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Message: [QUOTE="Dollar Dog, post: 3338461, member: 7597"] This was a HUGE win. Few care because it wasn't a nail-biter, then was over-shadowed by the surprisingly competitive Final vs. loaded Kentucky. I had a flood of thoughts re-watching, but tried to limit to these: -- Personal note: watched the game in '96 from a bar off South Street (artsy, hippie area) in Philly, partially owned at the time by SU alum/radio personality/scumbag Craig Carton. -- Love how SU worked the ball inside on practically every possession thru the post or drive. -- Otis Hill, one of my favorite SU players ever - bulk and skill inside. Multiple post moves, pump fakes, using his body to create space for buckets. Makes what Sidibe did in his "renaissance" look like CYO ball. -- Wallace, obviously a stud you need to get that far. But in today's time of legitimate debate whether Coach is recruiting enough talent, he made a national final with a kid who barely played for 4 years (Sims), a JUCO (Cipolla), 2 lesser recruits (Hill & Burgan), and no bench. JB coached his tail off that year. -- MSU crowd surprisingly loud, despite game being in the Meadowlands. -- MSU would have blitzed us out of the tourney if they were not so inept with the ball. Last I saw, LATE in the YouTube, turnovers were 21-3 in our favor. -- When MSU went zone in the second half, SU knew how to destroy it. -- What happened to MSU Coach Richard Williams? - Program was poised for greatness, then disappeared as fast as it came. -- Billy Packer mentioned (and I forgot) that SU's previous three NCAA exits came in OT (versus UMass, Missou, and Arkansas)...my, what the 90s could have been! -- Seeing freshman QB / basketball walk-on Donovan McNabb on the bench. -- When SU made the '96 Final Four, it was the first Big East FF team since Seton Hall in 1989. We old-heads talk about the early glory years, but need to admit the BE lived off reputation for a long while, until it found itself again in the 2000s OK, not a very limited list of thoughts...but hey, we got nothing else to follow right now except the past! [/QUOTE]

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