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TomTurkey
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** Edited by TomTurkey at 3/8/2023, 1:44:00 PM
Posted: 03/08/2023 at 01:28 PM ET
(In response to this post by Major Kong)

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I know it was...
Casual Fan • 03/08/23 11:13 AM ET
Watching those "73 NIT games is when I first started following Hokie
LXNTN_HOKIE • 03/08/23 06:03 PM ET
The Hokie Cheerleaders took Time's Square by storm**
Major Kong • 03/08/23 12:29 PM ET
I had this poster at one time...**
Major Kong • 03/08/23 03:40 PM ET
Here's a picture...**
Major Kong • 03/08/23 03:36 PM ET
Okay, white hot pants and orange boots. 👀**
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 06:20 PM ET
Orange hot pants and white boots. Yowz!**
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 01:28 PM ET
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TomTurkey • 03/08/23 01:28 PM ET
Will always remember The Gobbler (not Hokie Bird) between the announcers.
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 01:27 PM ET
Yeah, I....
Casual Fan • 03/08/23 03:02 PM ET
If I recall correctly, The Gobbler was a female **
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 03:16 PM ET
Don Criqui was play by play. Summerall was color analyst. A football guy go
millmtnhokie • 03/08/23 01:42 PM ET
My recollection but Summerall was play by play in football with Brookshire
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 01:46 PM ET
Here is the final shot and call. Hope it works**
millmtnhokie • 03/08/23 01:49 PM ET
Thanks for the link. "The shot heard 'round the world."**
LXNTN_HOKIE • 03/08/23 06:08 PM ET
The day I became a Hokie and a gym rat.**
HokieJay • 03/08/23 02:34 PM ET
It worked. Leider was supposed to take the last shot. Bobby was open...
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 01:55 PM ET
Is that incredible or what😀**
millmtnhokie • 03/08/23 01:56 PM ET
LOTY
Casual Fan • 03/08/23 02:43 PM ET
I think Leider hit a nothing but net jumper from the other side for OT**
millmtnhokie • 03/08/23 04:56 PM ET
Capped off a fun fan season. Great team. **
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 02:00 PM ET
Remember it well...CBS announcers didn't even know what VPI was
vtchem75 • 03/08/23 11:48 AM ET
SI article* started, "The NIT committee selected [ND] and [VT]."
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 01:51 PM ET
The quotes I recall best.
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 11:46 AM ET
After the game...
Casual Fan • 03/08/23 12:35 PM ET
Ha ha Don't recall that interview; just John Shumate glumly getting MVP**
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 01:16 PM ET
And the one with more than 5 minutes left in game, "Game Over"
1MetroHokie • 03/08/23 12:29 PM ET
I remember it well. Was lying on the floor watching and jumped up cheerig
AZHokie59 • 03/08/23 11:38 AM ET
Mom Hokie had her recliner parallel to the floor when she reared back**
TomTurkey • 03/08/23 02:03 PM ET