R.I.P Armen Gilliam

[Salt City Sooner]

The long-timers here should remember this one. A Rebel great in the middle of their heyday who left way too young:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6743008

 

[Big Old Booger]

Like Wayman, he was way too young.

I remember Gilliam and when we beat UNLV with him and Padillo in 1987. They were #1 and they came into the LNC and left without their #1 ranking.

Oklahoma was covered in ice thanks to the ice storm so they didn't expect a very good crowd. I think they allowed admittance to the game for either free or very cheap to entice students to take the seats not used by season ticket holders.

Anyway, it was a fun game to watch and a great memory.

RIP Armon Gilliam.

 

[NMSooner'80]

Like Wayman, he was way too young.

I remember Gilliam and when we beat UNLV with him and Padillo in 1987. They were #1 and they came into the LNC and left without their #1 ranking.

Oklahoma was covered in ice thanks to the ice storm so they didn't expect a very good crowd. I think they allowed admittance to the game for either free or very cheap to entice students to take the seats not used by season ticket holders.

Anyway, it was a fun game to watch and a great memory.

RIP Armon Gilliam.

Gilliam was a great college player. He was great that snowy day in Norman but missed the potential game-winning shot when he somehow was left wide open at the foul line. A teammate (Jarvis Basnight) tried to dunk the rebound instead of just tipping it in, and he missed ( :clap :woot ). When that horn sounded and the ball on the floor, the place just went nuts.

By the way, I have a good black-and-white photo at home of Choo Kennedy's turnaround J in the lane that proved to be the winning basket with about 12 seconds left in the game. Mike Treps did the public-address back then and yelled, "Choo! Choo!"

That remains to this day the greatest college basketball game I've seen in person, anywhere.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Gilliam was a great college player. He was great that snowy day in Norman but missed the potential game-winning shot when he somehow was left wide open at the foul line. A teammate (Jarvis Basnight) tried to dunk the rebound instead of just tipping it in, and he missed ( :clap :woot ). When that horn sounded and the ball on the floor, the place just went nuts.

By the way, I have a good black-and-white photo at home of Choo Kennedy's turnaround J in the lane that proved to be the winning basket with about 12 seconds left in the game. Mike Treps did the public-address back then and yelled, "Choo! Choo!"

That remains to this day the greatest college basketball game I've seen in person, anywhere.

I bet!

I was supposed to be there too as it was played on my 16th birthday and that was to be my birthday present, but the ice storm hit and my dad didn't want to make the treacherous drive from Chickasha on the narrow 2-lane highway 62. So, instead we watched it from home.