happy before games with the "Mad Hatters", rowdy football jocks, who sat directly behind the opponents' bench, taunting them.  They were supplied with kegs prior to the game, and wore overalls and various head gear.  Hence, the chairs were alway dragged to the key for time outs.

Watching the triplets do their thing.  Especially seeing Sidney on the cover of SI, and watching Boothead take off from the free throw line to slam.

Working partime for the construction company that did the first re-furb on Barnhill, and getting to sit wherever I wanted (electrician's belt and a hardhat worked wonders).

Going to Norman for the first NCAA tourney game in a long time in '76.

Maxine's after games.

Laura Whatzhername after the snowstorm....

[IB4HOGS]

#2 Auburn in 99.  The loudest the Bud has ever been. 

[d1nonlyhogfan]

My only year as a student was '98-'99, so I would have to say the nut-kickings we took at Oklahoma and Auburn. Those were two of the worst performances Nolan's teams ever recorded.

[jrmemphishog]

My freshman year Todd Day was a senior and broke Sidney Moncrief's scoring record.  Pretty cool!

[Tejano Jawg]

The other 2 in my top 3: My freshman year I went to SWC Tourney in Dallas with my roommate. (My first games to see at Reunion Arena...and the beginning of my 14-2 record at Reunion...ending with Coliss and Co beating Michigan to go to the Final Four.) The atmosphere in Dallas was great, as those who made that trip all those years know. We won big with Tony Brown, Scott Hastings, Darryl Walker and soph Alvin Robertson, used as a reserve most of the year, winning the Tourney MVP.

Another one: Camping out for basketball tickets that same year...the last year the school used that ticket method.

Honorable mention: Listening to the Hogs play Texas A&M on the radio when I lived in Yocum Hall. Darryl Walker hit a 25-footer to win the game at the buzzer. Everyone, all over the place, ran out of their rooms screaming...total pandemonium.

[d1nonlyhogfan]

My only year as a student was '98-'99, so I would have to say the nut-kickings we took at Oklahoma and Auburn. Those were two of the worst performances Nolan's teams ever recorded.

At least we did win an NCAA tourney game that year, though.

[termite]

Going to every home game from '73 to '77, including '73 when you needed only a student ID to get in.  You could look  behind the beachers (in the sawdust) and see Joe Ferguson's bass boat.

Watching Shelby Metcalf, then coach of A & M, go to midcourt and stomp on the hog because he was pissed at the crowd.

Getting happy before games with the "Mad Hatters", rowdy football jocks, who sat directly behind the opponents' bench, taunting them.  They were supplied with kegs prior to the game, and wore overalls and various head gear.  Hence, the chairs were alway dragged to the key for time outs.

Watching the triplets do their thing.  Especially seeing Sidney on the cover of SI, and watching Boothead take off from the free throw line to slam.

Working partime for the construction company that did the first re-furb on Barnhill, and getting to sit wherever I wanted (electrician's belt and a hardhat worked wonders).

Going to Norman for the first NCAA tourney game in a long time in '76.

Maxine's after games.

Laura Whatzhername after the snowstorm....



I thought I was only OLD TIMMER on the board, Great times was had by all back in the day.

[verticalhog]

The hiring of Eddie Sutton.

[missippihog]

Didn't attent UA but my best friend did and I made many trips to stay with him and attend games. My fondest memories of BB are the NC year I saw them play Ole Miss in Oxford (lost but I always enjoy seeing them), flew to F'ville to see them pound MS State, then went to SEC tourney. That was a great team that had all the tools. Actually took some pictures of Dillard and Corliss and had them blown up to posters and had them on the wall in by bedroom. Awsome poster of Corliss dunking in pregame in the pyramid. My fondest football memory is when I was very little my parents took me to LR to a game and they were not close friends of Holtz but somewhat friends. The cheerleaders took me around the field in the Razorback helmet after the game.

