Games of the Decade Nomination Thread

[Kyle]

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Wow, this is almost impossible, so I will nominate my top 10 favorite games.

1) 3/8/10 vs ISUred: MVC Tournament championship game won in OT
2) 3/8/04 vs MSU: MVC Tournament championship game won in double OT
3) 12/6/05 vs #12 Iowa: won in OT
4) 2/18/06 vs #24 Bucknell: won in double OT
5) 12/19/05 vs LSU
6) 12/4/01 vs #11 Iowa
7) 3/17/06 vs #16 Georgetown: NCAA Tournament game (best loss of the decade)
8) 12/30/06 vs #16 WSU
9) 3/1/04 vs #23 SIU
10) 2/28/09 vs Evansville: 1st ever MVC Championship

[9YRPLAN]

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no votes for bradley last year? edit: nevermind

benny vs WSU is my vote also. that got us into the tourney.

[joecooll6]

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Two games off the top of my head that haven't been mentioned.

-05-06 vs. SIU- I believe Grant Stout made a very late 3 to tie it.
-06-07 at Iowa- Came back from a pretty big deficit late to win for the first time at CHA in awhile (maybe ever?)

Also,
-Bucknell was mentioned but I think this definitely needs to be on there
-How about the semifinal game in 03-04 in St. Louis vs. Wichita when we fell way behind early and came back and won
-How about the quarterfinal game in 07-08 vs. SIU when we came back late and Adam Viet made it rain

[UNI MadCat]

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7) 3/17/06 vs #16 Georgetown: NCAA Tournament game (best loss of the decade)

Really? I dont necessarily want to debate losses... but a lot of people thought we should beat GTown so the loss was pretty d@mn disappointing in my book.

If we're picking 'good' losses... I'd go with the Ga Tech '04 NCAA game... we werent given a shot by anyone and yet had a chance to win down to the wire... and that Yellow Jacket team was the NCAA Runner-Up that year.

[Kyle]

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Really? I dont necessarily want to debate losses... but a lot of people thought we should beat GTown so the loss was pretty d@mn disappointing in my book.

If we're picking 'good' losses... I'd go with the Ga Tech '04 NCAA game... we werent given a shot by anyone and yet had a chance to win down to the wire... and that Yellow Jacket team was the NCAA Runner-Up that year.

We were winning most of the game including a four point lead at half. GTown went on to the elite 8. I also think GTown has much more name recognition when it comes to basketball than Ga Tech. Every loss is disappointing, but this is the only NCAA game in which we lead most of the game, which is pretty cool and memorable in my book.

[joecooll6]

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PTB - Can we do another thread and poll for football?

Sounds like a good idea for July and August when we all have gridiron fever.

[orangetennis]

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the game at the dome when we knocked off SIU (they were undefeated in the valley at that point and it was the last game or two of the yr) I think that was Mac's first NCAA tourny team (Gruber & Schneiderman)
we stormed the court & made sportscenter!

['70 Grad]

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Last year's MVC title game got us in the NCAA's after a 2 year drought. Without it, we're not dancing.

But I agree with some of Mac's early wins being super. Our program was coming back from the dead. I shook his hand coming off the court after beating Iowa - he just beat a senior-laden team with a bunch of underclassmen. How much easier has our recruiting been since those early years ??!!

[jnutt]

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the game AT Drake last year really jumpstarted that team. They dominated in every capicity

[UnderParPanther]

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i've been around the program since i came to grad school here in 2002...so prior to that (other than the buzzer beater against Missouri) I dont remember any games...so my list would be:

1. MSU 2004 - double OT was fantastic...watched it at Peppers and have going to STL ever since (until this year...baby due soon)
2. WSU Benny's shot - i'm pretty sure that shot put us in the tourney that year...he misses and we prolly end up in the NIT
3. ISU 2009 - Eldridge was unstoppable until Ali took over late...
4. Bucknell - that ending w/ McKowan not picking up the ball was the smartest thing i think i've ever seen any college student-athlete do in any sport...
5. LSU - too bad that wasn't on tv, but that was a helluva LSU team that ended up in the final 4 that year....

[ProwlingPanther]

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Please post your nominations for what you think were some of the games of the decade for men's basketball. Please also state why you think it deserves to be on the list for the first vote. The polls only allow 10 options, so we are going to have to be fairly selective, so the more you can tell about the game, the better it should be to come to a consensus.

My vote goes to that game on 3/18/2010. NCAA Tournament, first round against a tough and young UNLV team.

Remember when Ali hit the game winning shot?!?!

KABOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[unipantherfan21]

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3/20/10 UNI beats overall #1 seed Kansas to go to the sweet 16!!!

Definately today's game and last year's MVC championship game against Illinois State, other than those two, there are a lot that could be thrown out there.

This year's MVC championship game sucked, I mean yes of course it's great we won and all, but a 15 point win isn't worth even game of the year.

[phoard]

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3/20/10 UNI beats overall #1 seed Kansas to go to the sweet 16!!!

Definately today's game and last year's MVC championship game against Illinois State, other than those two, there are a lot that could be thrown out there.

This year's MVC championship game sucked, I mean yes of course it's great we won and all, but a 15 point win isn't worth even game of the year.

i'll second that motion

[Griffitz]

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i'll second that motion

I vote in favor.

[sarge]

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Congrats Panthers, from an old MU Tiger fan.

Thirty years ago you were my least favorite team. Right about now you are my second favorite.
Good luck playing in the shadow of The Arch.