University of Louisiana Men's Basketball Reunion

[wcd35]

_ Jay
Heard you guys talking about the "Touch of Class" fliers yesterday on the show. Do you know if anyone has came across one? _

Its the 2nd sheet one of the links in the article:

http://espn1420.com/files/2011/01/marquette.pdf

[HoustonCajun]

_ I can't speak for the other shows, but we'll definitely have the two hours with Coach Paschal.

Today was really good. Coach can still tell a story... _

Didn't we beat Kentucky to win THEIR tournament? It might have been under Coach Paschal, not sure. Beating Georgetown to win the Great Alaska Shootout was awesome. I also remember beating Michigan State at the Sugar Bowl Classic. Saw all the games at Blackham during the Bo Lamar days. Those were the most fond memories, especially games vs. LA Tech. Remember beating Houston in Lafayette, both UL and UH had the same warmups. Drove to Ruston to see UL beat LA Tech when Bo scored 52 and left the game with about 5 minutes remaining and threw his wrist bands to the crowd. We used to stand in line an hour or two before each game to get seats in the bottom student section at Blackham and to watch them warm-up. With all of the All Americans and great players we had back then to build on, no telling where UL would be today had we not had the death penalty. Too many great memories to list.

[BirdofParadise]

_ Didn't we beat Kentucky to win THEIR tournament? It might have been under Coach Paschal, not sure. Beating Georgetown to win the Great Alaska Shootout was awesome. I also remember beating Michigan State at the Sugar Bowl Classic. Saw all the games at Blackham during the Bo Lamar days. Those were the most fond memories, especially games vs. LA Tech. Remember beating Houston in Lafayette, both UL and UH had the same warmups. Drove to Ruston to see UL beat LA Tech when Bo scored 52 and left the game with about 5 minutes remaining and threw his wrist bands to the crowd. We used to stand in line an hour or two before each game to get seats in the bottom student section at Blackham and to watch them warm-up. With all of the All Americans and great players we had back then to build on, no telling where UL would be today had we not had the death penalty. Too many great memories to list. _

The win over Kentucky was in the 1989-90 season under Marty Fletcher. In the semifinals, Todd Hill hit a shot at the buzzer to beat Cincinnati. Then the Cajuns won 116-113 in the finals over UK. Sydney Grider and Kevin Brooks had huge games. Grider severely sprained his ankle late in the game. Tyrone (Bucket) Jones came in for Grider and had several huge rebounds to help in the win.

[Turbine]

I still cling to hopes that Marty Fletcher flies in on the red eye tonight (and tomorrow night) rips his shirt open at center court, exposing his "Ragin' Cajuns Forever" shirt.

[AstroCajun]

Funny story about the good old days from, of all places, TigerDroppings.

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/d...=24043140&Pg=2

"I watched USL torment Northwestern. They intentionally let NSU hang with them in the first half. The score was tied. The NSU fans were going nuts. Then USL came out in the second half and laughed at the crowd. Roy smiled and yelled, "We're gonna start playing now."

USL put on a show and won by 40. The basket hanging dunks became so boring for them that they even pulled a globetrotter trick.

Lamar stayed under his own goal knowing USL could handle NSU 5 on 4. Ebron blocked a shot and threw it to Dwight who was standing 5 feet from his goal. He caught the ball and waited for an NSU player to challenge him. Eventually, a Demon guard came running up and jumping to block the shot. Dwight just handed him the ball. The NSU guy grabbed it and fell out of bounds into the cheerleaders. USL ball.

The NSU fans started filing out."

[NewsCopy]

The Cajuns' No. 6 all-time leading scorer, Graylin Warner, is one of five additional members of the 1,000-point club the has confirmed they will be in attendance for the UL Basketball Reunion.

The rest of the story

UL-SI

[Boomer]

Jay---you did a Meaux game on the radio????? What a great show with Bobby P and Rickey B this AM---Great memories!!! BTW--please call a win Saturday---Has the all-time crazy team been selected---Before ya'll time --but Andy Russo was one crazy human Being!!!!

[HoustonCajun]

_ Funny story about the good old days from, of all places, TigerDroppings.

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/d...=24043140&Pg=2

"I watched USL torment Northwestern. They intentionally let NSU hang with them in the first half. The score was tied. The NSU fans were going nuts. Then USL came out in the second half and laughed at the crowd. Roy smiled and yelled, "We're gonna start playing now."

USL put on a show and won by 40. The basket hanging dunks became so boring for them that they even pulled a globetrotter trick.

Lamar stayed under his own goal knowing USL could handle NSU 5 on 4. Ebron blocked a shot and threw it to Dwight who was standing 5 feet from his goal. He caught the ball and waited for an NSU player to challenge him. Eventually, a Demon guard came running up and jumping to block the shot. Dwight just handed him the ball. The NSU guy grabbed it and fell out of bounds into the cheerleaders. USL ball.

The NSU fans started filing out." _

Back then, wasn't it also Northwestern State that played a slow down, hold the ball game (there was no shot clock) when USL was the top scoring team in the country and the game ended up something 16-14? Anyone remember that?

[Cajunsmike]

_ Didn't we beat Kentucky to win THEIR tournament? It might have been under Coach Paschal, not sure. Beating Georgetown to win the Great Alaska Shootout was awesome. I also remember beating Michigan State at the Sugar Bowl Classic. Saw all the games at Blackham during the Bo Lamar days. Those were the most fond memories, especially games vs. LA Tech. Remember beating Houston in Lafayette, both UL and UH had the same warmups. Drove to Ruston to see UL beat LA Tech when Bo scored 52 and left the game with about 5 minutes remaining and threw his wrist bands to the crowd. We used to stand in line an hour or two before each game to get seats in the bottom student section at Blackham and to watch them warm-up. With all of the All Americans and great players we had back then to build on, no telling where UL would be today had we not had the death penalty. Too many great memories to list. _

We played in the Sugar Bowl Classic three times in the early 80's. I saw all six of our games as I lived in New Orleans in those days. We beat Michigan State and lost to Mississippi State in the finals in our first appearance. In our second chance we beat Florida and Kansas to win the title. In our third appearance we beat Tennesse in OT and lost to Pitt in the finals. The third appearance came after the Graylin Warner bunch had left and the team was led by Cedric Hill. Even though we did not win the tournament, the win over Tennessee was sweet considering we lost close games to them in the NCAA and NIT earlier in the decade. Of course, in 2000 we lost another heartbreaking game to them in the NCAA's. Note that all six of those schools we played in the Sugar Bowl tournaments have teams in the major conferences. The fact that we competed so well against them shows how great a coach Bobby Paschal was.

[Boomer]

_ We played in the Sugar Bowl Classic three times in the early 80's. I saw all six of our games as I lived in New Orleans in those days. We beat Michigan State and lost to Mississippi State in the finals in our first appearance. In our second chance we beat Florida and Kansas to win the title. In our third appearance we beat Tennesse in OT and lost to Pitt in the finals. The third appearance came after the Graylin Warner bunch had left and the team was led by Cedric Hill. Even though we did not win the tournament, the win over Tennessee was sweet considering we lost close games to them in the NCAA and NIT earlier in the decade. Of course, in 2000 we lost another heartbreaking game to them in the NCAA's. Note that all six of those schools we played in the Sugar Bowl tournaments have teams in the major conferences. The fact that we competed so well against them shows how great a coach Bobby Paschal was. _

I am ALMOST sure that Butch Piere played for Miss St in that game!!!!!