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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2422721, member: 289"] That's when you know you're a fan. "From the Mists of Time" was my account of my early days as an SU Hoops fan. On 12/29/66 we played #2 ranked Louisville in the Quaker City Classic in Philadelphia: "But this SU basketball team was starting to become interesting as well. They didn’t have Bing but they were playing the same style of ball. They won their first five games by an average of 17 points, (there were no gimmies in those days- we didn’t have the clout to import “homecoming” teams), including an 86-63 win over Army, a team coached by a young Bobby Knight. After a loss to nationally ranked Boston College and a win over Manhattan, they went to Philadelphia for the prestigious Quaker City Classic. (Those 8 team Christmas tournaments were great things). After a win over hometown LaSalle, they took on the #2 team in the country, the Louisville Cardinals. This was the game that got me hooked. Louisville had Wes Unseld at center and Butch Beard as well, giving them two All-America candidates. SU was a bunch of Dave Bing’s spear carriers. This was the first SU game I ever listened to on the radio. All I remember is the pattern of the game- the Cardinals would blow out to a big lead, 15-20 points and it would look like the Orange were going to get humiliated. But we would come back and get it within five or less, only to fall back again by double-figures. Just when it seemed hopeless, SU put on a final rush to get within 2 before losing 71-75. The excitement as they got closer and closer to a huge upset was overwhelming. Mom insisted I go to bed but I secreted a transistor radio under my pillow to hear the ending in the darkness. I cried myself to sleep. The next day I was still disappointed but I was more amazed and proud that this bunch could hang in there with such a team. They were “my” team now. " [/QUOTE]

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