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What’s the loudest you’ve ever heard Gampel?

Lafayette said:
Yes sir! Was there as well and since it was new and well, much better than the fieldhouse, it was rockin!
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I was at all those games, Texas, Arizona and there was a really loud Oklahoma game, too. But Gampel was never louder then the VCU NIT game in the Fieldhouse (1988). They jammed another 200 seats on the apron surrounding the court. It was so loud the sonic waves loosened dirt from the ceiling that had clung there for decades.
 
mauconnfan said:
I wrote HCC in parenthesis how much are you drinking this morning?;) Problem is I didn’t read the details and assumed the Huskies in general. My bad, but that GTown game was louder than any Gampel game anyway.

And to answer your original question, A LOT!
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One too many at the Federal that day.

I'm also with you on the Kansas game at HCC. That timeout noise was massive.
 
Waquoit said:
I was at all those games, Texas, Arizona and there was a really loud Oklahoma game, too. But Gampel was never louder then the VCU NIT game in the Fieldhouse (1988). They jammed another 200 seats on the apron surrounding the court. It was so loud the sonic waves loosened dirt from the ceiling that had clung there for decades.
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I was in attendance for every game mentioned in this thread. Have to agree the VCU NIT game is the loudest I can remember.
 
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UconnU said:
Interested to hear from people who attend all the games. I attended pretty much every home game from 2004-2015, but moved out of state so I’ve only seen a handful of games at Gampel the last 10 years.

With that in mind for me it was either Shabazz hitting the buzzer beater vs Florida in 2014 or Kemba hitting the floater to win as time expired vs Nova in 2011.

What say you?
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I’m no season ticket holder to Gampel, but I read the question and immediately came in to say it was the Shabazz buzzer beater vs. Florida! I was in the top row, opposite baseline and it was NUTS!
 
pepband99 said:
Nova blizzard game in 95-96.

Texas was probably louder, but also has the advantage of 2000 more people. 8,241 in that place was never louder.
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1000% agree. Revenge game. Remember being there not being able to hear my roommate screaming at me even tho he was sitting right next to me. Still remember the “you can’t stop us” chant
 
Excalibur said:
It’s between Nova in 1996, which had an incredible buildup on the Allen vs. Kittles matchup, the Texas game in 2010, and a 2002 game vs. a then undefeated Miami where Johnny Selvie hit two free throws with 5 seconds to go to win it.

Honorable mention to the Joey C game against Georgetown, although that was just a short burst of crowd energy.
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I am going to bring up a bad memory but Villanova in Feb 1995 at Gampel was very loud until about 5 minutes into the first half. That was the infamous Kittles/Lawson/Eberz game coming off our our first number 1 ranking following the win at Syracuse.
 
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Waquoit said:
I was at all those games, Texas, Arizona and there was a really loud Oklahoma game, too. But Gampel was never louder then the VCU NIT game in the Fieldhouse (1988). They jammed another 200 seats on the apron surrounding the court. It was so loud the sonic waves loosened dirt from the ceiling that had clung there for decades.
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Check out this video from this search, virginia commonwealth men's basketball nit vs uconn 1988
VCU @ UConn 1988 NIT Quarterfinals

Great call Waq on VCU. I was 27 and in the front row under the hoop place was hot and insane. Jeff King was sensational off the bench fun times.
 
The ON:LY answer is opening night 1990. I was there. St Johns.
I guarantee it was louder BEFORE the game even started than ANY time since.
Really, I've been to plenty of games and none come close to that.

Honorable mention (not Gampel) is NIT game in Field House against VCU. I was there too.
We were so loud, the vibrations dispersed decades of dust, creating this smoky fog in the rafters.
Yes I am that old.
 
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UConNick said:
The moment that I oddly think of for this question was the Louisville game in January 2014 (my freshman year).

We were getting hosed by the refs but were only down 6 at the half. Had pushed hard early in the second half but were still down like 8 when KO picked up a T and got ejected.

Gampel went freaking ballistic. I can’t remember who was shooting the free throws for UL, but I remember him missing both while the arena was shaking from the noise. Of the games I was there for in person, that was the loudest moment.
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Jump to the 36:00 mark

https://youtu.be/K1YeHfxg-jk?si=ducknj5vWguhIsbkSA
 
uconnbill said:
I am going to go against the majority. I went to the Houston game just before the shutdown of the country. That was loud especially where I was standing at. Loved seeing them win the last home game for that year.
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I was at that game. Vital got on the mic after the buzzer sounded, right? That team was about to go on a run.
 
I don't think it was the loudest or anything, but an underrated crowd was vs Florida in the 19-20 season. Teams combined to go 9-42 from 3, but the crowd was going crazy.

Also, not the best game for us, but home vs St. John's this year was pretty good. My section at least was locked in. St. John's fan nearby said "do they really stand for the entire game here?"
 
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1997 against Nebraska in the NIT. Snow game against Pitt, I forget the year, is a close second.
 
Stew Crew said:
2010 Texas

1990 Opening Night against St. John's was also pretty intense.
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Van Damme Reaction GIF
 
DRBackup said:
1997 against Nebraska in the NIT. Snow game against Pitt, I forget the year, is a close second.
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The Pitt snow game where season ticket holders were calling up if they couldn’t make it to Gampel so students could take their place. My co-worker and I drove up anyway and moved down low from our normal seats. It was loud but unfortunately Pitt took control in the second half and won. That would have been a great post game celebration if UConn got it done. That might have been the 2004-2005 season. The Shabazz shot beating Florida was a great win and crowd as well. My roommate from UConn would travel down and go to the game before Christmas each year but that was finally one where UConn was going against a top opponent.
 
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