Middle Tennessee basketball hosted and defeated the Soviet Union National basketball team, which earlier that year beat the USA national team in the Olympics and won the Gold medal.
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Also had Kerry Hammonds on it as well as Mike Buck. I remember Buck got an offensive rebound and went up and over Sabonis, the big Soviet center, and got fouled.If that was the team that had Randy Henry on it I was there. Great game, Soviet coach wasn't too happy with us that night
I was there. Mike Buck was a stud in that game.Middle Tennessee basketball hosted and defeated the Soviet Union National basketball team, which earlier that year beat the USA national team in the Olympics and won the Gold medal.
I remember the morning newspaper back in March of 1989 after MT came back and defeated FSU in the first round of the NCAA at vandy, "MTSU's trophy: 26 point Buck"I just remember that I wouldn't mess with Mike Buck. He would have dominated the UFC. Another game I attended....
1990 BasketBrawl - MT vs Tech
Was that Michigan win from a Memphis holiday tournament? Think I remember us beating them, & then losing in the final seconds to a really good Memphis team the next night. Dickie V had the call, & talked more about MT beating Michigan than the game against Memphis.That bunch were giant slayers! Saw them takedown Michigan in a year they went to the final 4 and beat down Tenn and Ga in the same week!
Actual the game was a part of the UAB tournament in Bham. We play UAB the next night and got homered by a really good Gene Bartow team.Was that Michigan win from a Memphis holiday tournament? Think I remember us beating them, & then losing in the final seconds to a really good Memphis team the next night. Dickie V had the call, & talked more about MT beating Michigan than the game against Memphis.
Bruce pissed off Dan Beebe and Beebe was out to get him. Bruce got the first laugh when he forfeited a game at TSU after the big Tech fight. Beebe, then the OVC Commish, gave numerous suspensions but said that they could be spread out over the next few games. Bruce said "we'll start taking our punishment now" and forfeited the next game at TSU because he couldn't field a team. TSU went ballistic because we were a big draw for them back then. Beebe never expected that move. After that, Beebe, who I believe previously worked for the NCAA, was out to get him and eventually did.man. Bruce got the punishment of a lifetime when other schools were doing the same or worse.
A p5 school probably did something wrong so they had to punish middle.
He was building something special at middle.