Dewayne Casey and Larry Johnson were both from my high school (Union County High School) we were so proud of them as well as all the cats! I remember hearing this game on the radio when i was 13 yrs old.
So telling of Bob knight, he's team gets beat fair and square, even though they got calls all night. And he wouldn't shake coach Joe B. Hall hand. So telling of how Bob knight was.
IU’s Steve Green and UK’s Mike Flynn were high school rivals in Indiana. Flynn’s Jeffersonville and Green’s Silver Creek were 10 miles apart and played in a 1970-71 battle which Jeffersonville won on a last second jumper by Flynn. The two players were neck and neck for Mr. Basketball honors and that shot tipped to voting toward Flynn.
I vaguely remember this game because I was only nine years old when this game was played and my mom told about the game in Bloomington and she said it was awful big time even Cawoood said it. Glad the Cats 🐈 got their revenge over the Hoosiers.
Who needs a shot clock? I think that shot by Flynn just before the half was the SI Cover the following week. Cats back in Dayton 3 years later in another nail-biter vs a Big Ten team(MSU)
Ah yes, beating Magic Johnson in the postseason was something no one else ever did. That was a day the much maligned ‘78 Kentucky team showed its greatness.
