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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 4232126, member: 127"] I have a few stories hope I don’t put everyone to sleep. First one -around 1977 or so, got tickets to a Washington Bullets-Buffalo Braves game held at the Syracuse War Memorial. Got there early with my husband and was able to sit courtside. First NBA game ever for both of us, can’t recall if it was just an exhibition or not. To see Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Tiny Archibald etc was great. I remembered watching Elvin Hayes almost single handed beat Wooden’s Alcindor led UCLA, that had like a 45 game winning streak, on tv when I was in high school so I was excited to see him in person. Boy did I get to see him in person. A loose ball during the game resulted in him running across the court falling directly into me sitting in my lap courtside. The game stopped. He was so nice, worried that he killed me, the refs came over, Wes Unseld came over. They kept asking me if I was okay, did I want to see a doctor etc. To be honest, I was more embarrassed over the attention - crazy but I felt nothing. At halftime Mitch Kupchak who was sitting kitty corner behind us in street clothes (don’t know why he wasn’t playing for the Bullets) came over with 2 sodas for us also asking if I was hurt. I assured him I was fine and thanked him. Elvin also came over during warmups for the 2nd half again asking if I was really okay. Interesting way to meet NBA stars. :) I was fortunate to play with and against many excellent women college basketball players not just in college but in AAU/city rec and ‘pickup’ games including Felisha Legette-Jack, Sue Ludwig, Martha Mogish, Vera Jones, Beth Mowins etc. In a rec game I was guarding Vera Jones,( SU Hall of Fame women’s basketball player, ex-ESPN, Fox broadcaster, one year assistant for Felisha at Indiana, author etc), a great player and very nice person. She was strong and had a very good outside shot. The rec team she was on were young current SU players including Barb Jacobs the coach, while I was over 15 years older than them, had a husband & 3 sons, playing on Monday nights after working full time of all things, as an accountant. Vera asked me if it was okay if she played totally left handed against me because she wanted to improve her left hand. I had no problem at all, in fact I told her I understood totally and that it was a good idea. I told her I was going to work only on my right hand too. She did very well with her left hand and I told her so after the game. She was kind and complimented me that she was surprised how well I did with my right hand. I then laughed and told her, that I was actually right handed. We had a good laugh over it. :p Another SU related story. In a rec game during playoffs but about 8 to 10 years later again against young SU players but ones who had already graduated. Well one was a Liverpool high school & former SU player on the team. She was on the free throw line after our center fouled out and I then went underneath waiting to rebound.One of my teammates yelled out my last name and laughingly said ’box them all out’ . (I was all of 5’6” or so) Well the player about to take the shot said ‘Oh wow, I thought I recognized you, are you really so and so’s mom? (She named my oldest son’s first and last name, they were friends from high school) I said yes and the refs, my teammates and her teammates all started laughing. It was so funny. I said ‘yes I am and yes I’m old’ (I was in my early 40’s). Again lots of laughs and many memories. [/QUOTE]

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