LabattBlue Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 For the "old fogies" here, this team was known for their rough play, but there was one guy in particular who always pissed me off. Black player, shaved head, I believe he came off the bench. Was it Michael Graham??? HELP!!!!!! PS Hopefully I've got the right year? 1983-1984 (34-3) Coach: John Thompson Captain: Gene Smith 20 Fred Brown '84 Guard* 22 Gene Smith '84 Guard* 24 Bill Martin '85 Guard 30 Michael Jackson '86 Guard 32 Horace Broadnax '86 Guard 33 Patrick Ewing '85 Center* 34 Reggie Williams '87 Forward* 40 David Wingate '86 Forward* 42 Clifton Dairsow '87 Forward 50 Michael Graham '87 Forward 52 Ralph Dalton '85 Center 55 Victor Morris '86 Forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 For the "old fogies" here, this team was known for their rough play, but there was one guy in particular who always pissed me off. Black player, shaved head, I believe he came off the bench. Was it Michael Graham??? HELP!!!!!! PS Hopefully I've got the right year? 1983-1984 (34-3) Coach: John Thompson Captain: Gene Smith 20 Fred Brown '84 Guard* 22 Gene Smith '84 Guard* 24 Bill Martin '85 Guard 30 Michael Jackson '86 Guard 32 Horace Broadnax '86 Guard 33 Patrick Ewing '85 Center* 34 Reggie Williams '87 Forward* 40 David Wingate '86 Forward* 42 Clifton Dairsow '87 Forward 50 Michael Graham '87 Forward 52 Ralph Dalton '85 Center 55 Victor Morris '86 Forward 232217[/snapback] Yep it waqs Graham, one tough dude. BTW , great teams and Big John was great coach. His boy not doing to bad either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 They had some amazing teams. A buddy and I scapled tix to the Big East final v. St. Johns in '84. What a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 Yep it waqs Graham, one tough dude. BTW , great teams and Big John was great coach. His boy not doing to bad either 232221[/snapback] Thanks. I have no idea what got me thinking about this. This was a great era of Big East basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 It wasn't just G'town, Blue. That whole conference was completely and utterly out of control. Hell they had to go to a 6foul system for conference games! Awesome!!! With all due respect to the many talented teams and players that have rolled through the ACC over the years, the Big East conference in that era was the best college hoop I have ever had the immense pleasure of watching. The level of competition and intensity was far superior to anything that could be offered even in the March tourney. Good lord, you'd watch a G'town/Cuse game on a Monday night in the middle of January and you'd swear those guys were literallly playing for their lives. Then when you consider just how many great teams were in the Big East at the time (G'town,Cuse,StJohns,Pitt,'Nova,SetonHall,BC,UConn,Providence could all play), you realize how lucky we were to have seen it. What an incredible time that will never, ever be repeated. Cya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 thugs is apropos for graham, but as i get older and wiser i realize that ewing being called a thug was unfair of us cuse fans. sure he was a tough player, but i think he was judged more by his appearance than his actions. he was a good student at g-town(or so i think i read once), and was a warrior on the court. wish i could have appreciated his skills instead of watching through my heavily orange stained glasses. For the "old fogies" here, this team was known for their rough play, but there was one guy in particular who always pissed me off. Black player, shaved head, I believe he came off the bench. Was it Michael Graham??? HELP!!!!!! PS Hopefully I've got the right year? 1983-1984 (34-3) Coach: John Thompson Captain: Gene Smith 20 Fred Brown '84 Guard* 22 Gene Smith '84 Guard* 24 Bill Martin '85 Guard 30 Michael Jackson '86 Guard 32 Horace Broadnax '86 Guard 33 Patrick Ewing '85 Center* 34 Reggie Williams '87 Forward* 40 David Wingate '86 Forward* 42 Clifton Dairsow '87 Forward 50 Michael Graham '87 Forward 52 Ralph Dalton '85 Center 55 Victor Morris '86 Forward 232217[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Didn't the Syracuse fans wave bananas at Ewing in the Carrier Dome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I've heard that Walter Berry wets his pants at the sight of a graham cracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in VA Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Oh boy, do you ever bring back memories. I went to G-town back then, and every single game at the Cap Center. It was just nuts, each and every game. Wayyyy too many memories to list here, but who can forget Louie's sweater, the relentless taunting of Boeheim, and on and on. Each game was a war, the likes of which I'd never seen in college hoops. Michael Graham was a flash in the pan -- carried on his illustrious career at UDC.. Personally I couldn't stand John Thompson. I had a chance to see him speak on more than one occasion and I remember at one Alum banquet he made what I thought at the time was a pretty insulting speech to the well-healed, monied alums (not me!), and it went over like a lead balloon. Good thing there was plenty of booze at the event. Well, those were the good ol days. I won't ever forget them, but I haven't liked college ball since then. Thanks for taking me back to a past that was something special for me. HoyaSaxa!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoyaBill Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Dave - You might want to wander over to MCI Center this Saturday at 4 pm. You're missing a heck of a turn around led by JTIII and a great group of kids. "We Are Georgetown." Meet Jeff Green Oh boy, do you ever bring back memories. I went to G-town back then, and every single game at the Cap Center. It was just nuts, each and every game. Wayyyy too many memories to list here, but who can forget Louie's sweater, the relentless taunting of Boeheim, and on and on. Each game was a war, the likes of which I'd never seen in college hoops. Michael Graham was a flash in the pan -- carried on his illustrious career at UDC..Personally I couldn't stand John Thompson. I had a chance to see him speak on more than one occasion and I remember at one Alum banquet he made what I thought at the time was a pretty insulting speech to the well-healed, monied alums (not me!), and it went over like a lead balloon. Good thing there was plenty of booze at the event. Well, those were the good ol days. I won't ever forget them, but I haven't liked college ball since then. Thanks for taking me back to a past that was something special for me. HoyaSaxa!!!! 232561[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 Scroll through the Big East "all tourney" team for each year in the '80s. What a blast from the past. http://www.bigeast.org/sports/mbball/champs/history/1981.asp Pearl Washington, where are you now?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Here's a good article from the same site that gets the ol' memories cranking: 25 Years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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