Best of the Aughts, basketball edition.
by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Dec 30, 2009 11:00 AM EST
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Matteen Cleaves weeping tears of joy in Indianapolis a few weeks after Sparty's loss to IU (via 2.bp.blogspot.com)
AJ Ratliff lays it in against the #2 Badgers (via graphics.fansonly.com)
DJ White played tremendously in what turned out to be the Hoosiers' last hurrah to date. (via grfx.cstv.com)
In his final IU-UK game, Mike Davis finally shed the Big Blue albatross. (via nbcsportsmedia2.msnbc.com)
Shown in an earlier game, AJ Guyton played well in his final home game and final Purdue game. (via 2.bp.blogspot.com)
Tom Coverdale drives against Lucas Johnson in the upset of #4 Illinois. (via sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
Kirk Haston lines up for his most memorable shot. (via alumni.indiana.edu)
3. March 23, 2002: Indiana 81, Kent State 69 (NCAA regional final, Lexington, Ky.): After the win over top-ranked Duke (to be discussed below, no surprise), the Hoosiers faced a Cinderella opponent in the regional final. Kent State had upset #2 seed Alabama and #3 seed Pitt, and had upset the #4 seed Hoosiers in the 2001 Tournament. IU shot an amazing 15-19 from three point range, including 5-6 by Dane Fife, and advanced to the Final Four for the first time in ten years.
AJ Moye celebrates IU's three-point barrage. Stan Heath doesn't share the joy. (via images.usatoday.com)
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I remeber that Duke game like it was yesterday....
damn near broke my hand smacking the floor in jubilation. Ah memories…
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That’s the only time I have yelled myself hoarse watching a game in a bar, rather than in person.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Dec 31, 2009 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
Hard to argue with many of those
But I remember a game at Mackey late in the 2000-01 season. It was after the Michigan State game, and the team was kind of rounding into some semblance of form, and starting to look good. This was not one of Gene Keady’s best teams, but it was a borderline bubble team, and IU went in there and just beat the crap out of them. I can remember Kirk Haston strutting back up the floor after a steal and breakaway slam. IU just had their way with Purdue that day in a way that it generally had not for the past seven years prior to that time. Not a game of momentous significance, but fun nonetheless.
by hoosierdaddynow on Dec 30, 2009 1:56 PM EST reply actions
You know, I thought that Purdue team was worse than it was. But you are correct, that was a good team and that was a thoroughly enjoyable beatdown. I’ll look it up later, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s IU’s most lopsided win at Mackey.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Dec 31, 2009 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
Kent St game seems high
List looks good, Kent St. should be on here, but a little high probably. Fun memories!
Possibly, but I thought the significance of getting back to the Final Four justifies it that high.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Dec 31, 2009 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
who would have guessed
The guy to come out of that game with the best pro career would be antonio gates.
I agree, the game was more important for what was on the line than the qualities of the game or teams.
by Joe Hamilton's Chauffeur on Jan 5, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
Few thoughts
The 17 3’s and blowout of Illinois should have made the list, maybe bumping that Wisconsin game. Sampson should only really have one game. And of those two games after his major violation, I would put the Michigan State game in over the Purdue game, which was a surreal roller coaster of a day that started with IU students ripping Sampson for two hours at College Gameday and ended with IU students chanting Sampson’s name.
It also says a lot that none of your top ten and only two of your honorable mentions are true road games. It says a lot about the decade that IU didn’t really have a signature road win in 10 years.
Yeah, that really was a close call. I felt almost obligated to include a win against the #2 team, but that Illinois game lots of fun to watch.
You are correct about the road games. I’ll try to dig out an old post I wrote about IU’s record on the road against NCAA-bound Big Ten teams. It’s been brutal, really since 1993. That was the main difference in performance between Knight’s first 22 seasons and his last 7. We just stopped beating decent or better teams on the road.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Dec 31, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
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