Fun story we wrote a few years ago - thought about it last night during the game.
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Look how high Big E and Kareem Abdul Jabbar are off the floor. Incredible athletic skills! KAJ was 7’2" and the Big E was 6’9" or 6’10" and they both have some hop! Wow!
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Don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of Donny Schverak in uniforn before.
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That’s awesome. Dang yankees, ha.
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The first of 39-straight SWC wins. Gerald Myers only got 2 techs that night:
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I love these posts. I wish I had met Rob. My friends still talk about us going to those games when we were teenagers. I sure wish someone would uncover all those BY and GVL shows from that time period.
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Have a number of the old shows on VHS. I’ll see what can be done
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That’s awesome! Thanks!
Today in history was exactly 2 days prior to kicking BYU’s ASS in Provo! Go Coogs!
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Today, in 1968, in Elvin Hayes’ return to North Louisiana, he put up 50 points and 37 rebounds. The 37 boards are a school record that has never been threatened.
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I attended The Valparaiso game in 1968 wherein Big E scored 62 points. And he did not play the entire game.
The massive scoring of our 1968 team occurred with no 3 point shots and no dunks allowed.
I remember listening to that game on the radio because in 1968 there weren’t any regular televised Coog games.
It was an amazing individual feat by the Big E. He still remains as the best overall player in Coog history.
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By far Big E is our greatest player.
Sadly our Alums never saw him play. Only us Baby Boomers saw him.
I still think our 1968 team was better than 1983, but no one would agree since they never saw the 1968 team.
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And no shot clock
Game was played at a much slower pace than today and of course, no 3 point shot.
Hayes was an awesome player at both ends of the floor.
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Slower pace? They had to shoot every 10-15 seconds to score that many points and for one player to grab that many rebounds!
Or miss a lot of shots !!
I saw that team, many times. In the Dome 
, at Delmar Field House, and I agree with you.
Starting after the Game of the Century, the 1968 team scored 100 points in 11-straight games. The next three, all in the NCAA Tournament, they scored 94, 91, and 103.
Ryan helps prove the point that 1968 was our greatest team.
1983 team never consistently scored at the level that we saw with 1968.