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BU 2020-21 Season: The Road to … Nowhere?

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So, St Cloud in Albany - deja vu from 2000. It will be a good test. Here’s hoping this year’s version of Albany ends up a little better than that one at the end of the weekend.
 
BU93 said:
So, St Cloud in Albany - deja vu from 2000. It will be a good test. Here’s hoping this year’s version of Albany ends up a little better than that one at the end of the weekend.
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Sean Pickett will know this for sure but what I remember about the SLU game was the broadcast went off air because of a Celtics game and then came BACK to the hockey game that was still going on once the Celtics game ended. Do I have that right?
 
Yikes on the Yip story. BU beat SLU 5-3 in 2000. I don't think that's the off air/back on air game, but 21 years ago was 21 years ago.

Happy to have bonus hockey. I hope all teams make it to the weekend healthy and virus free.
 
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Oh, I just meant that weekend. BU beat SCSU and then lost to SLU in the OT game.
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My bad for screwing up the abbreviations. 5-3 W against SCSU. Then 6 hours of a bizillion saves against SLU. Thank God that was a Noon start. I was there, so didn't experience the TV shenanigans.
 
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My bad for screwing up the abbreviations. 5-3 W against SCSU. Then 6 hours of a bizillion saves against SLU. Thank God that was a Noon start. I was there, so didn't experience the TV shenanigans.
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I remember calling my mom to ask her to tape the Oscars. Since the game started at noon, I thought we would be home in time for the start of the show but nooooo.
 
I was living in ATL in 2000. Saw the "first part" of the 4OT game at a bar (the designated BU location), but I think it eventually went off air. But honestly, I'm not sure. I know the bar didn't switch to the Celtics the way the local station here did.

I do remember that some idiot poster was jumping all over Dan Cavanaugh for costing us the game...as if any player should have legs after two full games.
 
J.D. said:
Sean Pickett will know this for sure but what I remember about the SLU game was the broadcast went off air because of a Celtics game and then came BACK to the hockey game that was still going on once the Celtics game ended. Do I have that right?
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Like others have mentioned, I was at the game in Albany, but I did record it. It was shown on Fox Sports New England in New England and they had to leave the game during overtime because they were contractually obligated to show the Celtics game that afternoon. I don't recall if they came back to the game after the Celtics game ended. That was also the weekend that Jim Fitzgerald screwed Colgate out of winning their first round game vs Michigan when he disallowed their goal in overtime.

Sean
 
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I do remember that some idiot poster was jumping all over Dan Cavanaugh for costing us the game...as if any player should have legs after two full games.
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In 2000 only 12 teams made the tournament with the #1 seed in each region getting a bye into the final. SLU was the #1 seed, so hadn’t played the day before.

According to the GoTerriers.com recap, BU had several good chances to win in overtime: a Carl Corazzini breakaway and Pat Aufiero hitting the crossbar (shade of 1991). Rick DiPietro, HE rookie of the year that season, stopped the initial shot by Carruthers, who beat the BU defender (Aufiero?) to the rebound for the GWG.

Here's the game account with a photo of the GWG.
https://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/20...31/sports.html

https://goterriers.com/news/2000/3/26/Terriers_Lose_To_St_Lawrence_3_2_In_Longest_Game_I n_NCAA_Tournament_History.aspx
 
I miss the days of the 12-team tourneys with the one 'super-regional' over 3 days. Those were packed buildings, great atmospheres, and a great ticket value if you bought the package. I didn't mind the auto-bye if one was able to win the RS and conference tournament (except if it was the EZAC!!!). I liked the byes and feel it was a good reward for the top two in each region.

edit - True story. The first tournament game I ever attended was BU/Denver in Worcester in 1997. There was about a month or so in between receiving the obvious acceptance letter from BU and the nail-biter from BC. I rooted for BU in that one (luckily the big envelope came from BC a few weeks later - delayed by a massive April 1st snowstorm in MA). I believe Drury won it in overtime and may have climbed the glass? It was a good game. Shawn Bates skated around like he had rockets attached to his skates.
 
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I miss the days of the 12-team tourneys with the one 'super-regional' over 3 days. Those were packed buildings, great atmospheres, and a great ticket value if you bought the package. I didn't mind the auto-bye if one was able to win the RS and conference tournament (except if it was the EZAC!!!). I liked the byes and feel it was a good reward for the top two in each region.

edit - True story. The first tournament game I ever attended was BU/Denver in Worcester in 1997. There was about a month or so in between receiving the obvious acceptance letter from BU and the nail-biter from BC. I rooted for BU in that one (luckily the big envelope came from BC a few weeks later - delayed by a massive April 1st snowstorm in MA). I believe Drury won it in overtime and may have climbed the glass? It was a good game. Shawn Bates skated around like he had rockets attached to his skates.
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I remember when they were introducing Denver's starting lineup and there were guys from three foreign countries and they finally announced and American and the crowd cheered. :) There was one of those fun facts that said BU was undefeated that season when Drury had at least a point and I think up until he scored that OT goal, he didn't have a point in that game. Sean - is that correct? And that April snowstorm happened the day after flying home from the FF in Milwaukee. It was, like, 65 degrees there, flew home on Sunday and Monday got 2' of snow.
 
Regarding that BU-Denver game. Correct on the Drury fun-fact, Scarlet. Shawn Bates was indeed out of his mind in that game. Drury's OT game winner was during a 3 on 3. (The old fashioned. Lots of sinning.)
 
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I remember when they were introducing Denver's starting lineup and there were guys from three foreign countries and they finally announced and American and the crowd cheered. :) There was one of those fun facts that said BU was undefeated that season when Drury had at least a point and I think up until he scored that OT goal, he didn't have a point in that game. Sean - is that correct? And that April snowstorm happened the day after flying home from the FF in Milwaukee. It was, like, 65 degrees there, flew home on Sunday and Monday got 2' of snow.
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Correct. And then Drury continued that streak in the Frozen Four semifinal against Michigan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wVFSgfMAIw
 
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