[Pork Authority]

Too many to pick one, but the first one that comes to mind is..
1992 LSU/Arkansas OT game at Bud Walton when we shut down Shaq.

Somewhere, Dale Brown is still burning from how we used to razz him.


Of course, our 75 point breakout in the 2nd half against Mizzou in first regular game in Bus Walton Areana was just ridiculous.

That Mizzou game was great.  We had some guys come down from Mizzou and stay at our house.  They were talking smack before the game and then had their tales tucked until they left the next day.  We didn't even have to say anything.  We'd just look over and shake our heads like we felt sorry for them.  Didn't we win by around 60 points.

I honestly believe it was 75 points.  Someone can look it up.  Weren't ahead by a whole lot at half. 

Worst loss in Mizzou history.  I know that for a fact

[mword]

Now that I think about it, the 6 years I was at U of A, I did not attend one basketball game. That's pretty sad.

[HDale]

I was in Jim Robken's Hogwild Band for the last three years Arkansas was in the SWC.

I don't have ANY bad memories of Hog basketball.

All three years are all my favorite memories.

oldbooniehog

Wow!
That brings back memories of Robken running around Barnhell with a flag in his hand.
William Tell blasting from the band.
That made the "noise machine" max out during the good old days..

Great times!

[juke]

'93-'94 Season.  It was awesome to be a student when the Hogs won the National Championship.  I passed Dwight Stewart almost daily in front of the library during the mornings between classes.  He was always waving and smiling to everyone.  He showed a lot of class.  I had Scotty Thurman and Corliss Williamson in one class and they were cool to everyone.  What a season. 

[Illinihog]

There are some who say that Mizzou stopped playing the Hogs was because of that loss.  Norm was upset for a long time.  That Mizzou team was damn good that those Hogs Dismantled.

[Porkerfrombehind]

I would have to say the 99' Kentucky vs. Ark. I was a cheerleader for the hogs, and I had never seen a more electric crowd. The guys played the arses off ( remember the "fab five" right?), and hearing that many fans in Bud Walton doing hog call gave me shivers! WPS!!

Rules, please, rules, please God!

[gopigsgo]

PorkPariah; We are a basketball powerhouse and a good fire will continue it. (just fixed it for you!)

[3littlehogs]

The morning of the UNLV game at barnhill, a couple of frat guys were throwing a tennis ball back and forth.  It was only a matter of time before someone else got tagged by one of them.  Someone took offense to getting smacked and it was on.  Kids started slinging doughnuts, milk cartons, milk jugs, orange juice and anything else that would fly.  It was freaking hilarious.  Some dude who thought he was hot stuff in his new black leather jacket ( I think it was Bazzell) had a shiny sheen of glaze from those who had specifically targeted him during the melee.  One girl was screaming because she had just come back from home getting all dolled up at home and her hair littered with extra shine. 

Despite how exhilarating the doughnut toss had been, when the Razorback repelled from the rafters, I thought my head would explode from how loudly I and everyone else was screaming.  Though we lost, it was funny when Larry Johnson ran by Nolan and said "Coach, you need to get some men to play for you, these are just boys."

[Yoko Oinko]

1984.  My frat Tau Kappa Epsilon rolled a keg and the game ball down to Pine Bluff for the North Carolina game.  For a brief second a couple of us were on national TV handing the ball off to Al McGuire.  Charles Ballentine, Alvin Robertson, Ricky Norton, Leroy Sutton, and Joe Kleine beat Jordan, Perkins and North Carolina.

Good times.

[TDHog]

1994, after the NCG and the street party that was Dickson Street. That was my best memory as a hog fan.

no comment

Agree, I'll add being in BWA watching on the big screens they brought in when Thurman Hit "the shot" the place went Nutts.

[budcampbellfan]

Bouncing cups off the ref's bald head, 1969-70 season.

