Is Nevada Highest Ranked Opponent in Spectrum?

RigAggie · Post by **RigAggie** » March 1st, 2019, 1:22 pm

Just wondering who the highest ranked opponent coming into the Spectrum? Stats guys? Is Nevada?

SuperiorBlueDiver · Post by **SuperiorBlueDiver** » March 1st, 2019, 1:51 pm

Pretty sure UNLV was ranked # 1 back in the 80’s when the Aggies played them a few times in Logan

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UStateTim · Post by **UStateTim** » March 1st, 2019, 1:55 pm

Nevada a decade ago was in the top 10. Utah in '98 was ranked I think 9? San Diego St was ranked 7th about five years ago

Post by **Aglicious** » March 1st, 2019, 1:57 pm

Nah, this isn't even the highest ranked Nevada team to play in the Spectrum. They were ranked #9 when we beat them in Logan, then again in Reno in a single week in 2007...scores identical in both games, 79-77.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » March 1st, 2019, 2:08 pm

You guys don't have to go that far back.
San Diego State in 2014 was #7 when playing in Logan.

bluegrouse · Post by **bluegrouse** » March 1st, 2019, 2:25 pm

SuperiorBlueDiver wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 1:51 pm
Pretty sure UNLV was ranked # 1 back in the 80’s when the Aggies played them a few times in Logan

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^^^

Post by **ProvoAggie** » March 1st, 2019, 2:52 pm

Here is the list of ranked opponents in the Spectrum as far back as ESPN's data goes. I don't know of any sources that go back before 2003.

2/12/2005 - #24 Pacific L 64-63
2/25/2006 - #25 Nevada L 75-57
3/1/2007 - #10 Nevada W 79-77 OT
1/25/2014 - #7 San Diego State L 74-69 OT
2/17/2018 - #24 Nevada L 93-87
3/2/2019 - #12 Nevada

BiocatAg · Post by **BiocatAg** » March 1st, 2019, 3:07 pm

ProvoAggie wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 2:52 pm
Here is the list of ranked opponents in the Spectrum as far back as ESPN's data goes. I don't know of any sources that go back before 2003.

2/12/2005 - #24 Pacific L 64-63
2/25/2006 - #25 Nevada L 75-57
3/1/2007 - #10 Nevada W 79-77 OT
1/25/2014 - #7 San Diego State L 74-69 OT
2/17/2018 - #24 Nevada L 93-87
3/2/2019 - #12 Nevada

The 2006 game against Nevada has been on my mind a lot this week. We went into that game with a lot of excitement, thinking that we had a shot of taking them down and letting everybody know we belonged in the WAC. We beat them by 6 in Reno earlier that year, but they absolutely dominated the game in Logan. I walked out of that game and couldn't even get mad about losing because Nevada was clearly the better team that day (unlike the NMSU game we'd lost at home a couple of weeks earlier). Fast forward a couple weeks later and we had a chance to beat them in the conference championship game at Lawlor, but Nate Harris's tip-in at the buzzer just missed and we lost in OT.

WAaggieFan · Post by **WAaggieFan** » March 1st, 2019, 3:12 pm

On Jan 28, 1991 USU lost in the Spectrum to #1 ranked UNLV 83-126.

The previous season the Aggies lost in the Spectrum to #2 ranked UNLV 82-84.

Edit* those years sealed my eternal dislike of UNLV basketball. I hate them with the fire of 1,000 suns. I believe the Aggies’ losing streak to UNLV was much worse than the one to SDSU since joining the MWC. Now let’s go spank the Reno puppies!

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TheRealTO · Post by **TheRealTO** » March 1st, 2019, 3:21 pm

Here's the highest ranked teams to have played in the Spectrum:

No. 5 Utah, 1960
No. 1 UNLV, 1987
No. 2 UNLV, 1990
No. 1 UNLV, 1991

mcaggie1 · Post by **mcaggie1** » March 1st, 2019, 3:44 pm

In a near miss.....Ohio State played USU in the Spectrum in 1970. (70-71 season). They were just out of the rankings when we played them, but ended up the year ranked number 10 in the AP poll. It was a GREAT game. We beat them 95=89.
"Marvelous" Marv Roberts had 23 points and 17 rebounds.

bluegrouse · Post by **bluegrouse** » March 1st, 2019, 3:50 pm

TheRealTO wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 3:21 pm
Here's the highest ranked teams to have played in the Spectrum:

No. 5 Utah, 1960
No. 1 UNLV, 1987
No. 2 UNLV, 1990
No. 1 UNLV, 1991

The Spectrum opened in 1970 I believe so that Utah game would have been in the old Field House.

Next year will be the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Spectrum. Wow. I’m old as dirt....

It would be cool if someone could compile some of the epic Spectrum moments/games and do one or two on the Jumbotron before every game throughout the year as a commemoration of sorts...

