Least Favorite Coach K win

[D-West & PO-Z]

Someone posted this on facebook as their least favorite win of Coach K's 1000. Have to say I agree. Also have to say the rest of my night is shot and I'm gonna be up late now watching this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxp6X4t3Pg&app=desktop

[xu82]

Someone posted this on facebook as their least favorite win of Coach K's 1000. Have to say I agree. Also have to say the rest of my night is shot and I'm gonna be up late now watching this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxp6X4t3Pg&app=desktop

Ohhh, I don't dare click on that. Oh no indeed. I don't think anything good could come of it..... Maybe for those who are stronger than myself.

[D-West & PO-Z]

11:39 remaining in the first half and we are up 11-6 on a 9-0 run. I really think we are going to win this one.

[xu82]

11:39 remaining in the first half and we are up 11-6 on a 9-0 run. I really think we are going to win this one.

Are you wearing a cup? Get ready, my friend, you might need it! haha

[xubrew]

Is this even a debate? It's kind of like asking what's your favorite state to go to the beach in that starts with the letter 'F'?

[xu82]

Is this even a debate? It's kind of like asking what's your favorite state to go to the beach in that starts with the letter 'F'?

So, you're not clicking either? It may turn out different this time.....

[D-West & PO-Z]

Are you wearing a cup? Get ready, my friend, you might need it! haha

Yeah, I know, still hurts. I was there, almost lost my job at Hollywood Video before I even started because I went to this game instead of starting work, haha. It was worth it even though we lost. I saw the Texas win as well which helped the weekend.

[LadyMuskie]

That game was easier to get over than the loss to OSU. Maybe it was because it was our first Elite Eight, or maybe it was the awesomeness of Atlanta and the trip home on 75. I'll never forget sitting in traffic on 75 at 2 am hearing the X-A-V-IER growing louder as more and more of us rolled down our windows or got out of our cars to join in.

[xu82]

After my teams lose I tend to go into hibernation for a while. I rarley go back and visit such dreadful memories, but I'm a wuss.

[X-band '01]

There is Xavier's clock fiasco at Butler, and then there is this officiating travesty between Duke-UVA in 1997:


Go to the 6:00 mark

[xu82]

I hope I can eagerly await replays of the next GTown game!

[LadyMuskie]

Didn't Coach K once pull out his rosary during a game? What a jackass!

[D-West & PO-Z]

That game was easier to get over than the loss to OSU. Maybe it was because it was our first Elite Eight, or maybe it was the awesomeness of Atlanta and the trip home on 75. I'll never forget sitting in traffic on 75 at 2 am hearing the X-A-V-IER growing louder as more and more of us rolled down our windows or got out of our cars to join in.

Yeah OSU was pretty rough. I was on Spring Break in Daytona and there were two groups of us. I was with all SLU people but a couple of us were from Cincy and big XU fans. So one car left early to get back to St. Louis at a reasonable time and myself and the others stayed to watch the XU game and needless to say were totally deflated. Miserable ride home, stuck in Atlanta traffic and pulled into St. Louis around the time the sun was coming up the next day. Towards the end of our drive we had to switch drivers every 20 mins whenever we would hear the rumbling from the drunk line on the side of the road we knew that guy needed to rest a little bit while someone else took over.

[Strange Brew]

Made the mistake of watching it. Rafferty (sp) is such a Duke honk it's nauseating. Myles last foul was f'ing terrible. Man, just when I was getting over my Duke hate you had to post this.....Thank you by the way, they are a bunch of whiny D-bags.

[nasdadjr]

Yeah to be that close to final four and have it taken away was just heartbreaking.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Made the mistake of watching it. Rafferty (sp) is such a Duke honk it's nauseating. Myles last foul was f'ing terrible. Man, just when I was getting over my Duke hate you had to post this.....Thank you by the way, they are a bunch of whiny D-bags.

I stopped at halftime while we were up. I'm about to go to bed with good memories only. Up 2! Finn 3 at the buzzer!

[Strange Brew]

I stopped at halftime while we were up. I'm about to go to bed with good memories only. Up 2! Finn 3 at the buzzer!

I had forgot Finn's three to take the team into halftime. He hit some HUGE shots in that Tourney.

[BMoreX]

For me, it has to be the Gone in 60 Seconds game vs. Maryland in 2001 or so.

I'm pretty sure that was the first time I cried as a kid for a sports game. Terps up by 10 with like 50 seconds to go and lose.

