[FarmBoy]

I stumbled across a YouTube channel that has old SportsCenter college basketball highlights. For the heck of it, I looked up January 9, 1997 and found a few highlights for a game that became known among Bruins fans as the Maples Massacre.

https://youtu.be/VhAHLng9qDU?t=160

I was living in West L.A. at the time, and I drove to a friend's apartment in Pasadena to watch the game. Thanks to traffic on the 101, I arrived a few minutes late and Stanford was already up 17-1 at the first TV timeout. This Stanford team featured senior Brevin Knight and made it to the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost a heartbreaker to Utah. UCLA was two years removed from a national championship and actually ending up winning the Pac-10 (and beat Stanford by 19 at Pauley Pavilion) and made it all the way to the Elite Eight and a final #7 ranking.

Here's the LA Times recap, written by Tim Kawakami.

I know that this win was not as shocking or meaningful as the 1975 win over #2 UCLA, but, in my opinion, it doesn't get discussed nearly enough. So if you were there, I'd love to hear your memories.

I was a student then but my house was skiing in Tahoe that weekend. I remember sacrificing 2 great hours of skiing to came out in the ski lodge to watch. Was so worth it.

[FarmBoy]

I stumbled across a YouTube channel that has old SportsCenter college basketball highlights. For the heck of it, I looked up January 9, 1997 and found a few highlights for a game that became known among Bruins fans as the Maples Massacre.

https://youtu.be/VhAHLng9qDU?t=160

I was living in West L.A. at the time, and I drove to a friend's apartment in Pasadena to watch the game. Thanks to traffic on the 101, I arrived a few minutes late and Stanford was already up 17-1 at the first TV timeout. This Stanford team featured senior Brevin Knight and made it to the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost a heartbreaker to Utah. UCLA was two years removed from a national championship and actually ending up winning the Pac-10 (and beat Stanford by 19 at Pauley Pavilion) and made it all the way to the Elite Eight and a final #7 ranking.

Here's the LA Times recap, written by Tim Kawakami.

I know that this win was not as shocking or meaningful as the 1975 win over #2 UCLA, but, in my opinion, it doesn't get discussed nearly enough. So if you were there, I'd love to hear your memories.

I was a student then but my house was skiing in Tahoe that weekend. I remember sacrificing 2 great hours of skiing to came out in the ski lodge to watch. Was so worth it.