ojaipony wrote:1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:Last time we had an "all the marbles" game against Tulsa at Moody was in 1998. I was there. I'm sure many on here remember the hideous ending of that one. I've been waiting 17 years for some payback. Let's get the job done!
I was there. And remember it well. In fact, I remember Tulsa beating us quite a bit back then - they always seemed to have had better athletes.
I was there too - For those who did not have the chance to enjoy that disaster of a game (15of 30 from the line) it was in 2000 and it was double OT:Tulsa vs. Southern Methodist
Box Score Game Story
Mar 04, 2000
NCAA BB FINAL IN 2ND OT
1ST 2ND 1OT 2OT TOTAL
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TULSA (17) 30 33 6 14 83
SMU 27 36 6 9 78 FINAL IN 2ND OT
HIGH SCORERS: TULSA - TONY HEARD 24, DAVID SHELTON 18, BRANDON
KURTZ 15
SMU - WILLIE DAVIS 23, JERYL SASSER 15, DAMON
HANCOCK 14
HIGH REBOUND: TULSA - BRANDON KURTZ 18, ERIC COLEY 9
SMU - WILLIE DAVIS 10, JERYL SASSER 10
HIGH ASSISTS: TULSA - GREG HARRINGTON 6, ERIC COLEY 5
SMU - STEPHEN WOODS 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 2
ATT: 8,998
Box Score
TULSA (83)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Hill 31 4-9 2-3 0-4 0 4 11
Heard 47 7-14 5-5 2-6 3 4 24
Kurtz 45 4-9 7-10 7-18 4 3 15
Harrington 33 1-4 0-0 0-2 6 2 3
Coley 37 2-7 3-4 1-9 5 4 7
Davis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Swanson 16 1-1 1-1 0-2 2 1 3
Shelton 34 5-13 6-10 2-4 0 4 18
Johnson 2 1-1 0-1 1-1 0 0 2
Mcdaniel 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
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TOTALS 250 25-58 24-34 13-46 20 23 83
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Percentages: FG-.431, FT-.706. 3-Point Goals:
9-21, .429 (Hill 1-4, Heard 5-10, Harrington 1-3,
Coley 0-2, Shelton 2-2). Team rebounds: 4.
Blocked shots: 5 (Kurtz 3, Shelton, Coley).
Turnovers: 27 (Heard 10, Kurtz 7, Harrington 3,
Hill 2, Shelton 2, Swanson 2, Mcdaniel). Steals:
8 (Coley 4, Kurtz 2, Shelton, Swanson).
SMU (78)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Davis 48 9-17 5-8 5-10 1 3 23
Sasser 41 5-19 5-10 5-10 2 2 15
Floyd 11 0-4 0-0 1-1 0 1 0
Anderson 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 3
Woods 41 4-11 1-3 1-5 4 5 11
Hancock 41 5-13 3-7 2-8 2 3 14
Ross 25 3-5 0-0 2-3 1 1 7
Nabity 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Broer 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Forinash 10 0-0 1-2 1-3 0 2 1
Niemi 29 2-5 0-0 3-4 1 5 4
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TOTALS 250 29-75 15-30 20-44 11 23 78
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Percentages: FG-.387, FT-.500. 3-Point Goals:
5-20, .250 (Davis 0-2, Sasser 0-5, Floyd 0-1,
Anderson 1-1, Woods 2-6, Hancock 1-3, Ross 1-2).
Team rebounds: None. Blocked shots: 5 (Davis,
Sasser, Ross, Forinash, Niemi). Turnovers: 14
(Sasser 5, Hancock 3, Ross 2, Davis, Forinash,
Niemi, Woods). Steals: 18 (Davis 8, Ross 5,
Hancock 2, Sasser 2, Woods).
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Tulsa 30 33 6 14 - 83
Smu 27 36 6 9 - 78
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Technical fouls: None. A: 8,998. Officials:
Keith Maxwell, Derrick Collins, Mike Giarratano.
Game Story
DALLAS (Ticker) -- Tony Heard scored 24 points and David Shelton
added 18 as 17th-ranked Tulsa clinched the Western Athletic
Conference regular-season title with its ninth straight victory
over Southern Methodist, 83-78, in double overtime.
Tulsa (27-3, 12-2 WAC) won its first regular-season title since
capturing the Missouri Valley Conference in 1994-95 and will be
the top seed in next week's WAC Tournament. The Golden
Hurricane are 8-3 against the Mustangs in Dallas and have not
lost to them since December 28, 1963.
Jeryl Sasser's jumper with 32 seconds left in regulation put SMU
ahead 63-30, but Tulsa forced overtime when Tony Heard drilled a
3-pointer with two seconds left.
SMU had a chance to take the lead late in the first overtime,
but Sasser missed a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left.
Heard missed a 3-pointer in the closing seconds.
The Golden Hurricane cruised in the second overtime, opening a
79-70 lead with 29 seconds left thanks to a 10-1 run. Eric
Coley scored four points in that spurt and SMU missed its first
six attempts from the field.
Brandon Kurtz had 15 points and 18 rebounds in 45 minutes with
Marcus Hill adding 11 points as the Golden Hurricane improved to
13-4 all-time against the Mustangs.
Heard played 47 minutes and was 7-of-14 from the floor to help
Tulsa shoot 43 percent (25-of-58), including 52 percent
(11-of-21) in the second half.
The Golden Hurricane survived despite allowing 20 offensive
rebounds and committing 27 turnovers.
Willie Davis had 23 points and 10 rebounds for his 12th
double-double of the season and Sasser added 15 and 10 for SMU
(21-7, 9-5), which will be the third seed in the conference
tournament.
The Mustangs did not help themselves on the line, making just
15-of-30. They entered the contest shooting 66 percent from the
stripe, second to last in the league, and dropped their second
straight after winning five in a row.
"I am proud of the way we played," SMU coach Mike Dement said.
"We played to exhaustion and had chances to win the game, but we
struggled from the free throw line. We didn't have anything
left in the tank in the second overtime after fighting back so
hard for so long."
The crowd of 8,998 was the most for SMU against a WAC opponent
in school history.