Where does that rank?

[Gurleyman]

For the younger fans -- go to about 4:10 in this video

To put the game in context, we were already having a pretty good, unexpected season (with an impressive win over Cuse already), but we weren't quite convinced yet that we for real (too many years of disappointment and not meeting expectations with Corny, Earl Kelley and Cliff Robinson hovering over us like a cloud), never mind the greater basketball community. Georgetown was undefeated and ranked No. 2, but whoever was No. 1 had lost, so they were poised to be No. 1. They had Mourning and Mutombo, and we didn't have much size, so it looked like a terrible matchup. Between that epic 14-0 start and the fact that it came down to the wire, it was just an off-the-charts game enthusiasm-wise. Probably can never be duplicated, now that we're an established power and winning at home is expected (perhaps had we beaten #1 Kansas after the Moore/King suspensions, it would have compared).

 

[Excalibur]

To put the game in context, we were already having a pretty good, unexpected season (with an impressive win over Cuse already), but we weren't quite convinced yet that we for real (too many years of disappointment and not meeting expectations with Corny, Earl Kelley and Cliff Robinson hovering over us like a cloud), never mind the greater basketball community. Georgetown was undefeated and ranked No. 2, but whoever was No. 1 had lost, so they were poised to be No. 1. They had Mourning and Mutombo, and we didn't have much size, so it looked like a terrible matchup. Between that epic 14-0 start and the fact that it came down to the wire, it was just an off-the-charts game enthusiasm-wise. Probably can never be duplicated, now that we're an established power and winning at home is expected (perhaps had we beaten #1 Kansas after the Moore/King suspensions, it would have compared).

The Civic Center was just as loud during the first half of that Kansas game.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

For the younger fans -- go to about 4:10 in this video

I still get chills today watching clips of those games. That team was special. They were suffocating on defense, almost like they had 8 defenders playing against 5. After 89-90 season, the program never looked back. Thought football had similar seasons in '09 & '10 when they beat ND on road, beat South Carolina in bowl (2009, and beat West Virginia, Pitt and Cincy at home (2010). Alas, along came Paul Pasqua- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and his no energy approach to the game.