The 80's were the zenith of college basketball. Never to be repeated again. 3-point shot, hand-checking, shot clock, conference realignment, one and done, transfer portal, etc., have all ruined what was great.
Dose anyone have 1992 frist round game 12 seed west Virginia vs 5 seed missouri tigers Greensboro north Carolina 1992 frist round game in Boise Idaho 14 seed monanta vs 3 Florida state and 1992 ncaa tournament frist round game in Boise Idaho 10 seed byu vs 7 seed lsu tigers
I feel bad for Georgetown, but there is nothing they could have done. When your opponent shoots 79% from the field, you will loose every time. Villanova would have beaten the Los Angeles Lakers or the Boston Celtics that night.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if like the Kansas City Royals or the Tampa Bay Mariners or like the Houston Astros or the Arizona Diamondbacks or like New Jersey Mets or The Philadelphia Phillies or lie the Oakland A’s or the San Diego Padres or like Cincinnati Reds or the Boston Brewers won the World Series this year
As a Red Sox fan, Vikings, 76ers I only seen one championship with the 76ers in 83. So when UConn won it all it was just bliss. The yrs that followed I finally got to see Red Sox win a few times and Uconn a 1/2 doz. Times. This was Nirvana
I am 61 and was just out of HS myself back then playing ball at the next level. Back in the early 80s Dominique Wilkins was more highly thought of than Michael Jordan. Of course, by the time Jordan graduated and went off to the Bulls he was an outstanding player, but Dean's system necessarily kept Jordan limited in his offense. But you could tell Jordan was special. Nique was also two years older in this video...Maryland had a player named Len Bias that would come along next year that might have been as good, if not better, than both of them in college. First team All American, two time All ACC, ACC Player of the Year, and chosen by the Celtics in the first round...most people know what happened after that. What might have been...BTW, I loved Al McGuire!
GODS LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL MYSELF HAVE NEVER LIKED UNC NEVER WILL. I REMEMBER A COMMENT BY SAM PERKINS SAYING WHERE IS GEORGIA WHAT CONFERENCE R THEY FROM JUST BEING A SMART PANTS GUY DOMINIQUE WILKINS PLAY ON THAT TEAM A YEAR BEFORE PERKINS PLAYED TERRIBLE GAME JORDAN NEVER WENT BACK TO FINAL 4 UNC AS USUAL LOADED UP STILL COULD NOT GET JOB DONE OVER RATED AS ALWAYS UNC AND FANS NEVER LEARN.....TOM TOM
I’ll always appreciate and care for Coach Pitino. He did so much for UK. Everyone is human, so I don’t care about the small stuff. We all have done things we’re not proud of. I was in my early 20’s at the time of this chip, and I was always so proud Pitino was our coach.
Arkansas had caught so many lucky breaks to get tothis finals. Syracuse had them beat then a Syracuse player pulled a Chris Webber to force the game and overtime. They were lucky Memphis upset Purdue so they didn’t have to play a three seat in the second round and then Kansas got upset in the sweet 16 so they didn’t have to play the number one seat in the regional finals And then North Carolina Kentucky in the South region so they didn’t have to play Kentucky in the final four. As a Result UCLA totally smoked them in this game.
This team was the culmination of P J Carlisimo's great work at comparatively small Seton Hall, a "neighborhood" University in the village of South Orange, NJ, a suburb of Newark. Carlisimo's work in building this program, putting these players together and his outstanding coaching was something to see. Its a shame his NBA career got derailed with that ridiculous incident with Spreewell. This team brought a lot of pride to South Orange/Maplewood and I will never forget going over to the campus to welcome them back the night they returned from Seattle.
Whoever made the decision for CBS to fire Brent Musberger is an idiot of the highest order. That should have never happened. You can hear how great he was here. By letting him go they handed ABC a gift on a silver platter
Thank you for sharing. :) Just few weeks before finally watching this (algorithm kept suggesting), I shared an FB post about "upset." That we are either in the favored or unfavorable position of "upset." Thankfully, I'm neutral here (I am barely 4 years old at this time) and yet inspiring knowing modern-day "David wins over Goliath" stories do and still happen.
This was my teenage years. Pope was one of my all time favorites. Hopefully the younger generation will come around to him because he loves this program maybe more than any coach in Kentuckys history.
Just watched this game again after UConn got their 6th title. Kellogg with the genius point that UConn needed to play with urgency and full pedal to the metal on offense. I was in elementary school when this game was originally played and I did not remember how fast UConn played on offense. They ran every chance they got and it's ultimately what led them to victory.
