Loudest game you have ever been to?

[Drew]

I think for me it was Xavier vs Purdue when Holloway just went bonkers. Everyone was pretty much non-stop cheering for the last 7 minutes.

[fellahmuskie]

I've only been going the last two seasons, but I would say this year's Shootout. It just edged out the Villanova game, in my opinion.

[ammtd34]

I'm not sure. Maybe the 2004 Shootout. I wish I was at Villanova this year.

[MD Muskie]

I think for me it was Xavier vs Purdue when Holloway just went bonkers. Everyone was pretty much non-stop cheering for the last 7 minutes.

That was my first and only game back at the 'Tas since I graduated in 2003 and that crowd was amazing. I went to a lot of games during my time there but noise-wise non seemed to really match up to that game and its 18 point comeback. Glad I picked a good one to go to.

[THRILLHOUSE]

Xavier - UMass in 96 or Xavier - UC in 99.

[GoMuskies]

Xavier - UMass in 96 or Xavier - UC in 99.


I'm going UC '99. UMass '96 was also very loud, but it was a Sunday afternoon game. UC in '99 was a Saturday night game, so the crowd had more time to "prepare".

[X-band '01]

Northeast Louisiana, 1997.

[XUOHTX]

I'm not sure. Maybe the 2004 Shootout. I wish I was at Villanova this year.

This

[drudy23]

I'm going UC '99.

By far...most electric game in Xavier history.

Dickie V was in the house...EVERY bucket was cheered like a go ahead bucket late in the game...it was UC...it was a true David vs. Goliath matchup as no one had given us a chance to win...Kenyon Martin was probably most hated Bearcat ever (and still is)...national audience...didn't just storm the court, but there was NOTHING keeping them from storming the court.

It honestly was one of the best nights ever.

[gladdenguy]

The further back the game was the more I don't remember. I know Villanova this year was rockin. I can't remember a game that was louder than that. But that is also not saying much.

[RetireFiftyTu]

For me it's either the comeback against Purdue culminating with Holloway's third straight 3 or the Villanova game this year culminating with JP snatching the ball from Jenkins and fouling him out.

[xukeith]

XU UC 1994
X wins in OT handshake game too

[TUclutch]

For me it's either the comeback against Purdue culminating with Holloway's third straight 3 or the Villanova game this year culminating with JP snatching the ball from Jenkins and fouling him out.

Ive been to every home game the last 4 seasons and most of the big games the 7-8 years before that and to me the loudest Ive ever heard Cintas was after JPs 2nd three in 30 seconds that lead to a Villanova timeout. @ 2:40 in this video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=165&v=Sn76iv8j2zA

[xufan2020]

Kenyon Martin was probably most hated Bearcat ever (and still is)
Really? Of all the criminals to choose from.

Anyway, the Bearcat/Nova game was one of the best one in years. I'm not old enough to recall games in the 90s-beyond.
Anyway, does anybody remember the DWest game vs ud in 2003, I'd imagine that was one of the best crowds in Cintas history

[Milhouse]

http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/thumbnail/615/img/photos/2015/12/12/c0/57/121315_ucxavierbb5.jpg

[X-band '01]

Northeast Louisiana, 1997.

By contrast, Oral Roberts in 2011 had to be the quietest home game ever.

[OH.X.MI]

The loudest Ive ever heard Cintas was after JPs 2nd three in 30 seconds that lead to a Villanova timeout. @ 2:40 in this video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=165&v=Sn76iv8j2zA

Was thinking the same. I thought the roof was gonna blow off Cintas after he hit that second three. Also, the 2011 Shootout was pretty damn loud. I sometimes forget what a fun game that was until the final minute.

[muskiefan82]

By contrast, Oral Roberts in 2011 had to be the quietest home game ever.


Nope. January 23, 2000 vs. LaSalle. That may be the worst I have ever seen a Xavier team play. EVER.

[Emp]

Debbie Downers OUT!

New Years Eve, D West vs Kyle Korver.

[bleedXblue]

Debbie Downers OUT!

New Years Eve, D West vs Kyle Korver.

yes, I concur

[X-band '01]

Keeping it Positive (for O's fans) (http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25167981/sights-sounds-orioles-white-sox-play-in-empty-camden-yards)

[XUGRAD80]

Loudest I've ever been to was the UMass game...

