GoCal80 said:
Nice to see the men's and women's teams joining forces for a new kickoff event to generate interest in the upcoming season:
https://calbears.com/news/2022/10/20/athletics-news-cal-basketball-block-party-announced-for-oct-27.aspx
ducky23 said:
Remember the good ol' days when midnight madness was the most anticipated cal sporting event of the year
Won the slam dunk contest as a freshman! I was there. It was a great night!Big C said:ducky23 said:
Remember the good ol' days when midnight madness was the most anticipated cal sporting event of the year
I remember some smallish white dude named Randy throwin' one down... don't recall his last name.
Ditto. What a time to be a student.BerkeleyBAT said:Won the slam dunk contest as a freshman! I was there. It was a great night!Big C said:ducky23 said:
Remember the good ol' days when midnight madness was the most anticipated cal sporting event of the year
I remember some smallish white dude named Randy throwin' one down... don't recall his last name.
Is Campanelli still around? I say bring him back. He may not have been a great coach, but he gave us midnight madness, the straw hat band playing "Louie, Louie!", and the greatest single win in Cal history, the victory over UCLA to end the streak.ducky23 said:
Remember the good ol' days when midnight madness was the most anticipated cal sporting event of the year
I remember when Max Zheng and Harper Kamp did the Soulja Boy dance during one of those opening events. All we have is sadness now, both basketball and football.Civil Bear said:Ditto. What a time to be a student.BerkeleyBAT said:Won the slam dunk contest as a freshman! I was there. It was a great night!Big C said:ducky23 said:
Remember the good ol' days when midnight madness was the most anticipated cal sporting event of the year
I remember some smallish white dude named Randy throwin' one down... don't recall his last name.
Those were fun daysSFCityBear said:Is Campanelli still around? I say bring him back. He may not have been a great coach, but he gave us midnight madness, the straw hat band playing "Louie, Louie!", and the greatest single win in Cal history, the victory over UCLA to end the streak.ducky23 said:
Remember the good ol' days when midnight madness was the most anticipated cal sporting event of the year
𝗖𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 🏀
— Cal Athletics (@CalAthletics) October 27, 2022
Join us TOMORROW from 6-8pm on Sproul Plaza as we tip off Golden Bear hoops season!
There will be Under Armour apparel prizes along with free T-shirts for the first 500 students. #GoBears pic.twitter.com/7itDpFeEQw
#CalFamily pulled up last night! pic.twitter.com/GtWOqR6lGJ
— Cal Basketball (@CalMBBall) October 28, 2022
SFCityBear said:
the greatest single win in Cal history, the victory over UCLA to end the streak.
Why does the downside or bad side in everything Cal have so much attraction for you? Are you a Stanford plant?concordtom said:SFCityBear said:
the greatest single win in Cal history, the victory over UCLA to end the streak.
Yes, it great, but also…
An ode to ineptitude.
You got that right.Bobodeluxe said:
That game was the most enjoyable sporting event I have witnessed in almost sixty years of … waiting? Hoping?
Dreaming?
Bobodeluxe said:
That game was the most enjoyable sporting event I have witnessed in almost sixty years of … waiting? Hoping? Dreaming?
Jeff82 said:
Agreed. When Chris Washington intercepted the inbounds pass and laid the ball in, that was the loudest sound I've ever heard at any event. The building was literally shaking from the crowd roar. That sound was the greatest thing about the old gym, and I really miss it.
Ear and throat problems for days.Big C said:Jeff82 said:
Agreed. When Chris Washington intercepted the inbounds pass and laid the ball in, that was the loudest sound I've ever heard at any event. The building was literally shaking from the crowd roar. That sound was the greatest thing about the old gym, and I really miss it.
That was a great, great, loud, loud moment in Cal Sports History!
I remember that sound. How could we forget it? That was back in the day when the student rooting section was the entire West side of the gym, from floor to ceiling. Chris Washington and my cousin, a Cal song girl, were dating at the time, and for a different game, she got me two tickets next to the Straw Hat Band. That was so loud, especially the tuba, I'm sure my friend and I were still deaf two days later.Big C said:Jeff82 said:
Agreed. When Chris Washington intercepted the inbounds pass and laid the ball in, that was the loudest sound I've ever heard at any event. The building was literally shaking from the crowd roar. That sound was the greatest thing about the old gym, and I really miss it.
That was a great, great, loud, loud moment in Cal Sports History!
Bobodeluxe said:Ear and throat problems for days.Big C said:Jeff82 said:
Agreed. When Chris Washington intercepted the inbounds pass and laid the ball in, that was the loudest sound I've ever heard at any event. The building was literally shaking from the crowd roar. That sound was the greatest thing about the old gym, and I really miss it.
That was a great, great, loud, loud moment in Cal Sports History!
SFCityBear said:Why does the downside or bad side in everything Cal have so much attraction for you? Are you a Stanford plant?concordtom said:SFCityBear said:
the greatest single win in Cal history, the victory over UCLA to end the streak.
Yes, it great, but also…
An ode to ineptitude.
concordtom said:Bobodeluxe said:Ear and throat problems for days.Big C said:Jeff82 said:
Agreed. When Chris Washington intercepted the inbounds pass and laid the ball in, that was the loudest sound I've ever heard at any event. The building was literally shaking from the crowd roar. That sound was the greatest thing about the old gym, and I really miss it.
That was a great, great, loud, loud moment in Cal Sports History!
You guys are making me jealous. I only saw it in the paper with my dad. I was in high school. He the alum. We were both excited, and I read the article.
Let's get that game on espn classics!
How does it compare to the thrill of the Play (which I was at) ???
Bobodeluxe said:
Many people left the Stanford game early, and missed the play.
No one left Harmon for twenty or thirty minutes after the game.
After the Big Game, we went to a Berkeley restaurant after the game, packed with people in UC Berkeley Bear colors, with a few stanfordites mixed in, as usual. No one knew the UC Berkeley Bears had won. Stunning true story.
I left out of frustration just before The Play. While walking home (I always walked because I didn't want to drive in my usual postgame mood) I heard the cannon go off. All the way I wondered what had happened and if somehow we had scored. To this day I never get tired of watching Kevin Moen spike that trombone player.Bobodeluxe said:
Many people left the Stanford game early, and missed the play.
No one left Harmon for twenty or thirty minutes after the game.
After the Big Game, we went to a Berkeley restaurant after the game, packed with people in UC Berkeley Bear colors, with a few stanfordites mixed in, as usual. No one knew the UC Berkeley Bears had won. Stunning true story.
stu said:I left out of frustration just before The Play. While walking home (I always walked because I didn't want to drive in my usual postgame mood) I heard the cannon go off. All the way I wondered what had happened and if somehow we had scored. To this day I never get tired of watching Kevin Moen spike that trombone player.Bobodeluxe said:
Many people left the Stanford game early, and missed the play.
No one left Harmon for twenty or thirty minutes after the game.
After the Big Game, we went to a Berkeley restaurant after the game, packed with people in UC Berkeley Bear colors, with a few stanfordites mixed in, as usual. No one knew the UC Berkeley Bears had won. Stunning true story.
I did stay around long after we broke the streak against UCLA. Best of many great moments in Harmon. Youngsters, you had to be there - no way to describe that atmosphere in words.