[xu82]

So many painful memories....

[ammtd34]

I was there, too. My friend in Kuhlman got a bunch of tickets and we left at 1:00 AM Sunday morning. We didn't really think it all the way through because we arrived in Atlanta with the day to kill before the game. Some Duke idiot kept yelling at us during the game. After the game, we drove straight back and I somehow made my 8:30 class.

[drudy23]

While the Duke loss stung, I remember feeling a strong sense of pride even after the loss. The Run was just special. It was so fun. So many great moments along the way (flattening St Joes, jumping off my couch at 12:30am when I thought we were done vs Louisville, Finn's 3/4 length bomb, Chalmers turning into Chris Paul, the Texas technical fouls and realizing we were moving on, excited with every possession in the Duke game, but always thinking "it's Duke, I know how this is going to end")...just a season's worth of great entertainment in two weeks.

I was depressed for a week after the OSU loss.

[GoMuskies]

we left at 1:00 AM Sunday morning.

Did someone tell you guys the game was in Miami?!?

[XU 87]

I would say the OSU loss was the worst loss ever. I'm not sure anyone said a word in the car on the drive back from Lexington. It was as though someone had just died. A close second was losing a 19 point second half lead against Texas in the sweet 16 in 1990.

I REALLY didn't feel the Duke loss until watching Duke play UConn the next week and thinking, "I should be at that game."

[pimpinthebox]

I would say the OSU loss was the worst loss ever.

I'm with you, 87. Hands down. Not even close. The worst stomach-punch loss I've ever experienced.

On a related note, when we took that bus trip up to Duquesne for that abortion we all witnessed in those ridiculous snuggies, we loaded up the bus and collected DVDs to watch on the way up/back. I brought my copies of the 2004 and 2008 Elite 8 runs and distinctly remember someone handing me that OSU game. I was stunned and threatened to throw it out the window. If memory serves, I think it was Nuts. Feel free to defend yourself, buddy. Maybe you almost choking out on the jello shot was no accident.

[Xavier]

I agree, OSU loss was hardest to stomach. I'll throw the Kansas State game into the conversation...was a great game and didn't feel as bad as either of these games but knowing if we won we were playing Butler to get to the final four.

[XU 87]

I took the Kansas State loss ok. I thought we played a great game and hitting some of those shots at the end of the regulations gave me a little perspective. That game was probably the most fun I have ever had watching X lose, followed by UMass game in 1995.

[kyxu]

While the Duke loss stung, I remember feeling a strong sense of pride even after the loss. The Run was just special. It was so fun. So many great moments along the way (flattening St Joes, jumping off my couch at 12:30am when I thought we were done vs Louisville, Finn's 3/4 length bomb, Chalmers turning into Chris Paul, the Texas technical fouls and realizing we were moving on, excited with every possession in the Duke game, but always thinking "it's Duke, I know how this is going to end")...just a season's worth of great entertainment in two weeks.

I was depressed for a week after the OSU loss.

Same.

The Duke loss was depressing for a day or two, as we were a couple stops away from the Final Four, but that team really made the most of its season. And since Xavier had never made it that far, it seemed like the entire city was behind Xavier. I worked for the Newswire while at X, and UC even took out a full-page ad in support of Xavier after the Sweet 16.

The Ohio State loss was the absolute worst. No one gave us a chance, but we pretty much controlled that game for most of the second half. There were about a thousand different sequences that could have helped us pull that one out, but everything went wrong from about 3 minutes left to the end of regulation and through overtime.

After the OSU loss, I was depressed for about a month. Game still hurts more than any sporting event (including non-X related) that I've ever witnessed.

[kyxu]

I took the Kansas State loss ok. I thought we played a great game and hitting some of those shots at the end of the regulations gave me a little perspective. That game was probably the most fun I have ever had watching X lose, followed by UMass game in 1995.

The Kansas State game was entertaining, but unlike OSU and Duke, never really thought we were going to win. It seemed we hit just enough circus shots to stay in the game, but we were definitely not playing a better game than KSU. Our defense absolutely could not stop them.

[ammtd34]

Did someone tell you guys the game was in Miami?!?

Like I said, we didn't think it through. Jack Daniels on a Saturday > all of a sudden a floormate has a bunch of tickets > "LET'S GO!"

Kevin Waymire walked on the next year. He was part of the group that went. Walking on the basketball team also rendered our intramural team useless on the inside.

