Trying to find myself in the 3 second mark storming the floor after beating WMU at home.

Darn shame he never had a really good PG to play with after Fears left. The Fears "what might have been" never goes away.


EDIT: Also, damn was Sonny T good!

With the run we made that year, storming the floor was 100% warranted. ;)

The WMU game at home was particular fun because their leading scorer Ben Reed was jawing at the O Zone all game. I thought I remember an F bomb from him and possibly a bird or two.

Right? And, Right? on the Edit.

If Fears stays, man, we coulda been something.

Always fun to see one of my favorite (and very underrated) Bobcats in Mychal Green.

Man, Fears, Green, Troutman.... What a combination at guard.

And to think this occurred under the much-maligned (my bags are packed I’m ready to go) TOS. As a Pittsburgh sports fan I’ve been to Super Bowls, World Series games and Stanley Cup final games but this Bobcat game goes down as one of the best in person games of my lifetime. I think it’s the closet I ever had to a heart attack, lol!

And we came within an air ball of knocking off a Florida team stocked full of future NBA’ers at the Dance in Nashville.

What awesome memories including THE backflip!

Go Bobcats.

I was 12 when I was at this game. Sonny was one of my favorite bobcats of all time.

I think my heart stopped for a brief moment in that Sweet 16 game against Carolina when we were close at the end.

I'll never forget being in the building in Nashville when Green hit the three to tie.

The Buffalo Student Section was actually on the floor getting ready to take the Court in Victory only to have Leon crush their hopes, was one of the greatest comebacks in MAC Championship game History !!!

I was there as well, still haven’t gotten over it. I stayed in St. Louis till Sunday morning and I had Bobcat gear on that morning when I got on the elevator at the Westin. When the door opened Craig Sager was the only one on it.

He said he thought we had their and I quote “their asses” and he proceeded to say not only did we lose the game we lost our coach as well. Groce was taking the Illini job. I asked was it official and he said not publicly but he was gone. Got in my car to leave and on the radio was a sports talk show with Mateen Cleaves and was interviewing none other than John Groce. Mateen was saying he wished he were Groce’s agent as he was about to become a rich man. Groce played it down stated it was all conjecture. Yea right lol!

Last year I was in an airport bar waiting on a flight in Raleigh and ended up seated to a guy wearing a huge North Carolina Championship ring. Started bsing with him turned out it was a Joe Halliday Roy Williams long time director of basketball operations. Asked him if he remembered the Sweet 16 game in St. Louis and he said Oh Yea remember it well. Told him I was there and he said Roy and staff needed an underwear change after dodging us. Said Roy and company were really impressed with the Bobcats and even commented they could really hear our crowd.

I had forgotten how incredible — and incredibly risky — Fears' pass was to end regulation. If that thing sails out of bounds without being touched Buffalo is going to get a really good look on the other end to win it. And it likely would've been Turner Battle taking the shot. Yikes.

Also recently found this from Ball State's archives. Didn't win this one, but some great footage of Bonzie vs. Trent in 1995.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eM1SccSS60

1:30 mark

"Do it for Kuwik"

FYI - now here in Charlotte as Asst at Davidson

I watched this game at a bar by myself in Columbus and absolutely lost my mind on Leon’s tip-in. I still have an .mp3 of Derek Scott’s call at the end, and break it out every now and then. “BEDLAM in Cleveland, Ohio!”