You Know what Tomorrow Makes me Think Of?

[WilsonHog]

Games in Barnhill against Phi Slamma Jamma, Texas (Jim Krivacs and Company), and SMU (led by Jon Koncak).

Jumping in the truck at 2:00 in the morning and driving down to Dallas for the SWC Tournament without tickets, but finding some just as we stepped out of the truck.

Routinely beating hell out of our semi-final opponents in the first evening game at Barnhill South before kicking back to watch the 9:00 game. Pure relaxation.

Calling Cancun to line up Final Four tickets in 1990, then refusing to take $4,000 each for two of them outside my hotel in Denver.

Staying in the same hotel as the team at the 1990 Final Four, and watching Roosevelt Wallace twist Todd Day's arm to get his autograph for my nephew.

Leaving Rupp Arena (loudest damn place I've ever been) after losing to Kentucky in the SEC Tournament, yet knowing we were every bit as big a player on the national scene as they were - and realizing they knew it too.

Traveling to Dallas for the regional in 1994 to watch us beat Michigan and the Fab Five on our way to a National title.

Most of all...it reminds me of what a force we USED to be in college basketball, and how much I miss it.

Those were some great days, bros. Some great days.

[forrest city joe]

Wilson your post really hurts. i love razorback basketball and want it to come back. and your post only makes me want it even more. it's sad that we are in this sorry state right now. but thanks for all the great memories.

[Hawgrox]

Per Wikipedia...

"In 2000, the Arkansas Razorbacks became the first team since the league expansion in 1992 to win the conference tournament by playing all four days, beating Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Auburn to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Basketball Championships."

That's our last claim to fame...

Maybe we can do it again!


Wait...we got no depth. NEVERMIND!!!!!!!!

[Boarcephus]

Ah,, those were the days,, I started in barnhill with Lanny's last team,, We thought we lost the world when LR Parkview kid went to Memp state.. It took two JCs and two Hs kids to turn it around.

You  talking about Dexter Reed?

[Hollywood_HOGan45]

Those were the golden days of college basketball in these parts.

Man oh man how have the mighty fallen.

Every year I picked Arkansas to win the NCAA championship back then. I remember rocking Kentucky's world just about every year back then in the regular season. That game in 95 on Super sunday was spectacular with Thurman winning it at the end.

Now we arent even half the team we were even in the Reid-Bradley-Hood days.
heck I'll take the Dean-Gipson-Satchell-Lane group over what we have now.

SHOW SOME PRIDE HOGS!!! Win one on the most glorious day of this basketball season!!!!!!!

[Oklahawg]

I remember the look on Nolan's face (from about 10 feet) as he left the court at Reunion Arena after he one his first conference tournament championship.

[TushCrush]

That would  probably be correct on the Dexter Reed. Pretty slick baller ...
Lots of good memories here.
Anybody remember Mike Schultz from Houston? Tough dude. Lasalle Thompson? He was an aircraft carrier.
We used to bring Centenary to town frequently ... Cherokee Rhone and even further back Robert Parrish blocking shots with his fist (I saw a couple end up in about the fifth row).
But the biggest thug and the one big man who has (arguably) drawn the most fan reaction was the one and only Eugene "Goo" Kennedy of TCU. He was dealt with properly by my friend back in the day. We were sitting in the seats under the south hoop in Barnhill when Goo was called on a clear-out foul. Buck immediately jumped up and cupped Goo (wadded up wax cups molded into a projectile) then ran for all he was worth before the ushers came.
I'll be there tomorrow and I'll be thinking ... "All sickness is not death".

+1 Wilson ...

Goo:

[Oliver]

I remember pretending to be sick in order to stay home from school and watch the Razorbacks the first two days of the NCAAT knowing we'd win those games.  There isn't a day in sports I enjoy more than when we are in the NCAAT and those Thursday games start up.  I remember going to my first game at Bud Walton in 1995 and seeing us kick the ever living crap out of some cupcake.

I wish I could be in Bud Walton again tomorrow just to get a slight taste of those feelings again. 

[rzrbackrob]

We know because of Eddie, Sidney, Nolan, and Corliss that Arkansas basketball is a sleeping giant. I know the giant will awaken, but this waiting is really getting hard to bear.

[ArkieBrat]

The great thing about living in Houston area "back in the day" was I would be able to watch the RB everytime a game was on TV as all of our conference opponents were Texas teams.  Yeah, those were definately the days.  And my favorite team matchup was always with Houston....going toe to toe with the Phi Slamma Jamma.  There was always something really special about those 2 teams battling it out and it was always down to the wire.  Watching those 2 teams was like viewing a work of art.   IMHO if it were not for Eddie Sutton putting our program on the National map, we may not have had Nolan.

[HognotinMemphis]

Games in Barnhill against Phi Slamma Jamma, Texas (Jim Krivacs and Company), and SMU (led by Jon Koncak).

Jumping in the truck at 2:00 in the morning and driving down to Dallas for the SWC Tournament without tickets, but finding some just as we stepped out of the truck.

Routinely beating hell out of our semi-final opponents in the first evening game at Barnhill South before kicking back to watch the 9:00 game. Pure relaxation.

Calling Cancun to line up Final Four tickets in 1990, then refusing to take $4,000 each for two of them outside my hotel in Denver.

Staying in the same hotel as the team at the 1990 Final Four, and watching Roosevelt Wallace twist Todd Day's arm to get his autograph for my nephew.

Leaving Rupp Arena (loudest damn place I've ever been) after losing to Kentucky in the SEC Tournament, yet knowing we were every bit as big a player on the national scene as they were - and realizing they knew it too.

Traveling to Dallas for the regional in 1994 to watch us beat Michigan and the Fab Five on our way to a National title.

Most of all...it reminds me of what a force we USED to be in college basketball, and how much I miss it.

Those were some great days, bros. Some great days.

I attended every single home game (other than a few played while on Christmas break) in Barnhill from fall of '80 through spring of '84...my time as a student at U of A.

I vividly recall the great years just before that time and the great decade that followed that. It all ended 13 years ago. Much like great Razorback football ended so long ago. I'll be excited when either program is nationally competitive again. It's been almost a generation since football was and it's working on that in basketball.

[HognotinMemphis]

One more,,  I think my team at one of those sat afternoon games, had Keith (pete) petterson, Dan Taylor, Keith Jackson, Dexter Reed and a kid from Parkview Ronnie Simmons, that played Db for SMU and I think New England in the pros, The other team had  danny Nutt, with Ron Farrell, George Stewart and a guy that could hit from anywhere on the court Throlou Pearson. That old Little Rock neighborhood produced a ton of great players.. And we all grew up loving only the hogs.. And now it seems like the hogs are as fare away as those memories.. But like nolan always said  "theres not always death with "sickaness"".

You mean Robert Farrell, the WR for the Hogs that Calcagni liked to throw to in the late '70's?

[batmanfan]

It will be nice to be back in those moments before the game and at halftime.  For a very short period of time we will get to feel like Razorback basketball actually means something....the it will all go to hell as this years team steps back onto the court for the second half.  Booo.

[HognotinMemphis]

I won't watch the game. I'm playing tennis from 2 to 4. I couldn't care less about watching a 1-12 team play a 2-11 team.

[SardisHog]

your loss

[HognotinMemphis]

your loss

I doubt it. More like, Hogs' loss.