I did the same thing in the late 80s or early 90s when I was at BYU.

Mar 5, 2015
4:38:13pm

Cougar-Duck

I packed in my homework to study, extra food, and just camped out in my Mariott Center seat for 2 days.

Wyoming was good back then and their fans would pack their section.

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Man, I miss the old MWC Tourney. Nostalgic rant.

Memmo

3/5/15 4:35pm

Hope to never hear 'REEEEEEE-BELLLLLLLS' again

rggee

3/5/15 4:37pm

One of the worst things about being in the MWC.

yorksama

3/5/15 4:40pm

Except when we're dominating them ala 2008 (I think) and the BYU SS

db59840

3/5/15 4:55pm

I remember a UNLV game Mike Rose's senior year where he couldn't miss and we ran

Memmo

3/5/15 5:04pm

The one I'm thinking of was Plaisted's last year. I distinctly remember being up

db59840

3/9/15 9:49am

I did the same thing in the late 80s or early 90s when I was at BYU.

Cougar-Duck

3/5/15 4:38pm

I remember one tourney in the early 2000's that Wyoming played the early game

CDV

3/5/15 4:43pm

I just went to a game in Laramie last night as an opposing fan. I was treated

swishh_15

3/5/15 4:50pm

Well BYU wasn't playing.

Polecat

3/5/15 7:52pm

Bingo!

CDV

3/5/15 8:44pm

apples and durian, my friend.

ag4cougs

3/5/15 8:58pm

I miss the format. The Sunday break/Monday championship is lame. I kinda miss

Mikey

3/5/15 4:44pm

The WCC just needs to take over the WAC's week at

gwalker

3/5/15 4:47pm

None of the WCC games would get on ESPN playing that weekend

CaliWG

3/5/15 5:00pm

I disagree. The late semifinal game and the championship game would be on ESPN

Mikey

3/5/15 5:04pm

You mean the UNLV invitational? No thanks.

cougfanblue

3/5/15 4:48pm

Yeah that was a joke. the one regret is we didn't beat them once.

Memmo

3/5/15 5:01pm

It wasn't that big of an advantage.

jackcrack7

3/5/15 6:37pm

Put it at the Marriott Center and we have multiple tourney championships.

cougfanblue

3/5/15 6:45pm

I didn't argue that it wouldn't have been an advantage for BYU.

jackcrack7

3/5/15 6:53pm

And how many were they #1?

rggee

3/5/15 8:43pm

Amen brother - it was the BEST part of being in the MWC

OC Coug

3/5/15 4:53pm

Yeah, it was the only good part of being in the MWC

HighHorse

3/5/15 5:06pm

yep, cbb is all about passionate fanbases, and that makes the wcc a snoozer

palangi

3/5/15 5:26pm

Fans "going all out" is a super sugar-coated way of saying they were yewts

HuskerFan2

3/5/15 5:40pm

No way it was great banter

OC Coug

3/5/15 6:30pm

I agree about the fan enthusiasm. besides gonzaga and st Mary's there's no

jaredm

3/5/15 6:21pm

MWC Tourney was a blast. Some great memories there.

boss

3/5/15 5:51pm

We used to go every year

TADOW

3/5/15 6:35pm

It was awesome. Loved it.

ag4cougs

3/5/15 6:49pm

It was a lot of fun when UNLV sucked at bball. Not so much when they didn't.

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