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Does anyone remember
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How recent? They played and beat #7 Idaho in (I believe) 1982.
AtHomeInTheDahlbergDen
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wait, what, idaho was #7? if idaho was, at one point, #7... we should somehow be able to resurrect this program and get it somewhere around #25.
GrizBBIsKing
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Idaho was ranked #8 in 1982 when Griz beat them.
AtHomeInTheDahlbergDen
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where was the game? and does anyone have some press on it? sorry for sounding so out of the loop. i'm as big of a griz hoops fan as any but its only been since i got here two years ago.
GrizBBIsKing
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AtHomeInTheDahlbergDen said:
Missoula
AtHomeInTheDahlbergDen
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damn. i think we can almost beat anyone here. stress on almost. you take all the wash-griz atmosphere and stick it in little dahlberg. but going on the road is a whole different story.GrizBBIsKing said:
AtHomeInTheDahlbergDen
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maybe for turn back the clock night we should all grow bad ass 80s mustaches...TrueGriz said:
mtgrizrule
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I remember those days well. I traveled from Thompson Falls a few games a year. The atmosphere was unbelievable. Mens basketball was why I became a GRIZ fan, and why GRIZ basketball is so special to me.
Note to ATHOME and/or other stuents reading this. Back in the day "THE ZOO" was indeed one of the most feared places in the nation. It was WA/GRIZ before WA/GRIZ. I pray the students step up to the plate, and the ZOO returns. As a lifelong fan, nothing could make me prouder of the university. This has nothing to do with the team either. Mr O'day and Tinkle have put the outcome in the hands of the students. Questions is "HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?" "HOW MANY GRIZ WILL BE AT THE DEN?" Lets hear the GRIZ ROAR just like the DAYS in THE ZOO!!!!!!! :thumb:
Note to ATHOME and/or other stuents reading this. Back in the day "THE ZOO" was indeed one of the most feared places in the nation. It was WA/GRIZ before WA/GRIZ. I pray the students step up to the plate, and the ZOO returns. As a lifelong fan, nothing could make me prouder of the university. This has nothing to do with the team either. Mr O'day and Tinkle have put the outcome in the hands of the students. Questions is "HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?" "HOW MANY GRIZ WILL BE AT THE DEN?" Lets hear the GRIZ ROAR just like the DAYS in THE ZOO!!!!!!! :thumb:
Zirg
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Idaho Info:
The Idaho Vandals finished the 1982 season at 27-3 (.900), and were ranked as high as #6 in the nation (AP poll) in mid-January, when they were still undefeated*. The 1982 starters were guards Kenny Owens (6'0") and Brian Kellerman (6'5"), forwards Phil Hopson (6'6") and Gordie Herbert (6'6"), and center Kelvin Smith (6'6"). Just before their two losses in January, the team was featured in a two-page article in Sports Illustrated.
*before losing at Montana. They were 16-0 (I believe) when they lost in Missoula as the #6 team in the greatest Griz BB upset win in Dahlberg's history.
Idaho started 82-83' with a 13-1 record, for a combined 40-4 record over a year and a half. not bad, BUT........ the Griz struck again:
The Vandal basketball team could outdraw the Division I-AA football team in the multi-purpose Kibbie Dome, and it was ranked by Sports Illustrated as one of the toughest home courts in America. From January 1980 to February 1983, the Vandals won 43 consecutive games on their home floor. (After a shocking loss to Montana in front of a record 11,800 on February 12th, the Vandals would win their final three home games in 1983.) In Monson's final four seasons at Idaho, the Vandals were 51-2 (.962) at home.
other recently ranked teams in Missoula that I recall:
88-89'-Stanford- Todd Lichti, Adam Keefe, Howard Wright-all 3 future NBA-ers. NIT pre-season tourney game.
96'?-Mississippi State-Erick Dampier
-Griz actually shoulda won this game. we lost in OT . Miss State went to the Final 8? in the NCAA tourney the same year.
Gonzaga-few times. I think we beat a lower ranked Gonzaga team?
only one's I can think of off the top of my head
The Idaho Vandals finished the 1982 season at 27-3 (.900), and were ranked as high as #6 in the nation (AP poll) in mid-January, when they were still undefeated*. The 1982 starters were guards Kenny Owens (6'0") and Brian Kellerman (6'5"), forwards Phil Hopson (6'6") and Gordie Herbert (6'6"), and center Kelvin Smith (6'6"). Just before their two losses in January, the team was featured in a two-page article in Sports Illustrated.
*before losing at Montana. They were 16-0 (I believe) when they lost in Missoula as the #6 team in the greatest Griz BB upset win in Dahlberg's history.
Idaho started 82-83' with a 13-1 record, for a combined 40-4 record over a year and a half. not bad, BUT........ the Griz struck again:
The Vandal basketball team could outdraw the Division I-AA football team in the multi-purpose Kibbie Dome, and it was ranked by Sports Illustrated as one of the toughest home courts in America. From January 1980 to February 1983, the Vandals won 43 consecutive games on their home floor. (After a shocking loss to Montana in front of a record 11,800 on February 12th, the Vandals would win their final three home games in 1983.) In Monson's final four seasons at Idaho, the Vandals were 51-2 (.962) at home.
other recently ranked teams in Missoula that I recall:
88-89'-Stanford- Todd Lichti, Adam Keefe, Howard Wright-all 3 future NBA-ers. NIT pre-season tourney game.
96'?-Mississippi State-Erick Dampier
-Griz actually shoulda won this game. we lost in OT . Miss State went to the Final 8? in the NCAA tourney the same year.
Gonzaga-few times. I think we beat a lower ranked Gonzaga team?
only one's I can think of off the top of my head
until we vamoose from the big sky conference, you can kiss off seeing ranked teams at dahlberg. in the wac, we'd see plenty of ranked teams--nevada (most recently) but also several others with that potential--hawaii, utah state, fresno state, possibly even boise state. in the big sky, weber or northern arizona might come in with a few votes among "others" but that's about all we can hope for. and as for individual players, the big sky will produce one you might pay to see about once every generation. with stuckey gone, it'll be another 20 years. i know basektball attendance is down everywhere, but in missoula, the dumbing down of the competition ranks right up there in my estimation with the exodus of the students.
