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Jul 31, 2024 14:18:18 GMT -5
Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 31, 2024 14:18:18 GMT -5
How about the Cincinnati Bearcats in a game played at Boston Garden in I believe Dec of 1978. Cincinnati didn't go to the 1979 NCAA Tournament. |
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Jul 31, 2024 14:32:34 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 31, 2024 14:32:34 GMT -5
How about the Cincinnati Bearcats in a game played at Boston Garden in I believe Dec of 1978. Cincinnati didn't go to the 1979 NCAA Tournament. I was there in Dec 1975 at the Garden when HC beat a Cincy team that went on to finish 25-6 for the season |
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Jul 31, 2024 15:08:17 GMT -5
Post by timholycross on Jul 31, 2024 15:08:17 GMT -5
St. Joe's in 2008.
A10 was real good then, got 3 or 4 bids. Hawks were not A10 champs.
If I have to guess another one, I'd go w/Providence in 1977. HC beat them to earn the auto bid to the dance, PC went as an at large.
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Jul 31, 2024 15:24:51 GMT -5
Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 31, 2024 15:24:51 GMT -5
St. Joe's in 2008. A10 was real good then, got 3 or 4 bids. Hawks were not A10 champs. If I have to guess another one, I'd go w/Providence in 1977. HC beat them to earn the auto bid to the dance, PC went as an at large. Correct on St. Joe's, although the game was played in 2007. They began that season 15-5 (6-1), but limped to the finish line of the regular season at 18-11. Winning three games in the A10 tournament got them on the right side of the bubble. There's a more recent example than 1977. |
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Jul 31, 2024 15:26:34 GMT -5
Post by hchoops on Jul 31, 2024 15:26:34 GMT -5
That 2008 win over the Hawks occurred on the night when the four HC Jerseys were raised to the Hart ceiling.
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Jul 31, 2024 15:31:08 GMT -5
Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 31, 2024 15:31:08 GMT -5
That 2008 win over the Hawks occurred on the night when the four HC Jerseys were raised to the Hart ceiling. The 2008 win was during the 08-09 season. The game being referenced was in 07, during the 07-08 season. Believe we received top 25 votes the following week. We began the season 7-1 with the win over St. Joe's, win over a solid Ohio team (Cruze buzzer beater), and two-point loss to another good A10 team Dayton at the DCU. If we played Dayton at the Hart, we win that game. |
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Jul 31, 2024 15:52:16 GMT -5
Post by Non Alum Dave on Jul 31, 2024 15:52:16 GMT -5
I'm thinking no, but could it have been one of those 2 wins over UAB (92-93 and 99-00 seasons)?
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Jul 31, 2024 16:48:14 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 31, 2024 16:48:14 GMT -5
I'm thinking no, but could it have been one of those 2 wins over UAB (92-93 and 99-00 seasons)? Good guesses. But no. |
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Aug 1, 2024 5:58:38 GMT -5
Post by timholycross on Aug 1, 2024 5:58:38 GMT -5
Gotta give us the coach at this point for a hint. Blaney, Willard or Brown....doubt it's anyone else that coached HC in the last 50 years.
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Aug 1, 2024 6:58:17 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 1, 2024 6:58:17 GMT -5
Blaney.
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Aug 1, 2024 7:23:34 GMT -5
Post by alum on Aug 1, 2024 7:23:34 GMT -5
UConn in the 81-82 season? We beat them in the Hart on a Saturday night.
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Aug 1, 2024 7:27:55 GMT -5
Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 1, 2024 7:27:55 GMT -5
UConn in the 81-82 season? We beat them in the Hart on a Saturday night. UConn missed the tournament that year. They were 16-4 (6-2) in February, but lost six of their last seven games to conclude the regular season and were NIT bound. |
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Aug 1, 2024 7:42:35 GMT -5
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Post by Ignutz on Aug 1, 2024 7:42:35 GMT -5
Cincinnati didn't go to the 1979 NCAA Tournament. I was there in Dec 1975 at the Garden when HC beat a Cincy team that went on to finish 25-6 for the season In December 1975, we played AND BEAT #6 Cincinnati in the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu. I was there. Another trivia question: Has any Holy Cross team, in any sport, ever won a game against a team with a higher national ranking? |
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Aug 1, 2024 7:45:29 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 1, 2024 7:45:29 GMT -5
Well, I wasn’t in Hawaii for sure- apologies I thought I had seen us beat Cincy in Boston . I do recall beating Providence in Boston……
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 1, 2024 8:01:47 GMT -5
I was there in Dec 1975 at the Garden when HC beat a Cincy team that went on to finish 25-6 for the season In December 1975, we played AND BEAT #6 Cincinnati in the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu. I was there. Another trivia question: Has any Holy Cross team, in any sport, ever won a game against a team with a higher national ranking?Minnesota was ranked #3 in the country in 2006. |
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Post by timholycross on Aug 1, 2024 8:08:43 GMT -5
BC was #1 in 1942! Can equal that, but not beat!
