today is the ten-year anniversary of one of my best experiences at Pauley Pavillion. On March 11, 1995, i was lucky enough to attend the last home game of Ed O'Bannon, Tyus Edney, and George Zidek, the senior leaders on our 1995 national champion team. we blew out Oregon that game, and Ed's performance was especially memorable. His knee seemed to be in very good shape at the time, as i still remember him catching an alley-oop on the break and getting so high that he tilted his head while dunking to avoid hitting it on the backboard. and when he came out of the game late in the second half, he got down on the ground and kissed the middle of the half-court circle. when the game ended, some folks rushed the court (okay, i did too) - i'm not exactly sure why, as i don't believe we clinched anything with that game. i guess it was just to celebrate a fantastic regular season. who knew that the postseason would turn out to be even better? :)

Here are some pics of my memories (sorry, they were captured from low quality video)

Ed's dunk:




Ed showing some love for Pauley:


EDDD-OHHHHH:


Tyus taking a bow:


**Update: if the photos aren't appearing above, you should be able to link here to view them.