[Cheesehead]

I am still not over the OSU game and the Duke game was BS. They got a lot of calls.

[JTG]

As to the original thread, least favorite Coach K win, I would say all 1000 of them , as he is from the Bob Knight coaching tree. Soooo..... forget him.

[muskiefan82]

A loss to Duke is the one I hate the most, but it's the one from 1986-87 when X beat Missouri and then lost 65-60 to Duke in the second round. For whatever reason, I have always felt that if X had won that, our rise would have been meteoric and that Sweet 16 in 1990 would have been a "normal" year instead of what it was. I think a win there would have changed things the next two years and X would have been seeded differently and not faced the eventual NCAA champion in the first round (Kansas in 88 and Michigan in 89). I think X's fortunes would have been drastically altered in the positive on a much faster curve.

Don't know why. I have just always felt that loss to Duke hurt the most.

[D-West & PO-Z]

AHHH Sheldon Williams and Luol Deng both picked up their 3rd fouls less than 2mins into the 2nd half???!!! I forgot that. They must have done an awesome job managing their foul situation, something obviously Matta blew with Myles. Man he was dominating.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Myles 3rd foul was BS too.

Brandon Cole just wasnt ready for this type of game as a freshman. He missed some relatively easy buckets.

[ammtd34]

Maybe I'm misremembering, but didn't Deng pick up his 4th only to have it attributed to someone else after a short conversation with K?

[D-West & PO-Z]

Watched some of our win over WVU in 2008 on that NCAA vault thing, that team was stacked. Duncan, Brown, CJ, Stan, Lavender, Jackson, Raymond, Love. A lot of talent.

[nuts4xu]

I'm with you, 87. Hands down. Not even close. The worst stomach-punch loss I've ever experienced.

On a related note, when we took that bus trip up to Duquesne for that abortion we all witnessed in those ridiculous snuggies, we loaded up the bus and collected DVDs to watch on the way up/back. I brought my copies of the 2004 and 2008 Elite 8 runs and distinctly remember someone handing me that OSU game. I was stunned and threatened to throw it out the window. If memory serves, I think it was Nuts. Feel free to defend yourself, buddy. Maybe you almost choking out on the jello shot was no accident.

My memory of that bus trip is a little fuzzy, but I don't think I even have a copy of that OSU game. I was the one who suggested we put Superbad in, which offended all the "older" folks on the bus who weren't used to sophomoric humor and dick jokes. It wouldn't surprise me to learn the jello was no accident, but if there was one person on this board who would like to see me take my last breath it is likely sweet16...and thank goodness he wasn't on that bus!

[pimpinthebox]

My memory of that bus trip is a little fuzzy, but I don't think I even have a copy of that OSU game.

Fair enough. Maybe it was another rider or maybe even a different game. Nevertheless, a great memory - even with the loss. Watching Superbad with those old people on the bus was great. They must've been horrified.

[drudy23]

Myles 3rd foul was BS too.

Brandon Cole just wasnt ready for this type of game as a freshman. He missed some relatively easy buckets.

And everyone one of us was saying "that's going to hurt later"

[markchal]

Watched some of our win over WVU in 2008 on that NCAA vault thing, that team was stacked. Duncan, Brown, CJ, Stan, Lavender, Jackson, Raymond, Love. A lot of talent.

Best team in program history. The UCLA team that knocked us out though we pretty talented (Kevin Love, Westbrook and I think Collison?)

[D-West & PO-Z]

Best team in program history. The UCLA team that knocked us out though we pretty talented (Kevin Love, Westbrook and I think Collison?)

No westbrook but they did have Collison. And Mbah-a-moute or whatever.

[markchal]

Westbrook was on that team, was he hurt or something? I know he wasn't the Westbrook he is now in college (I think he was like 3rd-team All-PAC that year).

[ammtd34]

No westbrook but they did have Collison. And Mbah-a-moute or whatever.

They had Westbrook, Love, Mbah a Moute, Collison, and Josh Shipp. Crazy talent.

[ammtd34]

Westbrook was on that team, was he hurt or something? I know he wasn't the Westbrook he is now in college (I think he was like 3rd-team All-PAC that year).

He had 17 pts.

[D-West & PO-Z]

My bad, thought I didnt see him in the box score.

Yeah UCLA was crazy good that year, who did they lose to?

2 NBA stars, and two other solid NBA players.

[ammtd34]

My bad, thought I didnt see him in the box score.

