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We beat'em (UNM) down there in the vaunted Pit in '77. They were led by future Laker Michael Cooper.
This factoid provided for those of you like me, who also watched The Wild, Wild West and read Mad Magazine.
If I am not mistaken, that is the game where we stole their “standing and clapping” before the first basketball of the half thing and turned it into our own tradition. It was theirs first though.
 
If I am not mistaken, that is the game where we stole their “standing and clapping” before the first basketball of the half thing and turned it into our own tradition. It was theirs first though.
Correct. UNM still is doing this too.

At the start of each half during Lobo games at The Pit, fans continue to stand and clap their hands until both teams score a basket, adding pressure on teams that struggle to score for long stretches.[214] The student section in The Pit, Section 26, is particularly noteworthy for the antics of its raucous fans, taunting and intimidating opposing players, often with personal remarks, and offering enticing visuals for television broadcasters: They chant, jump up and down in unison, shake newspapers and signs to make noise and create distractions, and some dress in costumes and body paint.[215] The noise level of the boisterous fans, the intimacy created by seating extending to the edge of the court, and the elevation contribute to what Coach Dave Bliss termed "a Pit game."[193]

 
We beat'em (UNM) down there in the vaunted Pit in '77. They were led by future Laker Michael Cooper.
This factoid provided for those of you like me, who also watched The Wild, Wild West and read Mad Magazine.
The days of listening to Joel Mariness on WSYR radio describing Marty Byrnes with his leaping leaner and the Bouie boomerang!
 
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If I am not mistaken, that is the game where we stole their “standing and clapping” before the first basketball of the half thing and turned it into our own tradition. It was theirs first though.
It’s not a tradition when you copy it, it’s theirs………why we still do it is beyond me.
 
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