[OHBG]

Mine is coming back in the 2nd half to beat Arkansas State in the 1987 NIT Tourney, 67-64 in OT.  Why? because if we had lost THAT game, well...nevermind...those ASU cheerleaders thought they were hot snot in a wine glass...by the end of the night, they were just cold boogers in a dixie cup.

2nd favorite memory is having Danny Manning flip me the bird after he missed a layup in warmups (i razzed him from the front row...i camped for it, it was great).

[yraciv]

I've got to say this years big win over Oakland because thats the biggest win we've had all season.I've witnessed a lot having season tickets since I was little, but I'm just a freshman so haven't had any as a student yet.

[Mister_BS]

Kansas led by Danny Manning ranked #1 was beat by Tim Scott raining threes from as far out as the snout. Man it got loud that night. 

Kansas was No. 6 that day ... just for the record. You're right that Tim Scott had a great day and the Hogs played well. One of those Barnhell games where the best team didn't have a chance.

[Method Ham]

Definitely beating UK and Auburn back-to-back in BWA during the Hood/Bradley/Reid days.  Keep in mind that my freshman year was the year after Corliss and Scotty bolted for the NBA (er...or Europe).

[Razorsharp]

When we came back from 20pts down at the half Scotty and Corliss freshman year in Barnhill to beat Memphis St.

[Mister_BS]

Going to every home game from '73 to '77, including '73 when you needed only a student ID to get in.  You could look  behind the beachers (in the sawdust) and see Joe Ferguson's bass boat.

Watching Shelby Metcalf, then coach of A & M, go to midcourt and stomp on the hog because he was pissed at the crowd.

Getting happy before games with the "Mad Hatters", rowdy football jocks, who sat directly behind the opponents' bench, taunting them.  They were supplied with kegs prior to the game, and wore overalls and various head gear.  Hence, the chairs were alway dragged to the key for time outs.

Watching the triplets do their thing.  Especially seeing Sidney on the cover of SI, and watching Boothead take off from the free throw line to slam.

Working partime for the construction company that did the first re-furb on Barnhill, and getting to sit wherever I wanted (electrician's belt and a hardhat worked wonders).

Going to Norman for the first NCAA tourney game in a long time in '76.

Maxine's after games.

Laura Whatzhername after the snowstorm....



I thought I was only OLD TIMMER on the board, Great times was had by all back in the day.

The "Mad Hatters and Overall Gang" was a hoot, a deal Eddie cooked up to bolster fan support. They drove Shelby nuts!

When we were in junior high, we'd sit under the clock on the south side, about 10 rows from the top, I guess. Seats were available about anywhere. We used to play at Barnhill all the time and knew coaches (from camps) and one of our guys used to yell at our janitor buddy Calvin Priddy while he swept the court at halftime of games. It was so quiet, I know Calvin heard Lynn yelling.

I've seen over 500 Hog hoops games, I guess, but an all-time favorite when I was a student was Houston's first game in the Southwest Conference in 1976. They were tough, with great tradition, but Boot (Ron Brewer Sr.) and MD (Marvin Delph) and Birdman (Robert Birden) and CT (Charles Terry) played great and beat them by about 40 ... i have no idea what the score was, but I think it might've been Houston's worst-ever loss.

Jim Robken's "noise meter" in the 80s was fabulous. I'd forgotten about that, but he was special while running around and getting fans to go nuts. I've been in a lot of arenas and never seen the likes of that. Eddie took Jim to some other school (I forget which one) to see how their pep band performed and Robken started from there and went wild.

EVERY school was jealous of the Barnhell atmosphere.

[Mister_BS]

Other great memories I haven't read here yet ...

Hastings' long shot (would've been a 3 if there was a line then) over Olajuwon (1982) to beat Houston at the buzzer...

Martin Terry lighting up somebody for 44 points...

Loyd Free -- who later changed his name to World B. Free when he was with Doctor J and McGinnis on the 76ers -- stunning everybody with his talent at a summer camp when Lanny Van Eman was the Hogs' coach in 1973, I think...

