Christian Laettner Talks March Madness, Dream Team Memories & More with Rich Eisen | Full Interview

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2-Time NCAA Champion Christian Laettner reminisces about the glory years of Duke Basketball, gives his opinion on the current NIL situation in college sports, and delves into his fondest memories of his time with the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team".
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@jasonescareno2446 Месяц назад

Christian Laettner is the ALL-TIME Scoring Leader in the NCAA TOURNAMENT. That was a great interview.

@adamthomas8205 Месяц назад

All-time great

@jikan-tabi-1888 Месяц назад

Laettner was the clutchest ncaab player of all-time. Last-second winning shots in the 1990 and 1992 regional finals vs UConn and Kentucky. 1980s and 1990s ncaab was fantastic. No one and dones, NILs or transfer portals.

@Redmenace96 Месяц назад

The Dream Team have become bigger and bigger Basketball Gods since 1992 in the media. Even in 1992, Laettner knew he was walking with giants. I remember him handling interviews really well, and as a big hoops fan, I knew he deserved to be there. Dude has real humility. Great memories.

@rhoydotp Месяц назад

Laettner’s game was ahead of its time. He got in the NBA and his skills were not used to max.

@jamescpotter Месяц назад

Winning two NCAA championships and being the college representative for the 1992 Dream Team, come on! That's a career.

@tonypassaretti Месяц назад

One of the greatest college players of all time. Great representative of my beloved western New York. Thanks for the memories.

@hawlikd Месяц назад

Being hazed by the players of the 1992 Dream Team is a badges of honor!

@jeremypr Месяц назад

I was around 10 years old and watched that champ game with Laettner hitting that shot, it was electric. i had some crappy 13 inch color tv watching it.

@stephenfricke9298 Месяц назад

Greatest CLUTCH shot in College basketball ever

@jwt2345 Месяц назад

I love this guy! Met him when I was 9 yrs old at the end of his Senior year. It was an awesome moment for a Duke fan. Wish Duke was like it was back then, sadly those days are gone

@drvannozzun Месяц назад

I don’t hate Christian Laettner

@markgriffin5889 Месяц назад

Why would you? Have you met him? Please explain your comment. Thanks.

@Ajas0810 Месяц назад

@@markgriffin5889lol you must have not been alive in the early 90s.

@TK-ti6dg Месяц назад

@@markgriffin5889He He’s being sarcastic. There was a ESPN 30 for 30 special titled “ I hate Christian Laettner.

@tristramcoffin926 Месяц назад

I graduated in 92 and have been a Duke fan since my step dad took me to Cameron when I was 10. Christian was my favorite player and I loved it even more that everyone else hated him. Missed many games on tv because I went to a military school but listened to every one of them during night time study hall or after TAPS on headphones. However, for the championships, as long as we didn't have demerits to work off, the school opened the auditorium to see the games on this massive screen. The Michigan and UNLV wins are two of my greatest memories with everyone in there together watching and cheering the games. I was so elated when Duke won those.

@shed4287 Месяц назад

Good to see Christian and that he's still close to college basketball and that his kids are enjoying life with him. I loved watching him play(4yrs) just not against us. I'm a long-time TARHEEL fan so this maybe blasphemous but Christian Laetner for his talent, ferocious competitiveness, and love of the game of college basketball , I'm a fan. He's also a good human being and for that the guy is cool with me. God bless you Christian.

@jeangriffith8017 Месяц назад

Great damn player!

@Biz613 Месяц назад

100%. You need time together to really become formidable.

@jrodlange8099 Месяц назад

I started watching college hoops in the early 80's. By the early 90's I was a certified Duke hater. It was beyond hate, don't think I despised a team more regardless of the sport. I was so happy in 92' when Kentucky seemingly had won. Then things got weird. After the shot, the moment transcended the hatred. I was actually thrilled realizing what I just saw was special. Sure, I continued to root against Duke afterwards. Bottom line, Mr. Laettner is clearly on the Mount Rushmore of college basketball players post early 80's. The guy really was phenomenal at the college level. Not to mention cold blooded.

@OmahaSand Месяц назад

I've never hated skill and excellence ... Can't relate.

@Alphasports576 Месяц назад

Christian l loved him as a basketball player and Duke great memories

@guitarsrcool4922 Месяц назад

Ah yes. The Fab 5 years. Let's see. Chris Webber, Juwon Howard, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose and Ray Jackson. The first time all freshman started in the NCAA Tournament. Amazing team. Rich Eisens Michigan team.

