Same. Recall UConn spent more weeks at #1 that year but it sure felt like a Rocky 4 situation at the time. That duke team was capital-L Loaded.
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I remember a game against UConn were we scored only 8 points in the first half. Donāt remember the year but it had to be early 90s.
I remember listening to it on the radio in a small bedroom i turned it into my UVA shrine
Ha. 1993 first game of the season. Cory got hurt early and that game
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The only game I missed during my four years at UVa. Was serving a frat public service project at Channel 29 that night.
Deane vs. Powell became the contest after Cory went down.
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Cheesesteaks at Lupoās were outstanding.
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And, when it happened, I thought that Mike Powell would be his replacement. Who knew that Harold would be such a good point guard? Lesson learned: Never buy into all the recruiting hype.
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There was a game where (I think) Rip Hamilton went off on us and in the post-game interview, Calhoun said something to the effect that Hamiltonās defense needed work, but heās good at scoring so they let him do that.
Wonder if thatās the same game youāre remembering.
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Probably Donyell Marshall or Ray Allen. They were at UConn at the time.
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Tbh, I just did Zaytinya in DC ( 5 drinks, 4 apps) for less than $100, with tips, so Iām super
excited.
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Donyell Marshall sounds right. At least as far as the game that Iām trying to remember.
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The Castleās still there, but itās now āplant forwardā - goes against everything my loaded double cheeseburger eating undergrad self stood for then and my clogged artery self stands for now.
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Yikes. I donāt know what āplant forwardā means, but Iām sure itās not in the family of ādrop stepā or āpivot footā, so I donāt want to know. I just want my Castle cheeseburger or grilled cheese.
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Not an old fart (not that thereās anything wrong with that!), but I was in Page the last year that the castle was the Castle, before they renovated everything. Felt cheated that I got a taste of the good stuff before they updated it!
A lot of my friends swore by the Cave in Old Cabell, but I was a diehard Castle fanatic. Double swiss cheese burgers with everythingā¦aaahh.
Maybe. There werenāt many bigs in the Richmond area at the time. John Marshall had one. Petersburg had one. Wytheās center was 6ā2 250 (but very athletic). Patrick Henry had Erron Kinney, who ended up being a 6ā6 TE for Florida. He struggled with Kinney. And he really struggled with Monsanto Pope at Hopewell ā Ducharme had four inches on him, but Pope had 30 lbs on Ducharme.
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That Hopewell-Douglas Freeman regional final game was a classic.
I think Armstrong had a big that was a defensive tackle type that may have had a Clemson football offer at the time, or even went there for football. Donāt know if Freeman played Armstrong but he would have been a load to handle too.
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My brother fouled out with two minutes left in regulation for DSF. His replacement hit the corner three to get the game to OT.
The Ashe Center was rocking.
(Hopewell had the best player on the court that evening ā Rip Morse. He and Kitwan Heath from John Marshall were the best athletes in the Central Region that year.)
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Pope was 6-foot-3 - but played ābiggerā - what an athlete. Several years in the NFLā¦
Some considered him the best to come out of Hopewell - loved the coaches at that school - football and basketball they had two good ones! Wonder where Pope is todayā¦???
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I was a senior at Hopewell then. I was in the seats behind the basket at the other end of the court when that dagger three was made. Was a gut shot.
Did Freeman have to play Danville in the state playoffs? They had the guy that was a DT at UGA and later the Bills before he got into legal trouble.
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