This was my freshman year, must have been Jan or Feb 2013. My first rivalry game. When Brothers hit the 3 to send it to OT we just went nuts. Incredible game, and that was the night I learned that Kendall Anthony was a force to be reckoned with.
Random (Fun) Spiders Games: What Fun Games Do You Remember?
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This was a great game and I was there with my brother who went to “the other school”. When the game went into overtime I got to cheerfully say “free basketball”. He wasn’t amused.
carolinaspider
Bench player
When we tied the game, the camera panned to the VCU bench and there was the look of
defeat in all of them.
carolinaspider
Bench player
I was at TJ thru 10th grade and got bussed to Jayem and graduated in 72.
Section9_RowD
Bench player
Sunday, 12/5/21 – Northern Iowa game: Flew into Des Moines early that morning from RVA via DTW and drove straight through to Cedar Falls/Waterloo for the noon-ish Central time start. Pretty sure I was the only Spiders fan there besides Gilly’s family and friends, who had come to see him up from KC to break the NCAA steals record. And was very cool to be there for the moment and also see good Spiders win.
Had planned to drive back to Des Moines afterward for an early Monday flight, but after a couple of beverages at game decided to stay at a Courtyard in Waterloo instead. Not much happening on a Sunday night in that sleepy town, but I found a decent spot for dinner and watched some football. Had to leave the hotel around 2 a.m. for the drive back to the airport. A cold front had rolled through, and it was one of the windiest drives I can remember across those Iowa cornfields — could barely open the rental car door to get gas before heading to the airport.
Really do enjoy going to away games and if we keep the wins up, considering Belmont in Nashville on 12/3.
Had planned to drive back to Des Moines afterward for an early Monday flight, but after a couple of beverages at game decided to stay at a Courtyard in Waterloo instead. Not much happening on a Sunday night in that sleepy town, but I found a decent spot for dinner and watched some football. Had to leave the hotel around 2 a.m. for the drive back to the airport. A cold front had rolled through, and it was one of the windiest drives I can remember across those Iowa cornfields — could barely open the rental car door to get gas before heading to the airport.
Really do enjoy going to away games and if we keep the wins up, considering Belmont in Nashville on 12/3.
Malcolm Howard was my classmate for 13 years
carolinaspider
Bench player
Called him Mal if I remember right and sister was Aileen?Arlene? With the Bristows I was
between Cliff and Allen.
Eight Legger
Walk-on
The GW game up there in the early or mid-2000s when we had Skrocki, who must have been a senior. GW was very good. One of their guys dunked in warmups, which back then was not allowed, so we got to shoot technical fouls before the game started and we were up 2-0 at the opening tip, as I recall. It was a rowdy environment, we ended up winning a hard-fought game in front of a sellout crowd.
lol, that happened to me coaching an 8th grade travel team. had a couple kids who could dunk and one did in warmups. ref comes towards me so I start the conversation with "I'll tell him not to do that". he says that's a T, they'll shoot before the tip. OK, I laughed. couldn't argue ... but seemed overly serious. I understood the rule back when rims could bend. not any more.
we were up pretty good at halftime. I was tempted to tell the kid to do it again.
we were up pretty good at halftime. I was tempted to tell the kid to do it again.
Spider93
New recruit
This was definitely one of the best games ever vs. VCU, if I remember correctly VCU had Treveon Graham and we had water bug Kendall Anthony....lol
Wood Hall
Walk-on
The 1973 and 1974 wins over Tech at the Robins Center were epic. The 1974 game was "Dump Losin' Lew" night.
No UR male student could forget Tech's cheerleaders and their tight orange shirts and white hot pants and boots. You DID NOT see anything remotely close to that at Westhampton College in that era, when the university was still mostly segregated by sex.
In 1976 we beat VCU at the Coliseum on a last-second basket by John Campbell.
No UR male student could forget Tech's cheerleaders and their tight orange shirts and white hot pants and boots. You DID NOT see anything remotely close to that at Westhampton College in that era, when the university was still mostly segregated by sex.
In 1976 we beat VCU at the Coliseum on a last-second basket by John Campbell.
carolinaspider
Bench player
Wood I remember “fire Lew” signs being held up in the stands before we evolved to Billboards
