Best North Texas Basketball Game You Have Ever Attended?

[UNTLifer]

Just curious as to what everyone responds with.  I loved going to games at the old Pit, but I was so young that I just remember that atmosphere being awesome regardless of who we played.  My favorite that I remember was the game against #1 ranked, Mark Aquire led DePaul at the Super Pit in December of 1980.  They beat us 92 - 86 and couple days after beating UT by 18.

[Shark84]

I was lucky enough to be at the Purdue game that is a no doubter! Home games, I'd say the DePaul game because of how high they were ranked and just the back and forth nature of the game. A runner up would be the win over Texas at the Super Pit on the half court buzzer beater by Pat Hicks!

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Western Kentucky for the CUSA championship was one of the best sporting events I’ve ever been to, minus the 2010 Rangers ALCS win.

The craziest, heart stopping, incredible basketball game I’ve ever witnessed. I unfortunately missed the Purdue game, but went to the Nova game on that Sunday and it was unreal. It was sad to lose, but if we could get back to the tournament again but with fans, that would be even better.

Also that CBI win was pretty awesome against USF.

And yeah I know mine are more recent haha

Edited January 11, 2022 by NorthTexasSportsNetwork

[MeanGreen_MBA]

CBI win for me. 

[greenjoe]

NT over Texas.  Pat Hicks.  Number 30 in your program.  Number 1 in your heart.  

[MeanGreen22]

UNT v Texas Tech (2010) at the Super Pit. Watched Josh White put a 30 piece on the Red Raiders then stormed the court. Absolutely incredible. 

[MDH]

OK St in 2007, Denver in 2012.

[DeepGreen]

Drake vs North Texas at the old Snake Pit, 1967(?). But I’m sure I would have seen equally great games many years later had I been in Denton for any reason.

Edited January 12, 2022 by DeepGreen

[GreenN'walinsVet]

OK State at the Pit in '07

Tex Tech at the Pit in '11

Winning the Sun Belt in Hot Springs

CBI Championship

Last years CUSA Championship game

 

Hard to choose from those 5 for me

 

[Green Lantern]

20 minutes ago, GreenN'walinsVet said:

OK State at the Pit in '07

Tex Tech at the Pit in '11

Winning the Sun Belt in Hot Springs

CBI Championship

Last years CUSA Championship game

 

Hard to choose from those 5 for me

 

Ditto on all these. 

[NT80]

CBI Championship

vs DePaul

vs Texas

vs Tech

[Clinetort]

March 10, 1988.  We beat Louisiana Monroe to win the Southland and get our first bid to the Tourney.  The Pit was rocking!

[Hunter Green]

4 hours ago, MeanGreen22 said:

UNT v Texas Tech (2010) at the Super Pit. Watched Josh White put a 30 piece on the Red Raiders then stormed the court. Absolutely incredible. 

This!

[bstnsportsfan3]

18 hours ago, MeanGreen22 said:

UNT v Texas Tech (2010) at the Super Pit. Watched Josh White put a 30 piece on the Red Raiders then stormed the court. Absolutely incredible. 

This is mine too, but I also loved the OSU win in 07. Stormed the court on both. 07 was my freshman year and 2010 my senior year. Great way to cap off my time at NT. The WKU game in 2020 right before covid was pretty special as well and so was the CBI finals vs USF

[GrandGreen]

20 hours ago, greenjoe said:

NT over Texas.  Pat Hicks.  Number 30 in your program.  Number 1 in your heart.  

Your right, comeback with less than two minutes if I remember.  
Long time ago, but great win. 

[GrandGreen]

23 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Just curious as to what everyone responds with.  I loved going to games at the old Pit, but I was so young that I just remember that atmosphere being awesome regardless of who we played.  My favorite that I remember was the game against #1 ranked, Mark Aquire led DePaul at the Super Pit in December of 1980.  They beat us 92 - 86 and couple days after beating UT by 18.

Saw that game, still remember Kenneth Lyons elbow to Mark Aguirre that nearly started a riot. 

[Cooke County Kid]

January of 1977 versus SMU. We won 102 or so to 99. I think it was triple overtime. It was an SRO crowd maybe the biggest ever. The place was rocking. I was sitting in the aisle at the top of the super pit. 
 

GO MEAN GREEN!!!
WIN GAMES!!!

[untjim1995]

21 hours ago, MeanGreen22 said:

UNT v Texas Tech (2010) at the Super Pit. Watched Josh White put a 30 piece on the Red Raiders then stormed the court. Absolutely incredible. 

That was the loudest I've ever heard the Pit get for us, when Josh hit a clinching 3-pointer in OT to beat Tech

[golfingomez]

21 hours ago, MDH said:

OK St in 2007, Denver in 2012.

damn, these were actually the exact games that came to mind. that tip-in against denver was unreal.

[meangreenacct]

For me it was heading down to LA-LA on a whim in 2007 after we clinched a spot in the championship game. Was in last year of grad school and it was fun to see us clinch our first NCAA birth since the 80s. 

The Tech and OSU games are right up there as well. Purdue would be #1 if I had been there.

[UNTLifer]

1 hour ago, Cooke County Kid said:

January of 1977 versus SMU. We won 102 or so to 99. I think it was triple overtime. It was an SRO crowd maybe the biggest ever. The place was rocking. I was sitting in the aisle at the top of the super pit. 
 

GO MEAN GREEN!!!
WIN GAMES!!!

That game and the UT/Pat Hicks game were also a blast.  My buddies and I would pester our parents to get there early so we could sit in the single seats by the player portals.  We always sat just across the portal from the band until we discovered girls, then we moved to the upper deck thinking we couldn't be seen by our parents.  How dumb were we?

[ADLER]

3 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Saw that game, still remember Kenneth Lyons elbow to Mark Aguirre that nearly started a riot. 

Terry Cummings, Kenneth Lyons, and Mark Aguirre...

[UNT86]

First two that come to mind were beating NE Louisiana to get into the NCAA in 1987 and beating Purdue last year.  Lots of good times to choose from.  Beating WK last year when all the NCAA promos had them pictured and the announcers were all over how good Bassey was... except that he wasn't. 

Also the CBI win over San Francisco.  Loudest I've heard the place was when Smart started a 1 on 3 fast break our first possession, pulled up, and drained a 3.

Edited January 12, 2022 by UNT86
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[Mean Green Matt]

This is actually really tough to pick and a lot of these could be interchangeable:

1) Western Kentucky (CUSA Tournament 2021)

2) Sam Francisco (2018)

3) Troy (SBC Tournament - 2010)

4) Western Kentucky (CUSA Pool Play - 2020)

5) Texas Tech (2010)

6) Oklahoma State (2007)

7) Kansas State (NCAA - 2007)

[CMJ]

On 1/11/2022 at 2:12 PM, MeanGreen22 said:

UNT v Texas Tech (2010) at the Super Pit. Watched Josh White put a 30 piece on the Red Raiders then stormed the court. Absolutely incredible. 

My pick too.  Also bonus points for being an OT game.