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Ultimate Clemson Legend [101278]
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Does anybody else remember the days when the acc tournament
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:07 PM
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was an even bigger deal than the ncaa tournament? I loved going to the acc tournament. Lots of great memories. My favorite memory was being at the game where Greg Buckner dunked at the end to beat the tarholes.
What are some of your favorite memories?
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No...I don't ever remember that being the case***
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:09 PM
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Re: No...I don't ever remember that being the case***
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:11 PM
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TV's weren't rolled into classrooms for the NCAA tournament but they always were there for the ACC tourney.
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Did you grow up in North Carolina?***
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Feb 28, 2023, 9:12 AM
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Re: No...I don't ever remember that being the case***
Feb 28, 2023, 6:58 PM
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We did too until Challenger blew up.
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When I was in junior high (now middle school)...
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:11 PM
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i.e., 7th and 8th grade, I had a PE teacher who played basketball at NC State. He would always reserve the "TV room" during his afternoon classes so we could watch the ACC Tournament. The was back in the day when the league only had 8 teams and the Tournament started on Friday.
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Used to be a hard ticket to get. Not so much any longer.
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:14 PM
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [101278]
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You definitely couldn't bank on just showing up and buying
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:15 PM
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tickets outside the gates, not without getting ripped off.
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At the Greensboro Coliseum, was nearly impossible for an
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Feb 27, 2023, 4:19 PM
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average Joe to get a tournament book . . . . you could get tickets - MAYBE - as teams were getting knocked out, but even then, the place was PACKED it seemed.
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Re: Does anybody else remember the days when the acc tournament
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:18 PM
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When it was held in Charlotte, it was the most money brought in of any multi day events.
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That was back in the day when...
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:40 PM
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the Charlotte Coliseum was located on the Billy Graham Parkway. I think that location is a farmers market now.
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Re: That was back in the day when...
Feb 27, 2023, 6:06 PM
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I had a part time job there guarding the $$ for events.
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I loved watching Frank Mcguire's coots
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:26 PM
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lose in the tourney with his NYC gang of thugs. They lost so much he somehow talked the big dogs at USuC to leave the ACC. Wunnerful, Wunnerful, Wunnerful.
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Re: I loved watching Frank Mcguire's coots
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Feb 27, 2023, 3:42 PM
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ACC Tournament games were played over the intercom systems in grocery stores.
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That's not exactly right! Coot football coach & AD Paul Dietzel
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was the one who really wanted Usuc out of the ACC! When Usuc left and became an independent, Pepsodent Paul declared, "Usuc will become the Notre Dame of the south!" I wonder how that worked out?
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Re: Does anybody else remember the days when the acc tournament
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Feb 27, 2023, 4:23 PM
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Oh yes! The intensity was palpable. Incredible competition. Best coaches in the country with best players. Absolutely the greatest era of college basketball imo!
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YES! ABSOLUTELY! Back in the day, the NCAA was limited to
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Feb 27, 2023, 5:02 PM
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… only one team from the ACC so, yes, the conference tournament was a much, much bigger occasion.
The ACC Tournament was huge.
Back in the day, getting an opportunity to participate in the NCAA tournament was nothing but a dream for almost all of the schools in the ACC … and in every other conference for that matter.
The end of the ACC Tournament was the end of the season for some really solid teams with national championship talent and ability.
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Feb 27, 2023, 5:13 PM
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I do remember those Greensboro days. My parents used to hate all those ###** UNC fans who would try to buy up your leftover tickets as you walked out wearing your Clemson orange after a loss. So they LOVED IT when they got to return the favor and hound all those bums in blue after their loss to Buckner and Company.
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It used to be a REALLY big deal before the NCAA Tourney
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Feb 27, 2023, 5:35 PM
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expanded, as the ACC Tourney winner was the only team to get a Big Dance invite. I remember the Coots sitting home with a 25-3 record one year after being UNBEATEN in the regular ACC season, a Top 5/10 team all year, getting upset in a slowdown, pre-shot clock era game with Nancy's Taint. Cooterville was for once, understandably, incensed.
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Feb 27, 2023, 5:55 PM
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Yea I do remember when it was 8. Friday’s games were awesome. Lot of great teams and games in one weekend! Always felt one of the teams would end up winning it all.
Remember not going to school when they were in the Charlotte Coliseum on Tyvola Rd. Great times!
One year that sticks out and one player that stands out and I do not know why was Bobby Sura from Fl St. Great shooter!
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My favorite memory is my first one … 1962.
In those days the first round was on Thursday and the Clemson win over NCState was while we were in school … so we enjoyed the score as well as the radio guys going nutso.
Friday night the win over Duke was way way exciting … we listened to Ray Reeve on the NCState radio network. It was awesome.
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Feb 27, 2023, 11:58 PM
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I was there for the triple overtime game between NC state and Maryland. It should have been called the national championship game.
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Feb 28, 2023, 8:14 AM
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Yes. Many premier coaches that brought a a lot of charisma to the game. Smith, coach K, Jimmy V, Holland, Cremmins, etc.
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Feb 28, 2023, 8:17 AM
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70s and 80s - back when the ACC was head and shoulders the dominant conference.
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Some schools would allow watching games during class***
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Feb 28, 2023, 3:30 PM
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When it meant something and only the winner made the NCAA. Who was in Charlotte for the snow tornado, loss of power, and Clemson's upset of 2-seed FSU?
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