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Favorite Sweet 16 & Elite 8 Memories

Posted on 3/26/26 at 4:53 pm
Posted by Dawgsontop34
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 4:53 pm
I was thinking today about the 2005 Elite 8. Probably my favorite two day stretch of college basketball that I can remember. Three OT games, including a 15 point comeback with 4 mins left to go and one of the most ridiculous game tying shots you'll ever see.

2005: Illinois vs Arizona
2005: Kentucky vs Michigan St.
2005: Louisville vs. West Virginia

Elite names everywhere for the Elite 8:
Sean May
Rashad McCants
Raymond Felton
Marvin Williams
Alando Tucker
Maurice Ager
Shannon Brown
Luther Head
Dee Brown
Deron Williams
Francisco Garcia
Kevin Pittsnogle
Salim Stoudamire
Channing Frye
Mustafa Shakur
Kelenna Azubuike
Rajon Rondo
Patrick Sparks
Randolph Morris

What a weekend of basketball
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 4:57 pm to
LSU making JJ Redick cry
Posted by GetPiggywithIt
We suck at football
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 4:57 pm to
Beating the Fab 4 (minus Webber) in Dallas on our way to the '94 Natty
Posted by Dire Wolf
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 5:08 pm to
I looked like this arse hole at high school house party full of Texas fans for LSU Texas 2006

Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
29833 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 5:34 pm to
I was at that Louisville-WVU game. It was wild.
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 5:37 pm to
Beating the crap out of Duke in the Elite 8 game in 2013
Posted by MetArl15
Washington, DC
Member since Apr 2007
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 5:40 pm to
Posted by boston vol
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Member since Sep 2015
6934 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 5:53 pm to
quote:

UVA vs Purdue 2019

I’ll second this. I was at the game in Louisville. Still have no idea how we pulled that out.
Posted by boston vol
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Member since Sep 2015
6934 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 5:57 pm to
KU over Zona in the ‘03 elite 8. Great game featuring great seniors. Hinrich and Collison for KU and Gardner and Walton for Zona.

Ohio State vs St. John’s elite 8 in ‘99 was terrific.

IU comeback over Duke in the ‘02 sweet 16.
Posted by Jrv2damac
KS
Member since Mar 2004
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 6:23 pm to
Arizona/Illinois 2005
KU/Duke 2018
Kent State/Pitt 2002
KU/Arizona 2003
UConn/Clemson 1990
Syracuse/Georgia Tech 1996
Gonzaga/Florida 1999
Posted by BengalShark
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 6:35 pm to
George Mason making it to final four was pretty cool to see way back when…

Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 6:41 pm to
I was just about to say, this is for my boy WestCoastAg.
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
67413 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 6:43 pm to
For some reason, I never liked Jamie Dixon at Pitt. I thought his teams were overrated. But, he had that one stud superteam and chubby, slow Scottie Reynolds broke they hearts. I kind of feel bad about it now. They were probably the only team that could hang with UNC that year.
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Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:14 pm to
Pittsnogle-West Virginia. Have no idea what year it was
Posted by Obi-Wan Tiger
Fulshear TX
Member since Jan 2004
8180 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:20 pm to
86 LSU beating Ga Tech and UK in Atlanta. Still the lowest seed (tied with 4 others) to make the Final Four.
Posted by grsharky
Member since Dec 2019
293 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:22 pm to
I was doing a WVU baseball game on student radio during that WVU/Louisville game. They were watching it back in the studio and we could hear the reactions in our ear pieces and give updates (like anyone was listening to us). When we were up big it was bedlam in our ears and then it got quiet as the lead slipped away.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
29833 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:32 pm to
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Pittsnogle-West Virginia. Have no idea what year it was


2005 at the Pit in Albuquerque
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
29833 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:33 pm to
quote:

George Mason making it to final four was pretty cool to see way back when…


This one was awesome. The second 11 seed to make the Final Four.

Oddly enough, I was in the building for VCU and Loyola to advance to the F4. Since then we’ve had a couple more 11 seeds get in.
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