I was there (1983?)! I don't recall DePaul being ranked, I believe Ray Meyer had retired and his son had taken over as coach and the program was in decline. That being said it was a great game and a great high energy crowd. Lots of toilet paper rolls being tossed from up top toward the floor. I know we won in either in either a double or triple overtime. Danny Knee was coaching and it was one of the big home wins while I was going to school.

We called it the St Valentine's Day massacre in the Convo , my husband & I both thought Ray Meyer was gonna have a heart attack right on the court . The wildest of games, Tyrone Corbin a beast - will never forget it .. double OT win

The Convo rocked big time that night. DePaul was a major basketball force in that era although this was an off year for them. We took them down in a wild double overtime thriller. Ray Meyer was still coaching. He coached DePaul from 1942-1984. He got a standing O when introduced at the beginning of the game.

Depaul was not in top form that year but it was the legendary DePaul coach Ray Meyer farewell tour year around the country. The OHIO reception when he was announced as the DePaul coach was appropriately gracious, loud, and warm.

It was the Danny, Billy, Franny coaching staff years. The program was on an upswing post Bandy years. Devereaux and Alexander bulwarks in the paint years.

I was post student years but still living in Athens - a not too uncommon effect of the town (ended up living in Athens for 18 years). I might have paid a few $'s to get into the game (and I mean a FEW). Got there early but still about half way up student side seats. A huge crowd but not in the top 10 - kinda surprisingly. The atmosphere was electric - even though no hanging scoreboard, bad concessions options, maybe the hand dryers were actually warm enough to dry back then - can't remember....did not even think about that stuff back in those days - but then again that was a couple years before I went Platinum and began to think of my contributions as an "investment" (which BTW is how the Athletic Dept looks at it from an income stream point of view).

Hard to remember game details - but if I remember correctly it was pretty nip and tuck affair from the get go. Double OT. And the end of the regulation through the OT's was a fun, wild, ride. A classic. Other than about 5 or 6 Fiami games that went OT or down to the wire - my top game in the convo experience (Yes - all better then the OSU game). Pretty sure I was uptown and in Tony's right after game end......I think I remember seeing some of the coaching staff there later that night also. I know for a fact I was with Randy Roth there - he was a good friend of mine who was coaching at Logan HS then and then a couple years later landed asst job with Nee.

It was a seminal BOBCAT BBall game experience for me. After my first years of the Joyce/Skaggs era, then some downside and hanging in there, this was part of the big Upswing - that reeled me in for forever. Once a Bobcat, always a Bobcat.......

Great night. DePaul was big time back then. The place was rocking. Tense game from tip-off.

The Convo was indeed rocking that night. Press row was on the floor in those days and there were so many credentials handed out due to the legendary Ray Meyers team, that the press stretched out along the sideline and over to part of the baseline. Jeff Thomas hit a half court shot to close out the first half for a two as time expired.
Wild night made even better with a pre-game stop with Sullivan at the West End Tavern. Danny had a big night on Court Street after the game, too.

According to Sports Reference, DePaul was never in the AP poll in the 1982-83 season. In 1983-84, they were ranked as high as #2. That year they beat Ohio 69-45. I saw Dayton beat #2 Depaul at UD Arena on February 18th, 1984. Best basketball game I witnessed in person.

THESE are the stories that need to be told in the hallways and on the walls and on video boards of the Convo. They can be told with photos, banners, video kiosks, memorabilia displays. Let people know that the place they're entering is not just an arena. It's a living museum. That it matters to a lot of people, people like us and former coaches and players. And then invite everyone entering the arena to participate in it, to make that game matter. To create an atmosphere that makes watching basketball not just fun, but intoxicating. It can be done. It would cost some money and some time and requires some inspiration. And there's the little matter of wining a lot of basketball games to bring people in.

That's a great point. It would be good, if we get the scoreboard some reference in The Convo thread, if they'd share some of these moments on the board.

I'm sorry, 'Squared, but I believe the breakaway dunk you are referencing was against EMU. The poster could be seen in The Blue Ruin beer store for years afterward.

As for the alleged story, I believe it can be described as the beginning of the end for the classic paw print logo.

I remember that dude. Can't remember his name. I actually exchanged letters with him about his inability to call us OHIO.

It wasn't Jimmy Crum was it? He was a big OSU homer.