Where Were You March 3 1979?

#77
#77
I was a high school senior, getting ready to head for Knoxville that fall. I was sitting in the car with my girlfriend listening to the game on the radio. I rember the special nature of the event because it was the first renewal of the tournament after about a 25 year layoff and when we won the game it marked our fifth straight win over Kentucky.
 
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esarmstrong said:
I was a high school senior, getting ready to head for Knoxville that fall. I was sitting in the car with my girlfriend listening to the game on the radio. I rember the special nature of the event because it was the first renewal of the tournament after about a 25 year layoff and when we won the game it marked our fifth straight win over Kentucky.
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3rd straight win over KY. Ernie and Bernie won the last 5 of their 6 KY matchups through 1977. But Coach Wettig lost both games in the 1977-78 transition year.
 
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#79
#79
I attended the game in Birmingham. I am a 1978 graduate of UT. I was a freshman in dental school at the Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry and I went to all of the evening sessions of the tournament. Ky had Kyle Macy who shot free throws at a 90% clip. Yes, we beat Ky three times that year and I never dreamed we would not win the tournament again. Today we must yank that monkey from our back and dunk it!
 
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Watching the game, at my Granny's in North Hills, at 8 years old. Had a beer in one hand and a blunt in the other. Nah, I'm kidding about that, but I did have a nerf hoop and re-enacted UT's scoring plays during commercials. Man, I did the nerf hoop thing for thousands of college basketball games, growing up. I used to play whole games and keep track of every players points. Yeah, nerd, but a basketball nerd that could ball
 
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#86
#86
I was out at McGhee Tyson with a couple of hundred others when the plane from Birmingham landed, Johnny Darden was first off with the net still around his neck, with a sheepish grin as wide as the Tennessee River and as bright as a fully lit Neyland Stadium and it was great to be a Tennessee Vol that night, might go out there again this evening as well, too soon to tell
 
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#89
#89
Thunder Good-Oil said:
For 6 points.

Kentucky vs. Tennessee (March 3, 1979)
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Wow
Thunder Good-Oil said:
For 6 points.

Kentucky vs. Tennessee (March 3, 1979)
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Wow an OT win and neither team was ranked in the SEC finals? I was 8yo & don’t remember watching but what a unusual game. 44-37 at half, 55 all at end of regulation. Did they quit shooting in 2nd half? Was the shot clock being used yet? They had a guy play 43mins who didn’t do a thing practically (3pts 4rbs). Can someone who watched help me out? JoAllen or Shakinthefat little postgame report?
 
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aWhiteLoftonChism said:
Wow

Wow an OT win and neither team was ranked in the SEC finals? I was 8yo & don’t remember watching but what a unusual game. 44-37 at half, 55 all at end of regulation. Did they quit shooting in 2nd half? Was the shot clock being used yet? They had a guy play 43mins who didn’t do a thing practically (3pts 4rbs). Can someone who watched help me out? JoAllen or Shakinthefat little postgame report?
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There certainly was not a shot clock and Devoe would pull the ball out and go into a compressed version of Dean Smith’s 4 corners. He’d often do that with even a 5 point lead and 5 minutes remaining. The PG out top and two pairs of players screening for each other or the PG at the free throw line extended on both sides.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
There certainly was not a shot clock and Devoe would pull the ball out and go into a compressed version of Dean Smith’s 4 corners. He’d often do that with even a 5 point lead and 5 minutes remaining. The PG out top and two pairs of players screening for each other or the PG at the free throw line extended on both sides.
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That makes since. What a crazy game tho. Score 44 in 1st half then decide to stall and only score 11 in the 2nd!!! I’d have had a meltdown watching even as an 8yo. Thank god for the shot clock. Which now that I think about it came along around 1984 right? Thanks for the info Thunder…
 
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#94
#94
Everyone who posted is so young, I thought I’d post for us old VOLS. I was in the midst of a very difficult pregnancy and trying to finish anesthesia school. Did not go to this game in ‘79 but we did go to an NCAA tournament game and also saw Magic Johnson play. I managed to complete both the pregnancy and school successfully, although my son came 2 months early and I finished school 6 months late.
 
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