RigAggie · Post by **RigAggie** » March 1st, 2019, 3:53 pm

Forgot all about UNLV! Wish I could have gone to those games!

dogie · Post by **dogie** » March 1st, 2019, 4:04 pm

mcaggie1 wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 3:44 pm
In a near miss.....Ohio State played USU in the Spectrum in 1970. (70-71 season). They were just out of the rankings when we played them, but ended up the year ranked number 10 in the AP poll. It was a GREAT game. We beat them 95=89.
"Marvelous" Marv Roberts had 23 points and 17 rebounds.

That was the inaugural night at the Spectrum if I remember correctly. It’s also probably the biggest name to ever play in the Spectrum, other than possibly UNLV in their heyday.

I don’t know how USU convinced Ohio State to come to Logan, or why no remotely comparable home OOC game has been played in the past half century.

bluegrouse · Post by **bluegrouse** » March 1st, 2019, 4:05 pm

The 1990 UNLV game when they were #2 was the infamous (read: legendary) water bomb game which cost us three points due to technical fouls at the beginning of the second half. We lost by 2. I think the bomb was intended to be payback for the massive brawl in our game down there earlier in the year started by a cheap shot by UNLV’s Chris Jeter on Gary Patterson. Moses Scurry punched Coach Kohn Smith in the ensuing chaos. (See LA Times article link below)

As you can see in the YouTube clip, the Spectrum was filled to the gills and was rocking that night. It’s always been a tough place for opponents to play...

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-03/ ... water-bomb

TheRealTO · Post by **TheRealTO** » March 1st, 2019, 4:18 pm

bluegrouse wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 3:50 pm

TheRealTO wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 3:21 pm
Here's the highest ranked teams to have played in the Spectrum:

No. 5 Utah, 1960
No. 1 UNLV, 1987
No. 2 UNLV, 1990
No. 1 UNLV, 1991
The Spectrum opened in 1970 I believe so that Utah game would have been in the old Field House.

Next year will be the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Spectrum. Wow. I’m old as dirt....

It would be cool if someone could compile some of the epic Spectrum moments/games and do one or two on the Jumbotron before every game throughout the year as a commemoration of sorts...

Ha ha, you're completely right Blue! I knew the Spectrum opened in 1970 ... We were going to potentially do some marketing depending on how highly ranked Nevada was (this was before they lost to SDSU) so I reached out to Athletics to find out the highest ranked teams we'd hosted and that was the list I got. I didn't even think about the 1960 date not being a Spectrum game. I still have a shirt signed by that 1991 UNLV team (I think) with Larry Johnson and Stacey Augmon.

tipitup · Post by **tipitup** » March 1st, 2019, 4:21 pm

TheRealTO wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 4:18 pm

bluegrouse wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 3:50 pm

TheRealTO wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 3:21 pm
Here's the highest ranked teams to have played in the Spectrum:

No. 5 Utah, 1960
No. 1 UNLV, 1987
No. 2 UNLV, 1990
No. 1 UNLV, 1991
The Spectrum opened in 1970 I believe so that Utah game would have been in the old Field House.

Next year will be the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Spectrum. Wow. I’m old as dirt....

It would be cool if someone could compile some of the epic Spectrum moments/games and do one or two on the Jumbotron before every game throughout the year as a commemoration of sorts...

Ha ha, you're completely right Blue! I knew the Spectrum opened in 1970 ... We were going to potentially do some marketing depending on how highly ranked Nevada was (this was before they lost to SDSU) so I reached out to Athletics to find out the highest ranked teams we'd hosted and that was the list I got. I didn't even think about the 1960 date not being a Spectrum game. I still have a shirt signed by that 1991 UNLV team (I think) with Larry Johnson and Stacey Augmon.

I remember leaving work just as one of those games started and i said to myself, maybe even out loud, that unlv would get the tip and one pass and a dunk by augmon. yep, that's what happened. i just started laughing in my car.

Coloraggie · Post by **Coloraggie** » March 1st, 2019, 5:19 pm

bluegrouse wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 4:05 pm
The 1990 UNLV game when they were #2 was the infamous (read: legendary) water bomb game which cost us three points due to technical fouls at the beginning of the second half. We lost by 2. I think the bomb was intended to be payback for the massive brawl in our game down there earlier in the year started by a cheap shot by UNLV’s Chris Jeter on Gary Patterson. Moses Scurry punched Coach Kohn Smith in the ensuing chaos. (See LA Times article link below)

As you can see in the YouTube clip, the Spectrum was filled to the gills and was rocking that night. It’s always been a tough place for opponents to play...

