If you watch the Nebraska vs. Michigan men’s basketball game on the Big Ten Network tonight, keep an eye out for a short segment on the 1964 game between the two schools.
Nebraska won that game 74-73 over No. 1 Michigan and All-America forward Cazzie Russell. NU’s Fred Hare tossed the ball into the basket over his head with one second left to win that game in the old NU Coliseum.
I have a program from that game, and it’s been fun showing it to school officials and media members. BTN plans to show it during the game.
There are no Cazzie Russells in this game, but Michigan does have Tim Hardaway Jr., son of former NBA star Tim Hardaway.
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What’s with the laughably big N on the middle of this basketball court. Announcer was laughing about the opulence of the athletic facilities, btw. Was afraid to touch anything, one said. No bed bugs there, one supposes. Pathetic.
Keep up the boring reporting.
The same thing as the big N at NW, the big W at Wisconsin, the big M at Michigan, the big I at Illinois, the big O at Ohio State, the big FU at……
In the summer of 1963 I had just graduated from NU at taken a job at Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn. It must have been in Nov. a buddy at Ford and fellow NU grad was able to get four tickets to the NU/Michigan game. We took our wives and saw Cip’s first team get ripped by Cazzie Russell and Bill Buntin 75-50 [?} in the old Yost Field House in Ann Arbor. The Huskers didn’t have much talent, but theier performance was nothing like the sad performance last night. The historic upset the next year Lee mentions was especially memorable since my boss at Ford was a Michigan gradl.
PS Just Googled All-American Bill Buntin and learned he died in 1968 at 26 years old from a heart attack, didn’t know that.
I played on the 1963 freshman team and covered Fred Hare in our intersquad games. Freshmen couldnt play with the varsity. I had great seats and enjoyed watching Fred make that shot. It was my first season without basketball and tough from that perspective. It was a great win. Michigan had Russel,Dardin and Bill Buntin. All three all Americans. Nate Branch, of the 63 Nebraska freshman team was later an All American and player coach for the Trotters. It was Cips 2nd team. 63 was his first.
Gary Neibauer was on the 1963 freshman basketball team and later pitched in the majors for 6 0r 7 years. We went to baseball the day after freshman basketball ended. Stan Baunsen was also a pitcher on the 63 freshman team. He was rookie of the year for the Yankees in 1967. Monte Kiffin was our freshman coach. His first coaching job at N. U.