Thursday, January 30, 1969, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas. Basketball.  When the Eagles were at home, my future wife knew where we were going.  Glad we were there for this one. Returning home to “The Snake Pit”, the Eagles took on the highly ranked Drake Bulldogs.  At this point in the season, Drake was 10-3 with wins over three of the top 20 teams in the nation (by the end of the season they had victories over seven top 20 teams).  The Bulldogs were much in need of a vic