Friday, March 10, 2006

Davidson Trivia


Who did Davidson play in the first men's basketball game at Belk Arena? (I think I know, but I'm not 100% sure.)

Thanks to Pete Wagner ('92) for giving me this idea.

UPDATE:
Answer - UVA, when Terry Holland was coaching at UVA
Jay Schmitt got the correct answer (go figure....Jay played in the darn game).
Some other anonymous viewer actually was first, but didn't leave a name.

QUESTION FOR JAY SCHMITT: What kind of crowd did they have at that game?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

UVA

Anonymous said...

I believe it is Harvard.

Chuck Berwick

Anonymous said...

UVA.

I played in the game.

Jay Schmitt

Anonymous said...

It wasn't quite packed, but it was quite crowded.

Did you know that Terry Holland's wife Anne was once coach of the womens' team? (little factoid I learned from Emil Parker)

Anonymous said...

I still have my ticket encased in plastic as well - Sec 106, Row K, seat 9.

Anonymous said...

It was almost full for the UVA game....but there were some seats up in the top bleachers from what I remember.

The biggest crowd that year in Belk Arena was when we played Duke. I don't think there was an empty seat. The problem was that about 3500 of the 5000 were Duke fans. The noise was incredible.

I got a couple of the plastic encased tickets and gave them to family. Without fail, when anyone is over at the house and sees it, they comment on how short those shorts were back in the 80's.

Belk is a fantastic place, but you can't beat Johnston Gym. When the crowd was right there on top of the floor. What a home court advantage...except when the Wildcat mascot breaks a leg when swinging off the balcony.

-Jay Schmitt

WB said...

I went to that Duke game. I was a senior in high school and had been accepted early to Davidson. Detlef Musch was a freshman, and had to play against Duke's center, Ala Abdelnabi (I'm sure I messed that up). It was a pretty tough game, as I recall....about a 50 point loss, if I remember correctly.