Post some Bedlam memories from games you saw in person

[NMSooner'80]

- The first-ever Bedlam game in the LNC was also the first game I ever saw in person at the college level. My folks never cared for the idea of coming up for a basketball game (although they love coming to the women's games now and also follow the men quite a bit). OU won, 57-42, and that was also the first OU win ever at the LNC. They only played a couple of non-conference games there that season before whipping OSU on a night when the football team received its national title trophies for the '75 season.
- An OSU team that had no business being within 30 almost pulled off a shocker in '85. It was 89-84. OU did get them a couple of weeks later in the Big 8 first-round and did pound them by about 30. A kid from OSU named Terry Faggins (pronounced FAY-gins) from Pampa, Texas, played the game of his life, and some kid from Edmond named Self got the "we hate the White point guards of the league" treatment that apparently started with some twerp named Turgeon the Surgeon.
- My last one in person was in '93. Ryan Minor played an awesome game and almost canceled out the scoring of Bryant "Jethro" Reeves. OU won by 9, and the more memorable things about the game were (A) an amazing half-court alley oop pass from Hobbs (NM) native Pete Lewis to Ken Conley, and (B) all the funny "Jethro" signs that welcomed Reeves to the arena.

 

[Tony]

- My last one in person was in '93. Ryan Minor played an awesome game and almost canceled out the scoring of Bryant "Jethro" Reeves. OU won by 9, and the more memorable things about the game were (A) an amazing half-court alley oop pass from Hobbs (NM) native Pete Lewis to Ken Conley, and (B) all the funny "Jethro" signs that welcomed Reeves to the arena.

I will never forget the entire LNC chanting Jethro during warm-ups of that game.

Pete Lewis! Hadn't heard that name in forever. #20 in your programs, #1 in your hearts

 

[MsProudSooner]

I post this every time Bedlam basketball games are brought up. I missed the Bedlam game that was the last game in old GIA. My kids high school was playing in an area tournament. If that game is ever on ESPN Classic, I would love to see it.

 

[NMSooner'80]

I almost forgot about going to Stillwater in '79 to see OU close in on its first Big 8 title. I went down on the court by the OU bench to congratulate my classmate Al Beal. That must have offended this one Aggy who was about twice my size (I was 5-9, about 168 at the time) - he was yelling something at me in that lobby near the south exit, but he was so mad that his rant was basically incoherent. :ez-roll:

As for the game, it was a typical Upper-GI game with them. We got way ahead, then they made a run, and we closed it out just fine in the end. One of the big "back-breaker" baskets by OU came from the almost-forgotten big man, Ingram Purvis (who only played at OU that one year).

 

[SoMuchDramaInTheLNC]

Not in person, but 2000, closing out the old GIA. That was absolutely classic. Remember the "noise pot"?

 

[thechucker]

The first OU/OSU game I attended was the 92 game in Norman. An unbeaten OSU team beat us but the crowd was great. The "Jethro" chant began that game as well as the "Daddy's Boy" chant for Sean Sutton. We got our revenge later in the season as we won in Stillwater.

The 92 team was Billy's last good team, it went into the postseason on a tear and Billy Packer was predicting us as his dark horse team pick for the final four. However, Bryan Sallier, who had been a beast in the low post, hurt his knee against KU in the Big 8 tourney and we lost to a directional Louisiana school in the first round in the NCAA's.

I remember in the tourney game Angelo Hamilton made a sick 360 dunk on a fast break during our rally at the near the end of the game. He did the same dunk the next year at Duke.

 

[Sooner23]

Not in person, but 2000, closing out the old GIA. That was absolutely classic. Remember the "noise pot"?

Yep. That was incredible.

 

[earlpearl]

I believe 1988 at GIA was the best I have witnessed. That game was uncharacteristically loud from tip to finish. Thomas Jordan and Byron Houston owned Stacey King. They swatted 11 or 12 shots that game. The number one Sooners were sent home to cry. It could have been 89.

 

[soonerbms]

I was a sophomore at OU in 2005 when we beat OSU at home. We jumped out to a 19-2 lead or something ridiculous like that. Drew Lavender was throwing all these sick passes to Taj Gray who finished with some very nice dunks. That was the loudest I've ever heard the LNC.

I was also there in 2006 during our run of one point wins. The play I'll never forget was Kevin Bookout's dunk to give us the lead. He took about 10 steps without dribbling, but the refs didn't call traveling!

 

[Sooner04]

I believe 1988 at GIA was the best I have witnessed. That game was uncharacteristically loud from tip to finish. Thomas Jordan and Byron Houston owned Stacey King. They swatted 11 or 12 shots that game. The number one Sooners were sent home to cry. It could have been 89.

If it were that landmark in your life you should've been able to recall that it was the '89 game.

I enjoyed the '95 game in Norman a great deal. Capped off a 15-0 slate at home in Kelvin's first year.

 

[jmizzy4ou]

If it were that landmark in your life you should've been able to recall that it was the '89 game.I enjoyed the '95 game in Norman a great deal. Capped off a 15-0 slate at home in Kelvin's first year.

:clap:ez-roll::clap

Me memory fades at times, but I know who won today!!!!!:ez-roll::ez-roll:

 

[steverocks35]

I post this every time Bedlam basketball games are brought up. I missed the Bedlam game that was the last game in old GIA. My kids high school was playing in an area tournament. If that game is ever on ESPN Classic, I would love to see it.

I've seen this game replayed on ESPN Classic. They usually play it in the week leading up to Bedlam (if Bedlam's a big deal, which it wasn't this year). A couple of years ago I watched it beginning to end. Najera was a class act comforting Desmond Mason after the game.

 

[38Special]

First Bedlam game I took my sons to see.


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