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Lefteye said:
😂😂😂

Just as long as he doesn’t go full Tony Harris and try to do it sitting out that game.
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It’s sad that TH was such a good player, a 4-year starter, and was possibly the best point guard that UT had ever signed at that point and his balled up fist move was our most vivid memory of his career. I think he also traded baskets with Chris Jackson (which I’m pretty sure we lost), but he was pretty quiet in his (and Drunkle Jerry’s) 7x NCAAT games.

Tony Harris and Michael Brooks would have been a lethal, all-time Memphis backcourt on offense. Brooks tended to get abused when playing defense though.

Imagine Tony Harris’s talent being managed by Barnes instead of Jerry F’ng Green.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
It’s sad that TH was such a good player, a 4-year starter, and was possibly the best point guard that UT had ever signed at that point and his balled up fist move was our most vivid memory of his career. I think he also traded baskets with Chris Jackson (which I’m pretty sure we lost), but he was pretty quiet in his (and Drunkle Jerry’s) 7x NCAAT games.

Tony Harris and Michael Brooks would have been a lethal, all-time Memphis backcourt on offense. Brooks tended to get abused when playing defense though.

Imagine Tony Harris’s talent being managed by Barnes instead of Jerry F’ng Green.
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Want to agree with that last part cause I love Barnes, especially now. But imo TH needed the freedom to create, pull at any time and possibly shoot his team out of games, to be what we remember how good he could have been, if that makes any sense. A Texas Barnes possibly, but a UT Barnes has felt more constrictive than what I remember his Texas’ squads pgs being.
TH and Rashard Lee came and helped at a camp at my old high school. And after playing, seeing him in person and watching him in TBA against that comp there at that time, he’s the fastest guy with the ball I’ve EVER seen.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
It’s sad that TH was such a good player, a 4-year starter, and was possibly the best point guard that UT had ever signed at that point and his balled up fist move was our most vivid memory of his career. I think he also traded baskets with Chris Jackson (which I’m pretty sure we lost), but he was pretty quiet in his (and Drunkle Jerry’s) 7x NCAAT games.

Tony Harris and Michael Brooks would have been a lethal, all-time Memphis backcourt on offense. Brooks tended to get abused when playing defense though.

Imagine Tony Harris’s talent being managed by Barnes instead of Jerry F’ng Green.
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If you're referring to Chris Jackson of LSU, he came about 10 years before Tony Harris. Allan Houston was the one to trade baskets with him. You are correct that we lost that game 119-113 in 1990. Jackson had 49, Houston had 43.
 
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cncchris33 said:
If you're referring to Chris Jackson of LSU, he came about 10 years before Tony Harris. Allan Houston was the one to trade baskets with him. You are correct that we lost that game 119-113 in 1990. Jackson had 49, Houston had 43.
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That’s right. Brain fart. I think that Harris played pretty well versus LSU. Maybe 2000 when both were ranked, single digit loss teams and UT won at the Maravich Center.

TH was also on the team that won in Lexington in 1999 after a long drought. But, as good as he was, he just didn’t have many memorable games. The balled up fist game racing off the bench in his street clothes, unfortunately was.

Last I saw I think he’s been doing good things with his life. Helping kids with theirs.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
That’s right. Brain fart. I think that Harris played pretty well versus LSU. Maybe 2000 when both were ranked, single digit loss teams and UT won at the Maravich Center.

TH was also on the team that won in Lexington in 1999 after a long drought. But, as good as he was, he just didn’t have many memorable games. The balled up fist game racing off the bench in his street clothes, unfortunately was.

Last I saw I think he’s been doing good things with his life. Helping kids with theirs.
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Yes, that was the first win in Lexington since 1979, and it clinched the SEC regular season title.

I do agree that he's better remembered for his off-court incidents than his on-court play. The gun incident, the fight while his ankle was too "hurt" to play but healthy enough to run the length of the court to mix it up, etc.

And last I heard, you're correct...he's using his platform to help kids in the Memphis area, IIRC.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Yes, that was the first win in Lexington since 1979, and it clinched the SEC regular season title.

I do agree that he's better remembered for his off-court incidents than his on-court play. The gun incident, the fight while his ankle was too "hurt" to play but healthy enough to run the length of the court to mix it up, etc.

And last I heard, you're correct...he's using his platform to help kids in the Memphis area, IIRC.
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The Kentucky win that clinched the SEC East in 1999 was in Knoxville at the end of the season. The win at Rupp was in January. It’s hard to believe that Jerry swept KY.

King and Grunfeld had the last UT win at Memorial in 1976 and the first UT win at Rupp in 1977. Then Devoe had the 3-0 sweep in 1979 (that Barnes ALMOST matched a couple of years ago). It was 20 years until Harris/Green broke that curse in 1999. I need to find that game video and watch again. My house caught on fire that day and I didn’t get to enjoy the game.

I don’t remember the TH gun incident. They did a better job of keeping those things out of the media 25 years ago.
 
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I knew that UT had the 2nd win over KY at Rupp (Utah was the first), but I didn’t realize that Ernie and Bernie also own the LAST win over KY in Memorial in 1976. KY was 11-1 in 1975-76 at Memorial Coliseum. I also just now learned that there were 3 Memorial Coliseums in the SEC in 1976. KY, Bama, and Barn.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I knew that UT had the 2nd win over KY at Rupp (Utah was the first), but I didn’t realize that Ernie and Bernie also own the LAST win over KY in Memorial in 1976. KY was 11-1 in 1975-76 at Memorial Coliseum. I also just now learned that there were 3 Memorial Coliseums in the SEC in 1976. KY, Bama, and Barn.
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It's not like that 76 win hasn't been discussed in the the forum. That was the game Grunfeld had 43 and King made one from the floor on his back
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
It's not like that 76 win hasn't been discussed in the the forum. That was the game Grunfeld had 43 and King made one from the floor on his back
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It’s also the Grunfeld free throw scandal game.

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There was also the karate defense game. I forget if KY was accusing UT of rough play or vice versa.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I knew that UT had the 2nd win over KY at Rupp (Utah was the first), but I didn’t realize that Ernie and Bernie also own the LAST win over KY in Memorial in 1976. KY was 11-1 in 1975-76 at Memorial Coliseum. I also just now learned that there were 3 Memorial Coliseums in the SEC in 1976. KY, Bama, and Barn.
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Listened to John Ward's call of that game. He almost choked on-air when Grunfeld went to the FT line. He knew that Ernie G. was "gaming" Joe B. Hall & the Kitties. Great gamesmanship, & the officials were totally confused.
 
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1975 at Lexington was the “karate defense” game. It was UT/Grunfeld that called KY’s defense that.

1975 was also when a KY fan flipped a lit cigarette into Bernard’s Afro. He said he’d never let them get a win against him again and he was correct.

www.newspapers.com

1975, February 16: Tennessee beats Kentucky 103-98 / Rodney Woods gets final win vs. Cats -- CJ

Clipping found in The Courier-Journal published in Louisville, Kentucky on 2/16/1975. 1975, February 16: Tennessee beats Kentucky 103-98 / Rodney Woods gets final win vs. Cats -- CJ
www.newspapers.com www.newspapers.com
 
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feathersax said:
Listened to John Ward's call of that game. He almost choked on-air when Grunfeld went to the FT line. He knew that Ernie G. was "gaming" Joe B. Hall & the Kitties. Great gamesmanship, & the officials were totally confused.
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Goodness. That I can recall that after all of these years!
 
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The depth and variation of lineups will be exciting. Obviously won't have the bazooka Knecht to unleash but hoping a lineup of balanced consistent scorers can still produce high level results
 
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