@157294 Месяц назад

I’m a Duke fan because of Christian Laettner; once in a lifetime, an all time great!

@jeremiahgallagher Месяц назад

Get Laettner on at LEAST when the college season starts and then we can do March as usual. Always a great interview

@cristix11 Месяц назад

that final shot against kentucky will never be forgotten. i felt i could do it too after seeing it live even though i was upset about it. laettner doesn't get the respect he deserves.

@Ajas0810 Месяц назад

NIL and the transfer portal had killed college basketball.

@ivanmatic23 Месяц назад

Tbh I think it has had an bigger impact on College football, 1 and done rule ruined college basketball.

@Ajas0810 Месяц назад

@@ivanmatic23 the 1 and done rule started it but still only big time players left after 1 year. Now everybody transfers it’s impossible for the average person to keep up with the players.

@davidgivins4203 Месяц назад

Wrong as it enhanced basketball as a coach can get a shooter like purdue with their center! It goes with March madness 😂😅😊❤

@broaddusmarines Месяц назад

lol the ratings for March Madness kinda disagree with you there. 😅😅😅😅

@gk5908 Месяц назад

I had an ice hockey game at the Spectrum the next day and there was memorabilia and programs left from the Duke / Kentucky game from the night before. Damn I wish I had scooped up that stuff as an unaware 12 year old.

@user-yi6sk1cv4x Месяц назад

Great player. What a great time in college basketball

@dylanross7479 Месяц назад

Christians got a little touch of Norm to him.

@stevel240l7 Месяц назад

Is it because of the eyebrows?

@Alphasports576 Месяц назад

I love Christian Laettner

@broaddusmarines Месяц назад

One of the three greatest college basketball players of all time, just after Lew Alcindor (Kareem) and Bill Walton.

@rickycole6327 Месяц назад

Agree with your list with one exception I would have Jabbar, Walton, Russell then Laettner

@tristramcoffin926 Месяц назад

On the NIL stuff, just leave it alone. It isn't about the adults not knowing what is coming. Let the market figure it out. The schools are free to negotiate, too. And, if they want to say something to a player like, "We are willing to pay you the money you want but you have to remain 4 years" or whatever that is what stabilizes this new system out. Not everyone is Christian Laettner. Many of these kids will never make the NBA and that NIL money (maybe some semipro or games in Italy, etc) is all they will make in their lives playing basketball.

@keithparks4347 Месяц назад

Dang! He resembles James Taylor.

@stephenfricke9298 Месяц назад

But HUGE

@eazye519 Месяц назад

Hes the best college player ever.

@musicman76enator Месяц назад

GOAT

@kylemucerino2558 Месяц назад

Laettner not liking NIL....shocking!🤯

@PorkChopXpress4385 Месяц назад

My guy did a lot more than just play in the tournament

@JDBluedevil Месяц назад

Players should be able to earn money on their name and image, but I don't believe they should be able to create bidding wars for their services to transfer every season. Best option is to lock in a 2 year contract with the university you sign with and then after that you can transfer 1 time before graduating, and then a 2nd transfer option for 5th year players with graduate degree considerations.

@melaniebianchi5320 Месяц назад

"um" for "him" ... "i was just teasin um" -- Western NY accent still up there in the paint

@Hokieman-ol7qh Месяц назад

TIL Chad Ochocinco wrote a book called Get the Ball in my Hands. Sorry Keyshawn.

@MissiSIMPi 23 дня назад

6:30. I went to the comments as soon as I heard him say that.

@cindyfagerstrom8825 Месяц назад

NIL means less $ under the direct control of the Universities. What a kick in the head for University fundraising.

@AshMorton Месяц назад

Good thing they didn’t have ref replay of plays back then, or he’d have gotten a flagrant 2 for he stomp

@deepcosmiclove Месяц назад

It's a shame that Charlotte passed on Laettner to take Alonzo who never panned out.

@thecostanzatheory Месяц назад

If coach who recruited you leaves, you should be able to transfer immediately. I hate the portal, NIL, and sports n general is down on my priority list.

@dantenewyork7380 Месяц назад

why guardrails? free market. should there be a cap on what Eisen is allowed to earn? silly

@stevel240l7 Месяц назад

What’s in the red cup….gotta be cheap liquor!!