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-03/ ... water-bomb

Ahh, after watching that video can we get Kohn Smith back as coach.... said no one ever.

utaggies · Post by **utaggies** » March 1st, 2019, 5:48 pm

The media guide shows all of the AP-ranked teams we have played, beginning in 1949. We lost the first 9 games we played against ranked teams (home and away), until we beat Wyoming. We are 1-26 against teams ranked 1 through 5 and 16-99 against all ranked teams.

bluegrouse · Post by **bluegrouse** » March 1st, 2019, 7:43 pm

Coloraggie wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 5:19 pm

bluegrouse wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 4:05 pm
The 1990 UNLV game when they were #2 was the infamous (read: legendary) water bomb game which cost us three points due to technical fouls at the beginning of the second half. We lost by 2. I think the bomb was intended to be payback for the massive brawl in our game down there earlier in the year started by a cheap shot by UNLV’s Chris Jeter on Gary Patterson. Moses Scurry punched Coach Kohn Smith in the ensuing chaos. (See LA Times article link below)

As you can see in the YouTube clip, the Spectrum was filled to the gills and was rocking that night. It’s always been a tough place for opponents to play...

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-03/ ... water-bomb

Ahh, after watching that video can we get Kohn Smith back as coach.... said no one ever.

The Kohn years were when I was in college. We were all so excited when he was hired. Bobby Knight assistant, highly ranked recruiter, etc. etc. We thought we were on the cusp of national relevance which might compete with UNLV. Didn’t quite work out that way LOL.

BobWilson · Post by **BobWilson** » March 1st, 2019, 8:01 pm

We had several teams of national importance in Logan in the olden days: So. Cal, K-State, Georgia, Washington, Washington State, Ohio State - off the top of my head. (WSU not a big deal now, but was then)

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » March 1st, 2019, 8:07 pm

UNLV in the 80s and Utah in the 90s were both elite programs year in and year out who regularly came to the Spectrum. A great memory as an Aggie fan was beating an Andre Miller led Utah team during Stew's first season in 1998 with Utah fresh off a final four run the year before. I can't remember where Utah was ranked when we beat them, but that Utah ended up being ranked 6th and being a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.

utaggies · Post by **utaggies** » March 1st, 2019, 8:20 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 8:07 pm
UNLV in the 80s and Utah in the 90s were both elite programs year in and year out who regularly came to the Spectrum. A great memory as an Aggie fan was beating an Andre Miller led Utah team during Stew's first season in 1998 with Utah fresh off a final four run the year before. I can't remember where Utah was ranked when we beat them, but that Utah ended up being ranked 6th and being a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.

We beat Utah on Nov. 18, 1998, 62-54. They were ranked 9th.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » March 1st, 2019, 8:46 pm

utaggies wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 8:20 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 8:07 pm
UNLV in the 80s and Utah in the 90s were both elite programs year in and year out who regularly came to the Spectrum. A great memory as an Aggie fan was beating an Andre Miller led Utah team during Stew's first season in 1998 with Utah fresh off a final four run the year before. I can't remember where Utah was ranked when we beat them, but that Utah ended up being ranked 6th and being a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.
We beat Utah on Nov. 18, 1998, 62-54. They were ranked 9th.

Yep that was the game. Great win and set the tone for the Stew Morrill era. Rick Majerus would never beat Stew in the Spectrum.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » March 1st, 2019, 8:50 pm

USUBlue · Post by **USUBlue** » March 1st, 2019, 10:12 pm

Nope, UNLV was ranked number one when they played us with Augman, Johnson and Anthony on the team.

JSHarvey · Post by **JSHarvey** » March 2nd, 2019, 10:10 am

WAaggieFan wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 3:12 pm
On Jan 28, 1991 USU lost in the Spectrum to #1 ranked UNLV 83-126.

The previous season the Aggies lost in the Spectrum to #2 ranked UNLV 82-84.

Edit* those years sealed my eternal dislike of UNLV basketball. I hate them with the fire of 1,000 suns. I believe the Aggies’ losing streak to UNLV was much worse than the one to SDSU since joining the MWC. Now let’s go spank the Reno puppies!

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This UNLV 3 OT loss cemented my hatred of UNLV.

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-03/ ... 1_overtime

UNLV played dirty and the refs let them get away with it. Almost all of their team should have been fouled out by the end of it. At the time the game set some scoring records.

FloridaAggie13 · Post by **FloridaAggie13** » March 2nd, 2019, 10:19 am

bluegrouse wrote: ↑
March 1st, 2019, 4:05 pm
The 1990 UNLV game when they were #2 was the infamous (read: legendary) water bomb game which cost us three points due to technical fouls at the beginning of the second half. We lost by 2. I think the bomb was intended to be payback for the massive brawl in our game down there earlier in the year started by a cheap shot by UNLV’s Chris Jeter on Gary Patterson. Moses Scurry punched Coach Kohn Smith in the ensuing chaos. (See LA Times article link below)

As you can see in the YouTube clip, the Spectrum was filled to the gills and was rocking that night. It’s always been a tough place for opponents to play...

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-03/ ... water-bomb

I'm in that video in the very beginning as the camera scans the student section. Not sure how it's done now, but back then it was a free for all. Open the doors and we'd all sprint down the stairs to claim our seats hours before the game.

When Alan Gordon inbounded the pass for the final play we were screaming for him to take the last shot and he kept looking at us like, "I know...I will" but he never got the ball back. Of course, Larry Johnson was a man among boys.

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