Yeah UCLA was crazy good that year, who did they lose to?

2 NBA stars, and two other solid NBA players.

CDR and Derrick Rose had about 1,000 points in the Final Four vs UCLA.

[D-West & PO-Z]

I can see why Ben Howland doesnt have a job now. Obviously anything can happen but that UCLA team probably should have won it all.

[chico]

Watched some of our win over WVU in 2008 on that NCAA vault thing, that team was stacked. Duncan, Brown, CJ, Stan, Lavender, Jackson, Raymond, Love. A lot of talent.

There is only one time in my life when I spontaneously jumped out of my seat to cheer something - BJ Raymond's 3 against West Virginia. I'm sure it helped that I have an unhealthy hatred for the evil that was coaching our opponent that day.

For me the Duke loss hurt worse, probably for the reason that I was "lucky" enough not to see much of the OSU game. Was heading back from Vegas and only saw about the first 15 minutes in an airport bar before my flight. I had the game taped but our wonderful pilot made sure to give us updates on the game so I knew the outcome. After seeing the way we lost I was glad I didn't have to go through it. The OSU game did hurt me in the wallet, though, as I had a money line bet on the Muskies that would've had a nice little payout.

[muskieindent]

That was a tough one to take but the OSU game was the worst ever.When they hit that 3 to send it to overtime it was a dagger to your heart.I don't think I moved off the couch for the rest of the afternoon.Thing I always remember about the Duke game was Myles getting his 4 and 5th fouls in the span of about a minute.That killed us.The KSU game was probably one of the greatest NCAA tourney games ever.I always wonder what would have happened if we had won then played Butler for the Final 4.That would have been unbelieveable.

[pimpinthebox]

I can see why Ben Howland doesnt have a job now. Obviously anything can happen but that UCLA team probably should have won it all.

Speaking of which, that dude sucks lollipops in-studio on FS1. He has that annoying tendency to WANT to call us eggsavier. He does the thing where he says it wrong the first time and then spends the rest of his stupid quote trying to get it right. Other members of that group include Karl Hobbs and Mike Jarvis.

[chico]

That was a tough one to take but the OSU game was the worst ever.When they hit that 3 to send it to overtime it was a dagger to your heart.I don't think I moved off the couch for the rest of the afternoon.Thing I always remember about the Duke game was Myles getting his 4 and 5th fouls in the span of about a minute.That killed us.The KSU game was probably one of the greatest NCAA tourney games ever.I always wonder what would have happened if we had won then played Butler for the Final 4.That would have been unbelieveable.

My guess is that if I had watched the OSU game I would've been catatonic for the next few days.

That Duke game hurt because it was for the Final 4 and they were so close, despite the officiating and the Duke factor. Losing Myles hurt but the real dagger was the bogus charging call on Chalmers. It was his fourth and after that he couldn't really drive to the basket for fear of another charging call. Before that Duke had no answer - guard for the drive and he'd bury a 3, step out and guard him and he'd drive around them for an easy bucket.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Speaking of which, that dude sucks lollipops in-studio on FS1. He has that annoying tendency to WANT to call us eggsavier. He does the thing where he says it wrong the first time and then spends the rest of his stupid quote trying to get it right. Other members of that group include Karl Hobbs and Mike Jarvis.

Yeah Howland is terrible in studio. Does it seem like he struggles to talk and get words out?? FS1 seems to have a tendancy to like guys to seem to really struggle to speak. (Croshere, Austin). Although I think Croshere is pretty decent.

[xutag77]

Worst loss was to Texas after the win against Georgetown. Texas had the triplets that we had no answer for. We were up around 8 at halftime and their large guards wore us out. Jamie Gladden said after the game that was the most tired he had ever been. They were only there because of a half court shot against Purdue. The twin towers (Hill and Strong) would have killed the one inside star for Purdue. Even SI (Back when they were still relevant) had us in the Final 4.

The following game against Arkansas was very winnable.

[waggy]

X has quite a list of coulda woulda shoulda tournament losses.

[Masterofreality]

No Coach K game is worse than that abortion in the Georgia Dome in March, 2004. Dook favoritism on display in abundance from media and refs.

Ludicrous.

[PMI]

Speaking of which, that dude sucks lollipops in-studio on FS1. He has that annoying tendency to WANT to call us eggsavier. He does the thing where he says it wrong the first time and then spends the rest of his stupid quote trying to get it right. Other members of that group include Karl Hobbs and Mike Jarvis.

