That ONE loss you will NEVER get over
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It was much easier to digest after ‘17, which also made ‘17 so much sweeter. But at that moment, brutal. And it completely erased a miraculous shot by Paige.
Tournament wise, it's the 2011 Sweet 16 loss to VCU. We had that sucker won and then had a defender get lost on a freaking in bounds play to give up a wide open layup in OT with a second or two left. Brutal. We would have killed that Kansas team in the Elite 8 too.
Regular season it's the 2006 game at Duke. The double tech game. Not even a close second.
Regular season it's the 2006 game at Duke. The double tech game. Not even a close second.
We played you in 2007 and beat you by 9 so it wasn't that one. The next time we played you was in 2012 and won by 2 with a whopping four more FTs and 4 less fouls including having one of our best players foul out. State fans going to State.
The two more recent ones we deserved to lose. We played terribly. It’s just rustles my jimmies when you clearly deserve to win and you don’t. 2010 stung more for me
'92 vs Duke in FF. IU's top 4 players (Cheaney, Bailey, Alan Henderson and Greg Graham) all fouled out and the 5th starter (Matt Nover aka Ricky Roe) finished with 4. It was ridiculous. The thing I remember most about it was how enthusiastic Teddy Valentine was every time he called a foul in the 2nd half. He made a complete spectacle of himself with every call. .
No knock on Duke because I think that '92 team was one of the best and compelling teams of my lifetime, but IU was playing better in that tournament and was better in that game until foul trouble changed the dynamic. It's the only game I've ever blamed on officiating. I think Valentine is a good ref too - but he had an axe to grind with Knight that game.
No knock on Duke because I think that '92 team was one of the best and compelling teams of my lifetime, but IU was playing better in that tournament and was better in that game until foul trouble changed the dynamic. It's the only game I've ever blamed on officiating. I think Valentine is a good ref too - but he had an axe to grind with Knight that game.
Sorry about the memory loss, drugs are bad mmmk. 2012 semis. FSU won the tournament.
Oh well, you weren’t good enough anyway. Try living in the now because the past hasn’t been kind to you wuffie fans.
Although there have been many for DePaul, the one that clearly stands out in my 38 years of fandom was the 1981 NCAA tournament first round loss to St. Josephs. Ranked #1 in the entire country, seeded #1 in the tournament and we lose 49-48 to St. Joseph's. It's the loss that started our fall from just outside Blue Blood status to where we are now, just outside DIII status.
Ha, I was always DePaul first. Growing up I had 4 teams I really loved...DePaul, Indiana, Duke and LSU. Soured on Duke after that 99 game. Soured on Indiana after Knight left. Was left with DePaul and LSU!
No big deal, I long ago accepted that my teams will never contend for a national title. I was lucky enough to be a diehard Bulls fan during my sports fandom prime in my mid teens through my mid 20s, during Jordan's career.
And recently as a diehard Blackhawks fan I got to experience a run of 3 Stanley Cups.
So I'm content.
No, they weren't. K was getting tired of being called Knight's "pupil" and said something about it that offended him. It wasn't disrespectful at all but Knight was very Trumpian with his petty loyalty obsessions.
Obviously 2005 title game to a UNC team full of a few players who probably should have been ineligible, LOL. Runners up are a shocking loss to Michigan in the 1989 Final Four (should have won it all that year) and the absolute hose job vs. Arizona in the 2001 Elite Eight.
Ahh '99 was when I first started following Duke that's why the loss still stings.
Yeah I remember watching something that discussed their little spat I think around the time K broke Knight's record. They're both alike in some ways but also have some differences as well.
I think Knight himself summed it up best... Before K was hired at Duke, he told Duke's AD "Mike coaches exactly like I do but he's not an asshole like me".
Gorgui going to the NBA, which caused us losing to Uk in ‘14 SS. We wouldve won back to back.
I'm enjoying the now. I thought this thread was about old games that we wish we had back? Just giving my two cents Tarhole.
You mean we haven't cheated hard enough like the Carolina Way?
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