Those Phi Slama Jama teams went to three straight Final Fours. They had Larry Micheaux and a point guard (Alvin Franklin?) who also played in the pros besides Hakeem, Clyde and Michael Young. Reid Gettys also played in the pros. That might've been the most talented team never to win an NCAA title...

Drexler's monstrous fast break dunk over Darrell Walker, who went up and then just ducked

Sidney reverse dunking on a baseline drive on my best friend Trey Trumbo the first day we played pickup with Sidney the summer before our freshmen years. Sid was special...

Jack "Wolf" Shulte taking a charge. Eddie named it the Wolfman Award (or something like that) in honor of the Hog who took the most charges in a season...

Marvin Delph's NBA range 3-pointers when there was no line. With Al Dillard, probably the two best shooters in UA history.

:razorback:

[HogFaninGA]

I was a student in 1994.  My greatest memory was when we won the NC (the U of A opened up Bud Walton for people to watch the game) and then partying on campus and Dickson St. after the game.  What great times those days were.

[d1nonlyhogfan]

One of my best memories while not a student (besides the obvious '94 dream season) would have to be when Oliver Miller was dancing around throwing the upsidedown longhorn sign. That was priceless. Not to mention his ridiculous Kid 'n Play haircut.

[clew]

spring, 1993, my freshman year, just after the 20 pt comeback against #8 Memphis State, we hosted the University of Kentucky.  I had camped out for two or three days and was interviewed on KATV about Rick Pitino's statements that noise wouldn't be a factor.  I said something to the effect that he'd never been to barnhill and we were going to kick his butt.  i had about 35 people call and ask me if that was me they saw on TV.  Anyway, I wound up being in the first 50 people in the door and got a great seat center court (back when the student section was a prim-o locale) about 5 rows up.  Pitino walked onto the court escorted by two body guards and flanked by a couple of police officers and the crowd got so quiet you could literally hear his shoes clomping on the hardwood.  When he hit center court on the way to the UK bench, the band started playing the theme song to "The Godfather" and the crowd erupted.  I went to every single home game the following (NC) year in BWA's first season and NOTHING compared to the noise level in the Barn for that game.  We had just beaten #8 Memphis State the previous Saturday night (I think) and the following Wednesday night we beat #2 ranked UK.  The crowd did not sit for timeouts or even half-time.  I have never before or since seen a crowd with the electricity and energy of the one I saw that day.  My ears literally rang for a full day after the game and I couldn't talk for 2 or 3 days.  For the duration of the game it sounded as though I had 5 or 6 people screaming at the top of their lungs about 6 inches from my ears.  Absolutely the best razorback game I ever attended.

[RealHogFan]

I was up there seven (7) straight years (okay I was not John Belushi in Animal House, got an undergrad and law degree).  My freshman year and sophomore years, 1976-1977, and 1977-1978, were the heyday of the triplets.  Everyone that said that Eddie Sutton was conservative offensively (he did become that way later with the Hogs) is crazy.  I vividly recall 3 on 1 fast breaks with Boot and Delph pulling up from way outside of what is now the 3 point line and bombing it regularly.  That is the most vivid memories of what I call the early days (and hey, I'm not that old at 49 yoa - no Glen Rose post here) that I have.

After the triplets, the craziness of Abe Lemons comes to mind.

Then, while I was in law school, was the Phi Slamma Jama days, with Akeem, Drexler, and Young.  That was totally wonderful. 

[reddierazorback]

Mine was '91, I believe.  The year we played LSU at the Barn.  Shaq was huge and LSU was beating us by 19 or 20 at the half.  In the second half Mayberry started hitting 3's and we went into overtime.  Shaq had the last shot to win in OT, but Big "O" blocked it (probably fouled him too).  But we won the game with that blocked shot.  Very loud and Very Exciting.  I have never heard Bud Walton get as loud as The Barn.

