Ha! Kid stuff..Go back 50+ years for even better memories..1969-70, 14-0 hawk team that AVERAGED over 100 points a game in the Big 10 without the 3 point shot. I sat at our kitchen table with a transistor radio and kept a score sheet every game. Heartbroken with the 104-103 loss to Jacksonville in the Regional semi- finals. Fast forward 10 years to the final 4. Most likely a Nat. title has Ronnie Lester stayed healthy.
Fellow Oldies Help Me Out--the Anteater Game?
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I lived in The Belmont Heights area of Long Beach at that time. My parents came to visit and I took them to see that game in the Long Beach Arena. Nail biter. THEN to top it off I took them down to San Diego a few days later to watch the Hawks in another nail biter in the Holiday Bowl. Quite a couple of fun days and memories with my mom and dad.
Another thing that I liked about the Gold Old Days was the choice of radio announcers for the games. I liked Bob Brooks because I could visualize the game as he called it.
Lucky you! Those were great days right?
I'm still trying to find that Irvine game on YouTube. Iowa fans would be wow'd by the never say die attitude by that team in that game.
I was actually talking to a ex Hawkeye basketball player from early 70's about that game last night. I told him that loss still bothers me. He said the same thing.
My earliest games were 75-76.
Scott Thompson
Bruce Sky King
Scott Thompson
Bruce Sky King
Iowa was decent 1975-76. Indiana beat Michigan in national championship. I believe only two teams from big ten went to tournament. Had a beer last night with a member of 75-76 team.My earliest games were 75-76.
Scott Thompson
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I remember Brian Kellerman from Idaho hitting a jumper to eliminate us in 79?
Or am I tripping, though I'm not trippin?
And next to The Catch that is as good of a bowl game we ever played.
I was there as well, great stuff.
I remember the Idaho game. The subs did better but Lute kept putting the starters back in the game. Iowa had a player named Denard(?) that played an awesome game that day.
Jerry Dennard's only big game at Iowa after being Cali juco POTY?
BirdistheWord
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shortly after moving to L.A. I got to see this stinker in Irvine. (1994)
UC Irvine 86
Iowa 78
UC Irvine 86
Iowa 78
I had seats in the old field house- partially obstructed - HA HA! Remember the noise of stomping feet on the bleacher seats which probably held 40-50% of the attendance, so it got loud. I was in school for Ralph Miller and the fab five, I think they were called. 4 starters averaged >17 ppg including Brown and Johnson (at 28ppg) plus a sub getting 10 ppg. The lost 4 of first 7 games and then got it going and won out until getting screwed by Jacksonville on a fluke rebound. They had consolation games in the regionals then and set the record for pts scored or such - 121 against ND. I think we scored 65 first half points against the Irish!
Just trying to let the newcomers (uh, those in the last 20 years HAHA) what it was like.
Just trying to let the newcomers (uh, those in the last 20 years HAHA) what it was like.
Iowa box score from Idaho game.
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Arnold | 45 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Bob Hansen | 44 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Kevin Boyle | 33 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Michael Payne | 28 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Steve Carfino | 25 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Anderson | 22 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Greg Stokes | 13 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Jerry Dennard | 11 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Todd Berkenpas | 4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| School Totals | 225 | 28 | 57 | .491 | 11 | 19 | .579 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 67 |
Here's that box score --> https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1979-03-11-iowa.html
Toledo
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Box Score Stats | ||||||||||||||||
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Dick Miller | 40 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | ||
| Jay Lehman | 35 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Stan Joplin | 32 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Kevin Appel | 24 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Jim Swaney | 16 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Tim Selgo | 23 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Harvey Knuckles | 15 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Ken Montague | 14 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Garwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| School Totals | 200 | 23 | 45 | .511 | 28 | 41 | .683 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 24 | 74 |
Iowa
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Box Score Stats | ||||||||||||||||
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Ronnie Lester | 38 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | ||
| Kevin Boyle | 34 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Bill Mayfield | 28 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | ||
| Dick Peth | 23 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Steve Waite | 22 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Steve Krafcisin | 18 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Tom Norman | 17 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Vince Brookins | 10 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Kenny Arnold | 10 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| School Totals | 200 | 29 | 55 | .527 | 14 | 27 | .519 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 72 |
I can remember being at a card club in '87, and one of the guys put on the Iowa vs Iowa State game. I assumed the Hawks would boat race the clones, since I never kept track of Iowa State. Great game, with Armstrong, Marble and the guys playing, Lafester Rhodes, and Jeff Grayer, and them guys. I was in a room with all State fans, with us losing a close game, with both teams scoring over a hundred.
A couple of games earlier they played Arizona, with Sean Elliot, Steve Kerr. Those teams with 4 year players, were fun to watch, because you really got to know them. It was easy to have real rivalry games back then.
A couple of games earlier they played Arizona, with Sean Elliot, Steve Kerr. Those teams with 4 year players, were fun to watch, because you really got to know them. It was easy to have real rivalry games back then.
The clock operator at that clowns 🤡 game had an itchy finger when the Hawks had the ball and was in a coma when the clowns did.
We scored 75 points in the first half against AA Austin Carr and ND that game
That 69-70 Iowa team was loaded, had a real shot of a title. Oddly, it was Drake that went to the Final Four once in that era! But in the end, everybody lost to UCLA back then anyway, when it comes right down to it
Iowa had to add a special scoreboard that went over 100 in 69-70, since they broke that mark routinely. What a team
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