Eddrick Gilmore

[eulesseagle]

DeepGreen--

You are correct to say that the MO Valley teams were superior to the SWC in the 60's.

In 1967 NTSU, who was considered the step child of the Mo Valley in BB, beat Texas A&M at the old "Snake Pit" (I do not remember the score) but A&M was the SWC champs in BB (I believe) in 1966. It was a great game but the stands were only half full. It was not until 1968 when you had to get the "Pit" an hour ahead of time to get a seat.

In 1967 NTSU lost to the U of H by 2 or 3 in the Hawaii Classic. This was when UH had Elvin Hayes who beat #1 UCLA in the Astro Dome that same year.

I do not know how many of you saw any games in the old "Pit" in '68, '69 & '70 but that place would shake from all the stomping of the feet on the wooden stands and yelling in that accoustically challenged building.

[DeepGreen]

I do not know how many of you saw any games in the old "Pit" in '68, '69 & '70 but that place would shake from all the stomping of the feet on the wooden stands and yelling in that accoustically challenged building.

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I also enjoyed the Saturday afternoon games at the Snake Pit. Plenty of time to "party on" the rest of the weekend.

[Ibleedgreen]

They were awesome. I don't remember the noise coming from the wooden bleachers so much as from the stomping of feet on the aluminum framework upon which the wooden bleachers were built. The building itself was tin and the sound reverberated like crazy.

[emmitt01]

I too enjoyed watching Eddrick Gilmore play at the Snake Pit.

[EagleMBA]

Eddrick Gilmore, on a cold February night at the SnakePit, once blew past Oscar Robertson off the dribble and did a 360 spin/jam. Those were the good old MVC conference days.

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

Eddrick Gilmore, on a cold February night at the SnakePit, once blew past Oscar Robertson off the dribble and did a 360 spin/jam.  Those were the good old MVC conference days.

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---I guess this thread partially confirms the theory of evolution. The original subject what it has become is totally different....even fictional.

---It really is a shame that our newer students/alums don't understand the status that we had in the MVC era. In an odd way we were better known and respected out of state more than in-state because if you weren't a SWC member you really did not get much "Texas" attention. I have even had several out-of-state students at UNT mention that to me when I was a student. We were in a conference that stretched all the way to Ohio and Kentucky with Cinn. and Lousiville. We were on the schedule of many of the best teams in America (excluding UCLA) and most of time competing pretty well, especially at home the the old "Snake Pit" which was the most hated gym in the conference. When you bought cokes at the "pit", they did not contain ice because the many of them would wind up on the playing floor after a questionable call. The craziest game I attended was our defeating ranked Cincinnatti two years after they won the National title. The person behind was tossed out of game for actually hitting a player with a smashed cup from many rows up in the stands. Usually cups were just toosed on the floor in protest and not at anyone. One goofy thing the cheerleaders sometimes did then after a questionable call was yell "give the ref a big hand" and the crowd would give them the German salute with one hand extended and yell. Unless you were there you really don't understand how crazy things could get.

---At this time the SWC and SEC had all white players none except Kentucky was very good. This is one reason that was understood by us why the SWC teams would rarely play us, WTSU, or Texas Western (UTEP)..... besides they did not want to lose to us which would have been likely. Kentucky would never play Louisville despite both being top teams until sometime duing the 80's. I think the first time occured when a NCAA playoff bracket forced them to play Louisville finally.

---It is my opinion that the best thing to ever happen to UNT was the break-up of the SWC. We get more attention now that we aren't the total outsider. UTEP was also somewhat but didn't really care since they are so distant from the other I-A colleges in Texas and were very successful in basketball and track..

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Edited July 2, 2006 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[mad dog]

I too enjoyed watching Eddrick Gilmore play at the Snake Pit.   

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LOL

[the green rokemi]

So he travelled back in time to play at the Snake Pit? Wow...at least we know where he is now

[Norwester]

Wow, this thread has gone on a tangent since page 1, but, here goes anyway ...

I'm more optimistic than many posters on this sight, and I'm keeping hope that this is another Dylan Lineberry. He wasn't on the spring roster either, but got it together over the summer and played almost every snap.

And even if he is ineligible, they could use his redshirt year in the fall and he'd come back as a sophomore in 2007.