It's weird, and I can't really put my finger on why, but the mispronunciation of our name really doesn't bother me anymore. It used to drive me nuts, but I think as we've gotten to the point where every college basketball fan knows about our program now, I don't get as annoyed. I had Georgetown friends I was with Tuesday night who dropped the "eggs" a couple times and I didn't even bother correcting them. They genuinely just pronounce it that way by habit, not for any other reason. Same with Gonzaga being called Gon-zah-ga. I used to constantly correct it and now I don't. I do think that those who cover us in the media should pronounce our name correctly from a professionalism standpoint, but hearing "Eggsavier" in and of itself no longer bothers me like it once did.

[vee4xu]

All of them. I like each of his losses much, much more.

[X-band '01]

As bad as the calls were against Duke in 2004, let's suppose for a moment that Matta does yank Myles out of the game after his 4th foul. How could we assume that Myles doesn't get #5 shortly after returning to game in, let's say, the 4-minute mark?

If anything, I want to know if Notre Dame fans are still belly-aching over a lane-violation (which I've NEVER seen called at any game I've seen) call in the 2012 NCAAs against Xavier.

[LadyMuskie]

It's weird, and I can't really put my finger on why, but the mispronunciation of our name really doesn't bother me anymore. It used to drive me nuts, but I think as we've gotten to the point where every college basketball fan knows about our program now, I don't get as annoyed. I had Georgetown friends I was with Tuesday night who dropped the "eggs" a couple times and I didn't even bother correcting them. They genuinely just pronounce it that way by habit, not for any other reason. Same with Gonzaga being called Gon-zah-ga. I used to constantly correct it and now I don't. I do think that those who cover us in the media should pronounce our name correctly from a professionalism standpoint, but hearing "Eggsavier" in and of itself no longer bothers me like it once did.

It's because you're getting older and mellowing out. It will continue more and more the older you get. There's a reason why grandparents are better than parents - they're old and don't give a crap anymore.

[D-West & PO-Z]

It's because you're getting older and mellowing out. It will continue more and more the older you get. There's a reason why grandparents are better than parents - they're old and don't give a crap anymore.

This is true. While I am still very passionate about sports, I used to live and die with every Giants game. My week was ruined when the Giants would lose in high school and college. I would never had been able to get through the last two miserable Giants seasons 10 years ago. Then you start to get older, have real problems, and think "why do I care about this loss more than the guys on the team getting paid millions?" and it starts to sting less.

[Masterofreality]

There's a reason why grandparents are better than parents - they're old and don't give a crap anymore.

This statement is wisdom inspired by God.

[xu82]

This is true. While I am still very passionate about sports, I used to live and die with every Giants game. My week was ruined when the Giants would lose in high school and college. I would never had been able to get through the last two miserable Giants seasons 10 years ago. Then you start to get older, have real problems, and think "why do I care about this loss more than the guys on the team getting paid millions?" and it starts to sting less.

When I was newly married my Bills went 2-14, back to back. My lovely bride asked "why do you do this to yourself?". When the kids were born she learned to take them for four hour walks on Sunday afternoons, and had to take the dogs with her. Neighbors would take pity on them and take them in. I'm much better now. The current dog is tough and can handle almost anything!

[D-West & PO-Z]

When I was newly married my Bills went 2-14, back to back. My lovely bride asked "why do you do this to yourself?". When the kids were born she learned to take them for four hour walks on Sunday afternoons, and had to take the dogs with her. Neighbors would take pity on them and take them in. I'm much better now. The current dog is tough and can handle almost anything!

Ha, thats pretty good. My wife asked why I continued to watch throughout the year as the games didnt matter anymore. I told her I was a glutton for punishment. That and I wanted to see Beckham Jr's next great catch.

[usfldan]

As bad as the calls were against Duke in 2004, let's suppose for a moment that Matta does yank Myles out of the game after his 4th foul. How could we assume that Myles doesn't get #5 shortly after returning to game in, let's say, the 4-minute mark?

If anything, I want to know if Notre Dame fans are still belly-aching over a lane-violation (which I've NEVER seen called at any game I've seen) call in the 2012 NCAAs against Xavier.

The same call had happened the day before in Syracuse's favor:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2012/03/questionable-calls-at-end-of-syracuse-unc-asheville-game/1#.VM0tpWjF8gM

Still, I've never seen that call made before or since those two times.