Big O 56, Seton Hall 54
On this day 49 years ago, the University of Cincinnati's men's basketball team torched Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden, 118-54. Amazingly, the Bearcats superstar sophomore, Oscar Robertson, netted 56 points in the game, outscoring Seton Hall all by himself. At the time, it was the most points ever scored by a single player at the Garden.The Big O was a college sensation, a ferocious athlete who did it all (check out those splits up there - man could have been a gymnast), and this was the game that broke him onto the national stage. Check out this 1958 Time Magazine article about Robertson and his 56-point explosion.
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I would pay money to watch the games of the 1960 olympics with him and Jerry West. I heard they're supposed to be the best basketball team ever
is he grabbin boards or doin a boom shakkalakka dunk?
ps there should be some Rome footage somewhere. i have on vhs Abebe Bikila winning the marathon with no shoes on.
now that is gangster.
Abebe Bikila was the straight-up illydilly, no doubt.
Abebe Bikila! Strangely enough, one of the most famous fencing teams in Africa sports his name. But this guy was just on some next-level type illness. Like Zatopek and Mimoune. They are the only marathonians you remember.
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