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First time reaching the A-10 tournament semifinals since 2002. Those were Joanie O'Brien's last three games in charge.

Terry Pluto's terrific book "Loose Balls" (a strongly recommended read, btw), about the history of the American Basketball Association, relates that Julius was given the "Doctor J" nickname by one of his Virginia Squires teammates in his rookie season of 1971-72.

Sorry. A quarter-century later, black uniforms still suck.

Tom, this is great to read. Only fitting that the call took place on Dec. 22, what would have been Jack's 88th birthday.

Thanks for the assist, Damien Owens.

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Nice work Mike. Looking forward to seeing and hearing the finished-product pages, and glad I could contribute with an added audio dimension. By the way I still owe you a pic of the 90-91 "Men At Work" team poster. Have not forgotten, I promise.

Seems like the bots have been busy over here lately, to jack up this thread to 2300+ views. I've been adding games to the Soundcloud page here and there, for a current count of 64. That includes two versions of the '95 game at West Virginia, one of them the famous "Comeback" edit. Also, th...

In going through my old tapes of broadcasts, I believe I may have found Cal's first documented use of RTL. He wrote it on the locker-room blackboard before the game at Rutgers on Jan. 12, 1993, and we talked it up in our pregame chat. That was a game where UMass led throughout until very late, fell ...

Update: Although there may be a few more additions from time to time, the work on the Soundcloud page is essentially done. There are now 39 games posted, including the last seven of the 94-95 season -- all three A-10 Tournament games followed by all four NCAA Tournament games. I finished with the ga...

Somewhat slower going lately, but I have still managed to put up the Charlie Ward/Florida State game from Feb. 1994, the sneaky good and important game vs. Maryland in Baltimore in Dec. 1994, and the "protest game" at Rutgers in Feb. 1995, suspended by a student demonstration at halftime a...

As promised: https://soundcloud.com/user-125347718/umass-arkansas-11251994 Posing the question: The most important victory in UMass basketball history? Sure, there's Georgetown, but .... Sounds like a topic that deserves its own thread, hmmm? Presented in its entirety (minus commercials, natch). Ski...

Newest additions to the page from 91-92, bringing the total to 23 games: * Great Alaska Shootout championship vs. New Orleans, 12-2-1991 * A-10 tournament quarterfinal vs. Rutgers, 3-8-1992 * A-10 tournament semifinal vs. Rhode Island, 3-9-1992 * NCAA tournament first round vs. Fordham in Worcester,...

I've been anxious to find and post this particular audio, and Old Cage has come through in grandest style to save my bacon. Much respect and thanks to you, sir. https://soundcloud.com/user-125347718/umass-west-virginia-01271995 Here are the last five-plus minutes of regulation and the overtime perio...

Up to the moment, 16 tracks in all are up. The latest are all three games vs. Temple in 93-94, including a pair of one-pointers decided late by Mike Williams, and the A-10 tournament final that featured an early 24-3 lead. One goal of the project is to put up all A-10 tournament and NCAA tournament ...