@ndbobby1 Месяц назад

Does he have thought besides the fact that teams are better with senior leadership.

@paulmenter4358 Месяц назад

Yea. Once a year is probably enough...

@davidbellecy1709 Месяц назад

Fab five was one of the best college squads ever assembled.

@paulmccarthy2032 Месяц назад

And Fab5 accomplished what? Black socks, baggy shorts ,hype and nothing else..nice try bro

@Alphasports576 Месяц назад

Never won a title overrated hype jobs

@nicktucker3437 Месяц назад

cant blame the kids for getting the most they can out of NIL.

@scottgood7888 Месяц назад

The transfer portal and NIL is and will continue to diminish the concept and development of TEAM.

@brussellchitchens Месяц назад

I loved that Duke team, but he seems to be throwing fists at the sky.

@OmahaSand Месяц назад

Not really.. NCAA Tournament being more popular than the NBA .. there is a reason.

@davidgivins4203 Месяц назад

@@OmahaSandwrong bigger then all sports !😊

@daveland3303 Месяц назад

The last time I liked duke

@dantenewyork7380 Месяц назад

damn, CL looking old. i'm clearly getting old myself

@gregoryschmidt1922 Месяц назад

91 UNLV, mysterious loss to Duke. No way that game was on the "up and up". Year before they lose by thirty.

@archangelmusic13 Месяц назад

year before coach k didnt have a week to prepare for unlv. he had 1 day. year before he didnt have grant hill, year before bobby hurley and laettner weren't even good enough to shoot three pointers like they were when they met in 91.oh and duke repeated the year after proving it was no fluke, and having the greatest coach of all time also helped.

@lynnerose7891 Месяц назад

Not even close to mystery. UNLV got complacent and thought Duke hadn’t been improving.

@SirVic42 Месяц назад

@@archangelmusic13 Correct. In 1990, Coach K had no plan to deal with Larry Johnson and was hoping his freshman point guard could do a Bob Cousy impersonation to deal with the amazing backcourt pressure of the Rebs. That didn't work at all. In 1991, Hurley wasn't sick for the game and Coach K had senior Greg Koubek guard LJ using position instead of strength. The game came down to a last second three point attempt by Anderson Hunt, UNLV's best shooter. He makes it, they win. It was one of the greatest college basketball games ever.

@gregoryschmidt1922 Месяц назад

All you guys are correct. Duke was alot better the second time around. When I stated mysterious, alot of Rebel fans questioned how one of our three All-Americans finished with four points. Then there was the photo of three members of that team in a hot tub with Richard "the fixer" Perry. Again I will say that Duke team was amazing and deserved to win that rematch.

@archangelmusic13 Месяц назад

@@gregoryschmidt1922 dont forget duke repeat the next year proving what a powerhouse they were, and won by 20

@r3tr0actiongamer24 Месяц назад

College sports is trash now

@davidgivins4203 Месяц назад

Wrong xxxxx!😊❤

@porcupinecraig Месяц назад

I lost all respect for this jerk when he stomped on the Kentucky player's chest. He should have been thrown out for that, but the refs didn't have the balls.

@Scott-ph2yk Месяц назад

I still hate Laetner!

@andrewgibbs7099 Месяц назад

Why don’t you ask him about stepping on a players chest…. Worse than any political figure! I feel vomit at the back of my throat. I will never forget!!!!! 😢

@archangelmusic13 Месяц назад

he did that because the kentucky player pushed him in the back into the goal post after he made a layup, he was just getting back at him., cant let people walk all over you.

@AshMorton Месяц назад

@@archangelmusic13I see what you did there

@Alphasports576 Месяц назад

I've seen way worse than out on a basketball court if that still hurts your feelings you're pretty soft human being . On a scale from 1 to 10 one being the stomp was really soft 10 being really hard it was like a five I've seen way worse than that on the court at all the horrible stuff I've seen on the court and I've been watching basketball since 1984 that's not even in the top 10 you must learn how to forgive in life and that storm wasn't even all that bad it got a technical fou people need to toughen up the guy that got stomped it didn't even leave leave any permanent damage on him he was probably sore for a day but you're still thinking aboutl

@archangelmusic13 Месяц назад

@@Alphasports576 it wasnt a stomp, it was a tap. id give it a 2 at best.and id like to add the kentucky player that pushed laettner in the back into the goal post didnt get any foul called on him

@Alphasports576 Месяц назад

@@archangelmusic13 I do agree