[HoustonHawg]

shaq and LSU, double overtime, final game in Barnhill.  Best game ever!

[Sanctified Swine]

Barnhill South - in Reunion...Eddie throwing his jacket getting T'd getting everyone crazy and then kicking butt!

[Gorgonian]

shaq and LSU, double overtime, final game in Barnhill.  Best game ever!

Shaq was long gone in the last game in Barnhill.  That game was actually a pretty easy win in regulation over LSU.  I remember it well.  It was my first time to get to go to a Razorback game.  Sounds like you are confusing the OT game with Shaq with the last game in Barnhill and mixing the two.  Still great memories, either way.

[jkcrunch]

I've got to say this years big win over Oakland because thats the biggest win we've had all season.I've witnessed a lot having season tickets since I was little, but I'm just a freshman so haven't had any as a student yet.

I envy you and feel sorry for you at the same time.

[H-O-double g]

Kansas led by Danny Manning ranked #1 was beat by Tim Scott raining threes from as far out as the snout. Man it got loud that night. 

nice one! I forgot about that game. That was one on Nolan's breakout games for his style proving it was going to work.

[H-O-double g]

spring, 1993, my freshman year, just after the 20 pt comeback against #8 Memphis State, we hosted the University of Kentucky.  I had camped out for two or three days and was interviewed on KATV about Rick Pitino's statements that noise wouldn't be a factor.  I said something to the effect that he'd never been to barnhill and we were going to kick his butt.  i had about 35 people call and ask me if that was me they saw on TV.  Anyway, I wound up being in the first 50 people in the door and got a great seat center court (back when the student section was a prim-o locale) about 5 rows up.  Pitino walked onto the court escorted by two body guards and flanked by a couple of police officers and the crowd got so quiet you could literally hear his shoes clomping on the hardwood.  When he hit center court on the way to the UK bench, the band started playing the theme song to "The Godfather" and the crowd erupted.  I went to every single home game the following (NC) year in BWA's first season and NOTHING compared to the noise level in the Barn for that game.  We had just beaten #8 Memphis State the previous Saturday night (I think) and the following Wednesday night we beat #2 ranked UK.  The crowd did not sit for timeouts or even half-time.  I have never before or since seen a crowd with the electricity and energy of the one I saw that day.  My ears literally rang for a full day after the game and I couldn't talk for 2 or 3 days.  For the duration of the game it sounded as though I had 5 or 6 people screaming at the top of their lungs about 6 inches from my ears.  Absolutely the best razorback game I ever attended.

Man, you make me wish I would have been there live. I got goose bumps reading your post. 

[Pork Twain]

I loved the May-Days and having Big O step out and pop a trey.  Clint McDaniel killing people with his defense and the master of charges Corey Beck always stepping in the way to take one for the team.  Alex "Trey" Dillard shooting a jump shot from the gym door with accuracy.  I remember going to the Pyramid and watching Darnell Robinson in the McDonald's All-American game, thinking he was going to be our next stud in the middle.  My last and best memory was the Scotty Thurman shot in the finals vs Duke.  Then he became ignorant and thought he was ready for the NBA.  Since then Hog basketball has sucked.  I remember when there were one or two disappointments a season.  Since 96 there have been one or two bright spots a season.  Makes me sick to see the Hogs look like they have.  I blame the AD and a coach that lost his fire to win and one that wasn't ready for the SEC.

[ump]

'78 or '79
The Triplets score more than SW Missouri by themselves.  Delph takes a lob from the top of the backboard and dunks.

[little pigee]

Oh yeah, I forgot (remember, I grew up in the 70's).  In '90 during the NCAA game vs. North Carolina my wife decided to birth our first child.  During the final "push, push" stage Lenzie Howell was shooting free throws. The Dr. and I simultaneously yelled "Stop, stop!"  until he made both.  We won, and I still call my daughter Lenzie when she is playing hoops!