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Happy 17th Anniversary Uconn 77 Duke 74 (3/29/99)

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Ok thanks I had to run through the impact portions of the game and fall behind on my daily itinerary. All on you..but thanks LOL
 
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I still don't get why this isn't a national holiday. Too close to Easter?
 
My entire family left me alone to watch the game by myself. Prolly a good thing....I was sobbing at the end!
 
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Gurleyman said:
Got the date right to post this - but got it wrong in the title. Mods! Help!

I still don't get why this isn't a national holiday. Too close to Easter?
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He did mention he's getting old.
 
Where'd you watch?

Here's an excerpt from a speech I gave in college.

Monday night was finally here and the 8:30pm tip off was way past my (7 year old) bedtime, and to add to it, I was sick as a dog. Halfway through the game I was sitting on the floor (as I did for every game) and was so sick that I vomited on carpet. My dad, so emotionally invested in the game, said we’d clean it up at the next time out, and sure enough he rolled it up and threw it outside and back to the game we went.
 
Gurleyman said:
Got the date right to post this - but got it wrong in the title. Mods! Help!

I still don't get why this isn't a national holiday. Too close to Easter?
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oops, not sure how to edit or I would.
 
"Langdon trips"...still the greatest sports moment of my life.
 
Greatest night in the history of . . . . any type of conflict of any kind since life began on this planet. Or probably any other distant planet for that matter.
 
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I remember high fiving a fellow Husky fan in front of one of the concession stands at the Trop right before the game began. I don't really know how to describe it, but I think we both exuded a confidence that no matter what, we were about to witness something special. The whole evening had that sort of vibe to it, a certain sense of expectancy, all wrapped up in El-Amin's pregame statement to the world. I literally could not talk in tones much above a whisper for two solid weeks after the game ended, thinking I had done permanent damage to the old vocal chords.
 
Full broadcast for those interested:


And the rebroadcast with Ricky and Rash in the studio:
 
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I was there. Top row of the bottom level. At the end turned to my brother and screamed " we just won .....g national championship". Then I cried like a baby. So many cool memories. Didn't drink before the game so I would not forget anything. Made up for it after though.
 
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I was there. Top row of the bottom level. At the end turned to my brother and screamed " we just won .....g national championship". Then I cried like a baby. So many cool memories. Didn't drink before the game so I would not forget anything. Made up for it after though.
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Sober as a judge one of the only tournament games I watched alone and for a reason. Had my son who was 5 at the time watching it until he fell asleep on the couch and got yelled at for not putting him to bed. LOL..he swears he remembers me yelling like a little kid alone and grabbing him to bring him to bed with tears in my eyes wondering what was wrong. He later knew it wasn't what was wrong but was all right with the world then - NOW he really gets it. ;)
 
I don't like knowing that this is the 17 year anniversary. I've been saying "4 championships in the last 15 years...no one else comes close!" for a while now, and now it's confirmed that it's factually inaccurate (also that i'm bad at time).

If we never win another (we will, but for the sake of this anecdote), i will still say "4 championships in the last 15 years" for the next 30 years.
 
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I was in the eighth grade. 14 years old. Watched on the couch in my living room with my dad. Remember jumping up and down screaming when they won. I think the TV nearly fell off the stand from all the jumping. It was the happiest I'd ever been at that point in my life.
 
Watched it in my dorm room in Shakespeare/Troy with about 24 people packed in. We had to unplug the fridge and put it in the middle of the room since it was impossible to get to it. At halftime, my buddy lit a tree on fire out of frustration. It got out of hand and almost torched our dorm. When the buzzer sounded my neighbors across the hall (football players) were butt naked and running through the hall as my pyro buddy started breaking the windows in the dorm. We then ran to the center of campus and nearly lit ourselves on fire in the various bonfires around campus. At around 3am the riot police essentially pushed back inside. Other than the birth of my daughter, it was the greatest night of my life.
 
The best 76 hour (round trip of coarse) bus trip(only bus trip)that I ever took,and then bought tickets from a scalper in an alley( I thought I was gonna get robbed) to witness "THE GAME". $400 for a pr of center court tickets 8 rows up( VERY LUCKY DAY), all things considered. We even have one of the heavy vinyl pennants( that were hanging from all of the street light poles about 30ft off the ground around the dome) proudly displaced in our "UCONN ROOM" as proof that we went to the game. Lot of great memories for sure!!!! Procuring the banners required some miner acts of civil disobedience,and placing ones self at risk to do a great deal of harm ( my wife says stupid is as stupid does) physically. Nothing that most boneyarders wouldn't do imo.
 
I still remember that day vividly. I was so apprehensive at work that I spent half the day on the phone talking with friends and former co-workers about the game, what they thought, always throwing in my opinion that Duke would be lost once they found out we were faster and deeper than they were.

The game occurred a few weeks after a near life shattering event and in all candor, the outcome was something I needed dearly. I was so pumped after the game that I decided to create an ID on the then Courant board and spent about four hours posting about the game (as I really wanted people to talk to about it). That was the first step that eventually led me to here.
 
I remember trying to book a flight over the phone and the only Florida airport I could get was Ft. Walton Beach. Never heard of it. But I figured "It's in Florida, how friggin' far could it be?" As far away as any airport in FL including Key West. Plus I had to pick up my Dad in Venice. Well worth it. Remember "The Clamps!"

And I must admit the 17th anniversary of 77-74 is even bigger than the 40th anniversary of Silk Degrees.
 
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