The NCAA has added another 2 years of penalties to OKST due to tonight’s attendance. https://t.co/o2rkpyiFhe

— Tech N Tortillas 🌵 (@techntortillas) March 6, 2024

Stefano DiMera said:

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That's my freshman year in the HOT .

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Were you a freshman in 85-86 when we got put on probation and players suspended? I remember that year that the announced attendance for a Saturday afternoon game vs. Tech at HOT was 975.

Stefano DiMera said:

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83-84 was my freshman year but yeah I remember that year vividly too .

Weird thing is we would pack the joint for Phi Slamma Jamma.

And I remember it packed when #3 TCU came to town and Jamie Dixon (the best shooter I'd ever seen in college) missed a 30 ft at buzzer and I experienced my first court storming.

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83-84 was my senior year. We went 5-22 and our only conference win was at Rice. I also got my picture in the Lariat at the IH game for the only time during my 4 years: we were sitting first row courtside with paper bags on our heads.

OU was t much better tonight v Cincy

whitetrash said:

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Stefano DiMera said:

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That's my freshman year in the HOT .

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Were you a freshman in 85-86 when we got put on probation and players suspended? I remember that year that the announced attendance for a Saturday afternoon game vs. Tech at HOT was 975.

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I went to a December Saturday game in Scott Drew's first year against UTSA that couldn't have possibly had more than 500 people in attendance. We lost 53-45.

It's amazing how incredibly far we've come since then.

That was my freshman year too but I wasn't a sports fan so did not attend any basketball games. The only time I went to HOT was graduation. I did attend the grand opening of the Ferrell Center in the Spring of 1988 when Pres Reagan gave a speech.

Was the sellout for Phi Slamma Janna largely Houston fans? Or was it a lot of Baylor fans & general public there for the celebrity & sensational?

When did Wacker go down for UT when they were top 10? I was there for that one

Shakesbear said:

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When did Wacker go down for UT when they were top 10? I was there for that one

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1982. I was 4th row behind the basket where it happened.

Thanks

What's happening at OSU is just further proof that with an occasional rare exception here or there (Chicago Cubs fans as an example) the norm is everybody's sports fans are fair weather fans that simply aren't going to support a loser - regardless of what the past history/tradition was.

whitetrash said:

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Shakesbear said:

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When did Wacker go down for UT when they were top 10? I was there for that one

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1982. I was 4th row behind the basket where it happened.

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LOL! I was in the same spot, but on the sideline inside the FT line. I remember watching Wackers knee crumble, him hitting the floor and grabbing his knee and screaming at the top of his lung but you couldn't hear a thing as the crowd had erupted in a cacophony of noise. Huge upset for the Bears! On a tangent note, I also remember competing in the "Bear Downs" bicycle races in the HOT. Some pretty crazy short track sprint races and spectacular crashes when it was held in the HOT