The quietest game was after Lenny Brown hit "the shot"....you could hear a pin drop in the 'Shoe.....except for us few X fans that found a way in...:)

[powerofX]

Nope. January 23, 2000 vs. LaSalle. That may be the worst I have ever seen a Xavier team play. EVER.

The only game in the history of sports fandom (and I'm a Cleveland fan) that I ever left early. 30pt loss...to lasalle...at home. Brutal

[powerofX]

My off the radar loud game was in nit in late 90s vs Princeton. Only hard core fans there since it was nit. Being on st paddys day helped fuel the crowd.

[GIMMFD]

I think for me it was Xavier vs Purdue when Holloway just went bonkers. Everyone was pretty much non-stop cheering for the last 7 minutes.

Yup diddo, I remember being in the student section drunk as hell yelling at people who were thinking about leaving, and then Holloway just started going off, after that 360 3 or whatever, I lost my voice.

[xu82]

Was it the Nova home game that was so loud this year? I remember noticing even on TV, which is strange because I've never really noticed that before.

[GIMMFD]

Was it the Nova home game that was so loud this year? I remember noticing even on TV, which is strange because I've never really noticed that before.

Yup, in the Live Chat I remember commenting on how loud it was, with Titan and other guys agreeing, that game sounded VERY loud on TV.

[xu82]

Yup, in the Live Chat I remember commenting on how loud it was, with Titan and other guys agreeing, that game sounded VERY loud on TV.

I think that's the only game left on my DVR. That was worth saving.

[paulxu]

'67-'68 UC at the Gardens. (first win for us after 12 straight L's)

[XUGRAD80]

My off the radar loud game was in nit in late 90s vs Princeton. Only hard core fans there since it was nit. Being on st paddys day helped fuel the crowd.

Best comeback I've ever seen, in person. The playing of New York, New York at the end of the game as the crowd just hung around on the floor soaking it all in......pure magic.

[xukeith]

Best comeback I've ever seen, in person. The playing of New York, New York at the end of the game as the crowd just hung around on the floor soaking it all in......pure magic.

It was an awesome comeback but that home Purdue game with Tu burying 3's down 20 was also an amzing comeback I have never seen.

[vee4xu]

Been season ticket holder since Cintas opened and there's been plenty of loud games. I recall UC games, ud games and others that were rocking. But, none compare to beating #1 Villanova this past season. It was so loud and raucous that hearing the person next to me speaking was nearly impossible. People standing nearly the entire game and the noise over those last seconds when the when was inevitable was unbelievable. I hadn't heard anything like that night before and am hard pressed to think I will again anytime soon in the future.

The loudest single outburst I heard was when the refs were looking at the replay of DWest's buzzer beater basket against GW. They looked at the replay for what seemed like forever, while the Xavier faithful stood around in quiet hope that it counted. Once the decision was made, the ref merely turned from the monitor, blew his whistle and signaled basket good. The crowd went from quiet to frenetic in an instant. Hobbs fell face first onto the court in disbelief.

[LadyMuskie]

1. UC in 99 at the Gardens.
2. A-10 Championships at UD Arena to further the run
3. A-10 Championships at US Bank
4. DWest putting up 47 against UD.

[scoscox]

The Garden after the UC game was the loudest I've ever been too by far. All of Cintas' games seem weak in comparison, but Nova this year was probably the loudest it's been.

[X-Fan]

The Garden after the UC game was the loudest I've ever been too by far. All of Cintas' games seem weak in comparison, but Nova this year was probably the loudest it's been.

Was at the X/Nova game this year and the game vs #1 UMASS in '96. Still think the UMASS game was louder.

[XUGRAD80]

Was at the X/Nova game this year and the game vs #1 UMASS in '96. Still think the UMASS game was louder.


......and that may well be true because of the acoustic quality of The Gardens.....lol

[birdman71]

'67-'68 UC at the Gardens. (first win for us after 12 straight L's)

At the buzzer and we stormed the court. Cops came to Dana's afterward with the K-9s. The Musketeer, Bob[?] Rice, playfully pulled his sword and the hound was released and bit him.
Bob died in Vietnam less than 2 years later.
Still my favorite game and very loud!

