When Oscar's game went national
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Big O's record 56 points in Madison Square Garden
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The University of Cincinnati and Madison Square Garden commemorated one of the greatest single-game performances of all time during halftime of UC's first-round Big East Tournament game March 12, 2008.
It was Jan. 9, 1958, when UC's Oscar Robertson, Bus '60, HonDoc '07, dropped 56 points on Seton Hall, both a college and pro record for the old Garden at Eighth Avenue and 48th Street in New York. Robertson outscored the entire Seton Hall team (final UC 116, Seton Hall 54), a performance that placed both the Big O and the Bearcats on the map nationally.
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Oscar's account of the '58 night in the New York Times
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