Best OU memory not at LNC

[DenverSooner]

I am not sure I have one yet. Some that come to mind are:

Nebraska come back around 92.

OU destroying Texas last year in Austin.

 

[OUHoops]

Watching (albeit from the rafters) OU take the court and the starting lineups at the Final Four in the Georgia Dome. Of course, that turned into a worst memory a couple hours later.

 

[WaymanFan]

I know the 2000 game at OSU to ruin their Senior Day is going to be near the top of most lists. Stacey King scoring something-like 48 points at UNLV in 1989 is another. How about Jameel Heywood's at-the-buzzer tip-in at Mizzouri in 2001? My personal favorite, though, is 1984 game at Syracuse since I was in attendance.

 

[Stikboy]

I was living in Austin at the time, and Detrick, Quannas et al came in and beat UT in OT. Great fun being there. I thought we were done when one of their guys hit a buzzer beater with less than a second left to force OT. That OU team was tough. That was in Feb 02 I believe..

 

[Max Power]

I know the 2000 game at OSU to ruin their Senior Day is going to be near the top of most lists. Stacey King scoring something-like 48 points at UNLV in 1989 is another. How about Jameel Heywood's at-the-buzzer tip-in at Mizzouri in 2001? My personal favorite, though, is 1984 game at Syracuse since I was in attendance.

That is mine, especially since it was the last game at old Gallagar Iba.

 

[Zimwillett]

That is mine, especially since it was the last game at old Gallagar Iba.

Mine too. I was there. They made this big show of "bottling up" the GIA spirit (they literally had some kind of a bottle) so it could be released in the newly renovated GIA (how's that working out these days). OU wins a tight game and the place is utterly silent. I turn to my buddy and say something like "you think they'll bottle this up?" I got a hilarious amount of dirty looks over that. Good times.

 

[Eielson]

I don't know about #1, but that Sweet 16 game against Arizona was pretty sweet.

 

[Sooner Season]

Mine isn't a game but a particular play. Calvin Pierce's baseline up and under reverse slam against Syracuse in 1983. (Shows my age too, but oh well!!)

 

[usedtobe1]

It's hard to top the 1st round Sooner upset over Arizona in the 1999 NCAA tournament. Ryan Humphrey tipped in a shot with about 10 seconds left to beat the #4 seeded Wildcats 61-60 in Milwaukee. OU was the last at-large team selected for the tournament and were a 13 seed. Arizona who was led by Jason Terry missed a couple of shots at the buzzer, Eduardo Najera nailed a big 3 pointer just before Ryan's tip-in to close the gap.

Another game I enjoyed was a win over Xavier down in Dallas in the 2002 tournament at the American Airlines Arena. That was the year we made the Final Four. I remember it because we had great seats just a few rows up at mid-court. That game Ace McGhee and Ebi Ere out-dueled David West and Xavier and even pulled away at the end. What made it fun is we were in the middle of a young group of Sooner fans and were were all screaming and high-fiving throughout the game. It was just fun. The crowd was just electric in the 2nd half.

 

[NMSooner'80]

I was at the Pit in Albuquerque in December of '88 to see OU pull out a 100-96 thriller over UNM. It was poetic justice that it was Tyrone Jones who hit the three out of the deep corner to put OU up to stay in the final minute. Earlier in the game, Jones got hit with a coin that a Lobo fan threw at a referee.

I also enjoyed it for Stacey King's sake, because he was heavily recruited by UNM out of Lawton High. A few moronic locals assumed OU cheated to get him, when in fact Billy Tubbs could have out-coached then-UNM coach Gary Colson any time, anywhere (in fact, OU killed the Lobos in Norman in February of the same calendar year, 120-100, and they were lucky it was that close).

 

[Sooner24]

I guess if I had to go with just one it would be the 1985 La Tech game at Reunion Arena.

 

[thebigabd]

Drew Lavender on the road in Manhattan.

https://youtu.be/WtJacdvlql4?t=286

 

[61sooner]

I've been to about a half dozen OU games at KU and Mizzou but only 1 win. Feb. 16, 1985, Wayman, Choo Kennedy, Tim McCallister, Anthony Bowie, Dave Sieger,Chuckie Watson, Linwood Davis and others smashed the Tigers in Columbia and the OU locker room roared. Sure OU must have won the Big 8 that year. MU was no pushover with Greg Cavener,Derrick Chievous, Lynn Hardy and as always a win over Stormin' Norm Stewart made it even sweeter.