[scoscox]

......and that may well be true because of the acoustic quality of The Gardens.....lol

Right, the Gardens could really get it going

[Cheesehead]

I do think the Umass game was the loudest and UC game where X scored like 8 points in a minute w/ Jump'in Jamal leading the way in comeback victory. My memory is fuzzy due to the Mad Dog we snuck in but Huggs was PISSSED!.

For the Cintas, Nova game was loudest so far and I have had tickets since it opened.

[xubrew]

Cintas opened my junior year. I always thought that the Gardens was more loud more often than Cintas, and that game against Cincinnati in 1999 was probably the most electric X game that I was ever at. That being said, I wasn't at Nova this year, and everyone who I know who was at both said that Nova was more electric. I almost never get to go to home games anymore, and when I do it's generally a buy game over Christmas Break, so it's not a fair comparison. But, from what I've been told Cintas has really stepped up the electricity to where it's crazier than the old Gardens.

[paulxu]

But, from what I've been told Cintas has really stepped up the electricity to where it's crazier than the old Gardens.

All we need is for JP (Joe Pangrazio....er...Macura) to grab a crutch from some lady in the stands and fling it at a pussycat...and we'll be right there.

[X-band '01]

All we need is for JP (Joe Pangrazio....er...Macura) to grab a crutch from some lady in the stands and fling it at a pussycat...and we'll be right there.

Don't you mean Myles Fox Morrissey?

[muethibp]

My off the radar loud game was in nit in late 90s vs Princeton. Only hard core fans there since it was nit. Being on st paddys day helped fuel the crowd.

UC 99 and Princeton 99 would have been my two. Covered here pretty well. At Cintas, I would say the Dayton game in 2003 or UC in 2004 (by the way, just looked at the box score...Chalmers and Sato played 79 minutes...http://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/boxscore/2004-02-03/Cincinnati-at-Xavier/31630).

[blueblob06]

Nova game this year was the loudest to me.

(I was not at any Shootouts prior to 2000) I'd put all of the following a notch below the Nova game:
-a couple of the Shootouts between 2000 and 2015
-DWest 47 pts against UD game
-Tu comeback vs Purdue game

[Jehoya]

I think only a top 5 will do this form justice, started at X in 08 didn't go to any games before then

1. Villanova 2016
2. UC game 2009, double OT game
3. UD game 2011-2012 when Tu went bonkers
4. Purdue game 2011 when Tu went bonkers
5. 2011 Shootout, pre fight, this years UC game a runner up

[TUclutch]

I think only a top 5 will do this form justice, started at X in 08 didn't go to any games before then

1. Villanova 2016
2. UC game 2009, double OT game
3. UD game 2011-2012 when Tu went bonkers
4. Purdue game 2011 when Tu went bonkers
5. 2011 Shootout, pre fight, this years UC game a runner up

Obviously we all could have done without the fight, but to be honest, other than Nova this season, I haven't heard it louder than the arena wide chants with Tu on the scorers table and the Xavier team waiting on the floor to go back through the tunnel.

[scoscox]

Cintas opened my junior year. I always thought that the Gardens was more loud more often than Cintas, and that game against Cincinnati in 1999 was probably the most electric X game that I was ever at. That being said, I wasn't at Nova this year, and everyone who I know who was at both said that Nova was more electric. I almost never get to go to home games anymore, and when I do it's generally a buy game over Christmas Break, so it's not a fair comparison. But, from what I've been told Cintas has really stepped up the electricity to where it's crazier than the old Gardens.

Not really. It was definitely louder this year, probably thanks to having a great team, but still wasn't anywhere near Gardens level raucousness.

In regards to another post, post-brawl may very well be the loudest it's ever been. That was crazy. And then on the way out you knew it would be bad. Sure enough, ESPN made Mount Everest out of a molehill

[JTG]

I was at that Purdue game, and don't remember it being off the chain loud. I do remember telling a Purdue fan behind me who had been gloating about the game to go F himself.
I remember the X v Loyola Marymount game as being very loud as the score changed every 10 seconds.
Also X v UMass #1 was very loud.

[SemajParlor]

I was at that Purdue game, and don't remember it being off the chain loud. I do remember telling a Purdue fan behind me who had been gloating about the game to go F himself.
I remember the X v Loyola Marymount game as being very loud as the score changed every 10 seconds.
Also X v UMass #1 was very loud.

