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Message: [QUOTE="OldSchooler, post: 5121776, member: 11804"] First things first. I'm thinking back to a similar classic of my youth. It was February 25, 1961. (That's the year Cincinnati dethroned Ohio State -- with Lucas, Havlicek, Nowell and Siegfried -- in OT in the NCAA final.) Undefeated powerhouse St. Bonaventure, ranked #2 in the nation, and led by All-American Tom Stith who was averaging nearly 30 ppg, was playing its final home game of the season. This was to be the Bonnies' 100th consecutive home victory. The sacrificial lamb was Niagara, the last visitor to win at the creaky old armory in Olean, NY, 13 years earlier. NIT-bound Niagara was a decent team, but they had lost at home by 20 to St. Bonaventure six weeks earlier. On this night, the hoopla did not intimidate the Purple Eagles, who led practically wire-to-wire, winning 87-77. It was quite possibly the biggest upset ever, in men's basketball, until Texas Western shocked Kentucky on a much bigger stage five years later. Let's not pop the corks until we win this one. [/QUOTE]