I was at that game also. What a disappointment. We had such a great team that season, but that day was simply not our day. That is still my favorite OU team of all time (with all due respect to Gary Trent, but I was in school with those guys). Craig Love, Greg McDivitt, Doug Parker, John Canine, Kenny Kowall, Tom Corde, Dave Groff, and the semi bench-warmer Larry Hunter. Beat Northwestern, Purdue (with Rick Mount), Ohio State (with Dave Sorenson and Jim Cleamons), and Indiana (with Joby Wright) to open the season. After a couple more wins they were ranked FIFTH in the country, and finished the regular season ranked 17th. Great memories! (Except for Austin Carr.)
I too attended this game and that team is also my favorite group of Bobcat basketballers. Reading this thread brought back memories that I hadn't thought about for years. As a freshman, I was setter for an intramural volleyball team (Irvine Hall) that featured both Greg McDivitt and Doug Parker. Also recalled that I knew Craig Love as a partner in a couple of chemistry labs.
Mostly forgotten fact (hardly asterisk worthy): Austin Carr set two tournament records during that game - most points in a single tournament game (61), and he, along with John Canine (24 points) set the record for "Most points by two opposing players" in a single tournament game (85 points). John and Austin held this record for all of 5 days when Mr. Carr went off for 52 points against Kentucky while Dan Issel managed just 44!
Added info from Notre Dame basketball webpage
http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030705aaa.html Austin Carr's recollection of this game:
"....I had a very rewarding career at Notre Dame. I played 74 games for the varsity team (freshmen weren't eligible in 1967-68), but two stand out.
My junior year we were playing Ohio University in the NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio. We had lost in the first round the year before to Miami (Ohio), a game in which I suffered a broken foot and played just a few minutes. So when we faced Ohio University, I wanted to make amends for our frustrating loss the previous year.
We didn't get off to a great start as a team, and I didn't individually from a defensive standpoint. Ohio had a player named John Canine who made his first six shots against me. Coach Dee called a timeout and asked me if I was ever going to stop him.
When Coach Dee called me out in front of the team, that got my attention. I turned it up on defense and then started hitting shots from everywhere. I was in The Zone, before anyone used that expression.
I didn't know it at the time, but Roger Valdiserri, our sports information director (and a great friend to this day), went to Johnny Dee in the closing minutes when I had 55 points to tell him I was close to Bill Bradley's NCAA Tournament record of 58 points. We were up by 30, but Coach Dee let me stay in the game to get the record.
The way teams play today, that record might stand for a while. It is a record I am proud of because it comes up every year during March Madness. But I have my coaches and teammates to thank for that record, especially Jackie Meehan, who had 17 assists in that game--and most of those passes were to me.
The other game in my career that stands out is the win over UCLA on Jan. 23, 1971, the front-end loss of UCLA's 88-game winning streak. Of course, three years later Digger Phelps had the victory at the other end of the streak...."
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