I was at the Purdue game too. Very cool game and certainly a memorable comeback, but don't remember the crowd being too wild. (It was a day game if I recall.)

One of my favorite Tu Holloway memories though for sure.

[SemajParlor]

I know this thread is meant for Cintas games' but I was at the Providence - Xavier game at the Dunkin Donuts Center this year... I can't overstate how incredibly loud that arena was. Probably the loudest basketball game I've ever attended.

I wasn't able to attend the Nova game this year -- I heard that was incredible.

[ammtd34]

(It was a day game if I recall.)


It was. I left to go to church with my in laws. During mass, I got 3 texts from my Purdue alum cousin.

Holy Shit.
WTF.
Tu Holloway.

I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

[X-man]

I know this thread is meant for Cintas games' but I was at the Providence - Xavier game at the Dunkin Donuts Center this year... I can't overstate how incredibly loud that arena was. Probably the loudest basketball game I've ever attended.

I wasn't able to attend the Nova game this year -- I heard that was incredible.

I was at the Nova game, and took my niece's husband. He's a Wisconsin graduate from Minnesota (and pissed that we got Macura BTW), and a huge sports fan. After the game, he said it was the best college hoops game he had ever attended. I agree, and I have been to a lot of great games.

[KabeX]

'94 Shootout ("Handshake game") - I was @ 15 rows up midcourt with a near perfect view of the non-handshake
'96 vs. UMass (they were #1 that year with Marcus Camby & Lou Roe)

As far as @ Cintas:

'02 vs. Creighton on New Year's Eve - Sat in the student section w. my future wife. No, the crowd was slightly louder than she was
'15 Shootout - for certain times it was pretty loud but not consistently the whole game as in past shootouts - perhaps that's because we now expect to dispose of our lesser cross-town rival or perhaps it's because I lost the hearing in my right ear (perhaps from going to so many shootouts or perhaps from listening to my now current wife).

[Drew]

I know this thread is meant for Cintas games' but I was at the Providence - Xavier game at the Dunkin Donuts Center this year... I can't overstate how incredibly loud that arena was. Probably the loudest basketball game I've ever attended.

I wasn't able to attend the Nova game this year -- I heard that was incredible.

Yea. The first 5 minutes of that game were incredible on TV. Kris Dunn was just putting on a show. Unfortunately the rest of the game was pretty bad except for those final 5 minutes.

[bobbiemcgee]

'09 Double OT Shootout win. Loved the Steve Thomas (45)/Ron Bonham(35) shootout @ the Gardens when I was @ X. Place was crazy. For Tournament games, you can't beat the X/K State classic in SLC.

[kyxu]

I know this thread is meant for Cintas games' but I was at the Providence - Xavier game at the Dunkin Donuts Center this year... I can't overstate how incredibly loud that arena was. Probably the loudest basketball game I've ever attended.


My brother who lives in RI was at that game; said that was the loudest game he had ever attended.

[GIMMFD]

Yea. The first 5 minutes of that game were incredible on TV. Kris Dunn was just putting on a show. Unfortunately the rest of the game was pretty bad except for those final 5 minutes.

That and Big Balls Macura silenced the hell out of the crowd.

[SemajParlor]

I miss basketball season, sooo here it is!

Couldn't hear myself think from 4:45 - 5:30.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShRU66PEvrY

[cutterX]

UC game in 99 was loud but even being a Sunday afternoon game the crowd for the 96 UMass game was electric. The pre-game energy in that place was amazing and there was a definite buzz in the crowd watching Camby and crew warming up for UMass. It was the only time I remember the crowd being 4-5 deep ringing the court at floor level watching UMass warm up. I remember thinking this place hadn't felt a buzz like this since the Beatles played there in 66!

One game I have not seen mentioned was the NIT game against Ohio State in 84 or 85? That crowd smelled blood and was extremely happy to watch the Muskies take down the big boys from "The" State U!

[GoMuskies]

'96 vs. UMass (they were #1 that year with Marcus Camby & Lou Roe)


Lou Roe wasn't on that team, but it was definitely loud, exciting and, ultimately, incredibly disappointing.