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Post by timholycross on Aug 1, 2024 8:10:35 GMT -5
Well, I wasn’t in Hawaii for sure- apologies I thought I had seen us beat Cincy in Boston . I do recall beating Providence in Boston…… The Cinci game in 1979 (they had Pat Cummings, who played for the Knicks; pre season rated very high, but in the end had a disappointing season) was about as well as I've seen a HC team play. That and the Iona game in 84-85 when a McCaffrey led depleted team blew out the Gaels, who had just beaten someone very good. |
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Aug 1, 2024 8:11:42 GMT -5
Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 1, 2024 8:11:42 GMT -5
Baseball beat Texas A&M (a top five team, I think) back in 2012.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Aug 1, 2024 8:17:49 GMT -5
...and, who could forget that the women's hockey team's lone win of the 2017-18 season was against #5 Northeastern?
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Aug 1, 2024 9:25:26 GMT -5
Post by alum on Aug 1, 2024 9:25:26 GMT -5
UConn in the 81-82 season? We beat them in the Hart on a Saturday night. UConn missed the tournament that year. They were 16-4 (6-2) in February, but lost six of their last seven games to conclude the regular season and were NIT bound. I gave up and looked for the answer and am now annoyed I didn't get this historic matchup. What a Valentine's Day that was. |
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Aug 1, 2024 10:17:36 GMT -5
Post by 78purple on Aug 1, 2024 10:17:36 GMT -5
Baseball beat Texas A&M (a top five team, I think) back in 2012. after they lost 3-2 to Michael Wacha the night before..... |
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Post by Ignutz on Aug 1, 2024 12:17:49 GMT -5
While it would likely be a daunting research task to find out, I wonder where our Crusaders would stand, compared to our peers (both in size and in academic standing), re: wins over Division 1 nationally-ranked top-ten teams in the major sports over the past fifty years.
I suspect that our little college on the hill would fare pretty well in such a compilation.
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Aug 1, 2024 12:51:21 GMT -5
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Post by hcnj on Aug 1, 2024 12:51:21 GMT -5
St. Joe's in 2008. A10 was real good then, got 3 or 4 bids. If I have to guess another one, I'd go w/Providence in 1977. HC beat them to earn the auto bid to the dance, PC went as an at large. if that was the two game set called the ECAC tournament, they were two of the best 3 HC wins I ever saw in person, UConn and two days later PC. The third was beating BC at BC with Hochstein, Siudet, Murray I think, and a good lefty shooting guard Stan? ....ski. a terrific BC team. Best loss ever was a game we lost in the last seconds of OT at Boston Garden with Ron Perry leading a huge comeback and losing on a slow clock last second shot. It was the early period of the first sustained UConn good teams. Great game, heartbreaking loss. |
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Aug 1, 2024 13:09:32 GMT -5
Post by timholycross on Aug 1, 2024 13:09:32 GMT -5
St. Joe's in 2008. A10 was real good then, got 3 or 4 bids. If I have to guess another one, I'd go w/Providence in 1977. HC beat them to earn the auto bid to the dance, PC went as an at large. if that was the two game set called the ECAC tournament, they were two of the best 3 HC wins I ever saw in person, UConn and two days later PC. The third was beating BC at BC with Hochstein, Siudet, Murray I think, and a good lefty shooting guard Stan? ....ski. a terrific BC team. Best loss ever was a game we lost in the last seconds of OT at Boston Garden with Ron Perry leading a huge comeback and losing on a slow clock last second shot. It was the early period of the first sustained UConn good teams. Great game, heartbreaking loss. Yes, that was that tournament.
The Colonial Classic, same season, were also two thrillers although not nearly as much was on the line.
Beat PC at the buzzer on a Potter put-back (game was tied at the time). Beat Umass in OT the night before. Umass wasn't as good then but they played well and HC was fortunate to win.
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Aug 1, 2024 13:09:40 GMT -5
Post by hchoops on Aug 1, 2024 13:09:40 GMT -5
HCNJ
Stan Stazinski
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