UW basketball was garbage 30 years ago. Lifetime contract please.
Exactly 30 years ago, UW beat Duke in the NCAA Tourney to advance to the Sweet 16.
30 years ago we lost to KY in Marv's last game in round 1.
The wins over Nevada and Duke were in 84.
Roosevelt. Fucking. Chapman.
it was the '84-'85 season
Boom! Roasted!
Except it wasn't.
Everyone remembers (at least I thought they did) "Final Four in '84", when Seattle was hosting its first Final Four in like 30 years, and the UW had a real team. And when we defeated Duke in Pullman to get to the Sweet Sixteen, it was still a remote possibility (we still had Dayton and Georgetown in the way) but it was still possible. That was the '83-'84 season, 31 years ago. You will remember the following year's ('84-'85) schedule poster had the photo of Detlef after the dunk at the end of the triple overtime game against UCLA.
30 years ago, the '84-'85 season was Marv's last year, when we were a 5 seed and lost to Kenny Walker and Kentucky.
'86 Russo some how got in, and Welp almost defeated Scott Skiles and MSU by himself, except our Bryce Drew Valpo moment did not materialize after Welp tipped the inbound to Moscatel, who missed the jumper at the buzzer.