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

[BigFanCT]

Michigan St ‘99

 

[Kenny11]

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.

I was at that game. Vital got on the mic after the buzzer sounded, right? That team was about to go on a run.

 

[Greathusky]

After Bazz's winning shot against Florida.

 

[yungdowork]

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?"

 

[DRBackup]

1997 against Nebraska in the NIT. Snow game against Pitt, I forget the year, is a close second.

 

[DRBackup]

Cuse in 1995 at Gampel for the first time ever.
Mich State in 1999 at Gampel.

Was there for the MSU game at Gampel in 1999, I think the NIT game against Nebraska in 1997 was louder

 

[Rocktheworld]

Kemba hitting the floater to win as time expired vs Nova in 2011.

This always comes to mind first. I was there in the student section and oh my god Gampel was genuinely reverberating.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

2010 Texas

1990 Opening Night against St. John's was also pretty intense.

 

[cwh20]

1997 against Nebraska in the NIT. Snow game against Pitt, I forget the year, is a close second.

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.

 

[pepband99]

Was there for the MSU game at Gampel in 1999, I think the NIT game against Nebraska in 1997 was louder

That Nebraska game was sneaky loud - remember a comeback which fueled that crowd.

 

[DW1361]

Damn UConnU, before opening this thread the game that came to my mind was January 17, 2011. I have only been to the Gampel maybe a dozen times for the games so surely there had to be games more noisy then that one, but it was loud most of the game as it was back and forth very entertaining. It was my first time seeing Napier and Lamb their freshman year and that was so much fun watching them. Yes, that day we beat a very good Villanova team. I lost my voice long before Walker’s game winner. It was thee so loud, so much fun!!!

 

[DW1361]

As exciting as the Villanova game for 2011 was, it was just four days earlier that UConn's hired Paul Pasqualoni to coach UConn football. He came out at half time to introduce himself and gave a little pep talk. The place went wild !!! Ha ha. Maybe you all missed that …….

 

[Waquoit]

Maybe you all missed that …….

We've been trying to forget...

 

[Mik]

Of the games I’ve been to, Texas in 2010 was the pinnacle. There were stretches during that game where the person next to me was screaming and I could barely hear what they were saying. If I remember correctly, ESPN was also having a lot of sound issues with the broadcast due to the noise.

Of the Gampel games I've been to, I would agree with:

* Texas in 2010 (Texas was ranked #1; UConn trailed by 10 early in the 2nd half before outscoring them 54-30! The half-court alley-oop to Stanley Robinson was indeed remarkable, and Jerome Dyson was at his peak.)
Jeff Jacobs in the Courant the next day: “The fun returned to UConn basketball [yesterday]. And it returned with the kind of ear-splitting, second-half, national television rush that made everyone . . . remember why our state had made such an emotional investment in the first place.” Said Jacobs, “Never has there been a louder, more exuberant” win. Students rushed the court.

* Villanova in 2011 when Kemba hit the game-winner; that moment was deafening, and a chapter in Kemba's legendary season.

I also agree with the 1995 and 1996 games vs. Villanova, and 2014 vs. Louisville.
(I wasn't at the 1990 opening game vs. St. John's or the Dec. 2013 game-winner by Shabazz vs. Florida.)

An underrated game was March 2013 vs. Providence, an overtime win to close out the season when the Huskies were banned from post-season play--paving the way for the next year's "hungry Huskies," in Shabazz's words:

UConn 63-59 Providence (Mar 9, 2013) Game Recap - ESPN

Expert recap and game analysis of the UConn Huskies vs. Providence Friars NCAAM game from March 9, 2013 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

If we were to include Hartford games, I would unequivocally say the January 1990 game vs. Georgetown, which came in with Mourning and Mutombo. UConn's 14-0 run to start the game was the most impassioned, joyful sequence in school history, given the expectations then versus now. Until the 30-0 run vs. Illinois in the 2024 elite eight, it was arguably the greatest several minutes of Husky hoops ever.
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I'm new here, so if the following should be a separate thread, maybe it will be moved accordingly.

How about a separate category for the most memorable Midnight Madness (now First Night) occasions at Gampel? My list:
* Oct. 2003, when a team that returned Emeka and Ben Gordon et al. brought in Charlie Villanueva and went on to win the title.
* Oct. 2014, when both the men and women were defending champs, the trophies were arrayed, and Ray Allen was a special guest.
* Oct. 2011, when the defending champs added Andre Drummond, DeAndre Daniels, and Ryan Boatright (while losing Kemba, of course). Ryan defeated Andre in a dunk contest that included alley-oops from Shabazz. Jeremy Lamb, Alex Oriakhi, and Roscoe Smith also competed. It's on YouTube:
Regrettably, that highly talented team never approached the heights of the previous season.

(Honorable mention to what must have been Oct. 2009, when Maya Moore defeated Tina Charles in a dunk contest that surpassed what I recall of the men that evening...)

 

[TheRealKBuks]

I don't know, I was really drunk at the time

 

[80shusky]

I haven't been to nearly as many games as many posters here but the loudest I went to personally was 2004 vs Oklahoma. UConn crushed them and I think they were unbeaten coming in with both teams highly ranked.

 

[Bucket94]

2010 UConn Texas in Gampel. Stanley Robinson alley-oop brought the house down

100% .. that was my first UConn game EVER. I haven’t experienced anything that loud since.

 

[bdbdbdbd]

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.

I agree re the 1988 VCU game at the Field House. I had trouble hearing even the next morning.

 

[Wasn’t me]

100% .. that was my first UConn game EVER. I haven’t experienced anything that loud since.

Texas without a doubt was the loudest I had heard at Gampel and I was a season ticket holder since it opened until 2023. That Dyson to Stanley alley-oop dunk was as good as it gets.

Keep in mind Texas was ranked #2 coming into Gampel.

 

[50cPitchers]

After Bazz's winning shot against Florida.

Love how you can hear the crowd gasp on the broadcast as he grabs the rebound after the miss

 

[AdamaNation]

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.

Was the same night vital passed the baton to bouknight after the game?