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Message: [QUOTE="realorange, post: 147491, member: 292"] I guess it's time to let CTO know that she is not the oldest on the board. I first knew of basketball in general as a young boy living east of Syracuse in the late 40s. At that time, I heard more about the Syracuse Nats from my dad who loved to go to the Fairgrounds to see them play especially when the Minneapolis Lakers with George Mikan were in town. He always claimed that Mikan sharpened his elbows before games as he usually dropped at least one player under the basket fighting for rebounds. He was always a big Dolph Schayes fan, but his favorite was Al Cervi because he was so "fiesty" as he put it. During my college years I really became a rabid fan while going to Kansas State. It was unbelieveable to me the fan support for even high school games let alone the college games. That was at a time when Kansas State was a national power with AA Bob Boozer and Tex Winter as their coach. It was also a time when a young skinny kid from Philadelphia enrolled at Kansas University. I had the great pleasure of watching K-State beat the Chamberlain led KU team at Allen Fieldhouse. During those years I also saw Oscar Robertson play 3 different times. I had never seen someone able to completely take over a game before him. The year after his graduation, I saw Cinncinati beat the great Ohio State team led by Jerry Lucas in the finals of the NCAA tournament in Kansas City. Ohio State also had John Havlichek and Bobby Knight on the roster. We had moved to Connecticut near Storrs while I was at college. At Christmas break I got to see UConn with Dom Perno and Toby Kimball. Also Providence games with Johnny Egan and Lenny Wilkens and later after graduation with a big guy named John Thompson. Eastern basketball had some real powerhouse teams in those days. A few years later I moved to CNY and started following Syracuse BB. We had season tickets for many years before retiring and moving to South Carolina. Memorable moments at the Dome seeing JT II getting thrown out, the cheerleader incident mentioned earlier, and Senior Day when DC and Stevie played their final home game. I didn't cry after the 87 loss, but I did that day. My two absolute favorites. Today, thanks to this board, Orangeyes and many of you great contributors, I can still feel like I'm part of the fanbase. I felt all the good feelings of being an SU fan return at the NC State game last month. LGO!! [/QUOTE]

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