Michael Jordan's game-winner vs. Georgetown (1982) | FINAL MINUTE 

Anyone else still think the '80s was only 20 years ago and not 40 lol.

Who’s here because of AIR?

Jordan wearing converse before his sneakers impacted the world

How many NCAA championships did LeBron James and Kobe Bryant win?

John Thompson was all class after the game. He said to Brown "If that's the worst mistake you make in your life, then you're going to live a wonderful life".

What a shot by Michael Jordan! He's surely gonna make the NBA someday.

“That shot turned me from Mike... to Michael Jordan.”

Weird to think this is almost 40 years ago, time flies

Patrick Ewing was Pat Ewing Michael Jordan was Mike Jordan. Strange times

After watching the movie "Air", this is the must-see clip to witness greatness again.

That Mike fella is gonna be somebody one day!

“That’s the shot that turned me from ‘Pat’ to ‘Patrick’ “ - Patrick Ewing

Great Memory to relive. So fortunate to have been in attendance at that game. My brother was there to root for Georgetown and when they beat Louisville he met a lady from Louisville who gave him her floor seats. He offered me his upper level seats and I and some friends drove down from college that night. Had no idea who Michael Jordan was or that I was watching him make a shot that would launch his career to become the greatest basketball player ever!

The Shot that started Michael Jordan's path to Greatness

James Worthy was the “IT” factor back then but this is the same day that a young up and coming “Mike” became “The Michael Jordan, His Airness.”

02.37 greatest pass in ncaa's history.

Underrated play no one talks about is MJ standing in the lane right before Brown turns it over, him doing that blocks the Brown's pass lane so he panics and throws it to worthy.

What an incredible steal by James Worthy 😂

Wow he threw it to the wrong dude

John Thompson a hall of fame coach was amazing. Brown made that errand pass to Worthy it was terrible. I was a Junior at UNC and was fortunate to be at the game because the guy that supposed to be there caught mono. So he gave me the whole package . What they don't show is Thompson not screaming and hollering at Brown but as a Dad he hugged him and whisper something in his ear . What Brown said he told him we will get them before Ewing leaves. A very powerful moment .

Came here after watching “Air.”

The game that finally made Dean Smith a national champion and silenced all the doubters

At that time Dean Smith was like a God in NC. That shot that MJ hit elevated him, because of what that shot meant for Dean Smith. If MJ had never played another game of basketball, that one game winning shot guaranteed his legendary status FOREVER. So whatever MJ accomplished after that was just icing on the cake. Thank you for making that shot Michael.

Here after watching Air. Wow

2:37 imagine the hate he got after that 💀

Boy, this takes me back.... no 3 point line, no shot clock. I'm glad to be old enough to have watched Jordan and Worthy in college and in the NBA!!

the basketball gods wouldn't allow any of Worthy's free throws to go in. it had to be MJ's game winner that were the final and deciding points. any NBA player who gets 6 titles(and doesn't have an ncaa title), this is Jordan's tie breaker, his 7th major title

Who's here after watching Jordan's the last dance?

The biography of Michael Jordan brings me here. Great final!

A picture perfect jump shot, Mr Jordan the G.O.A.T.

Man this Mike Jordan guy might get drafted.

One of the greatest shots in NCAA history

That was the 1st game all tournament Hoyas didn't wear white. Brown forgot & in a panic threw it to a white jersey. Plus Worthy was SO out of position defensively he was mistaken for an offensive player

I was 14 then and suffered through the loss in 77 and year before to Indiana....thought we had lost it again...when Jordan hit that jumper my whole house erupted...the roof almost came off.....that is still my favorite shot of all time......at a young age and really getting into unc sports....

Matt Daugherty said he was supposed to take the last shot that Michael Jordan made. If that would have happened Georgetown would have been 1982 champs

2:37 imagine I’d Twitter was around back then 😂😂

Ewing just can't catch a break 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

i’m here because of Sonny Vacario

Jordan and worthy on the same college team is almost unfair

they didnt have the 3 point line yet, time flies indeed

That turnover was an underrated “choke” moments

How many of us here after swaggy p said Jordan got famous after this shot instead of James worthy😂😂

Nobody knew how great he would become.

One of the best basketball names ever “Sleepy“ Floyd IMO

Air brought me here

"The play is apparently for Worthy. They double him for sure. You change the side, and Michel take the shot." "Knock it in Michael" executed.

Mj was a freshmen in that game,he played with worthy,San perkins,Kenny smith,worthy was the number one player for tar heels and passed him almost immediately and worthy said this,Den smith was a genius,he is the reason they made a shot clock because Tar Heels would get the lead and pass it around with the four corner dean made,best college basketball organization all time,so many legends and hall of fame players came from unc

I wonder what ever happened to that Jordan fella...

MJ's game winning shots are all nothing but the bottom of the net: 1982 NCAA National Championship and 1998 NBA Finals Game 6

I wonder whatever happened to that Jordan guy; he seemed to have some potential.

Best of luck to Hubert Davis, I think Coach Smith is smiling !

and to think that Dean designated Michael to take the shot because "he wouldn't know what it means" since he was just a frosh.

gotta chuckle at Matt Doherty not passing the ball to a wide open MJ at 2:24 and then asking for a pass back at 2:28 just when MJ was taking that jumpshot.... LOL

What I found pretty cool was even if Jordan missed that shot, when they stole The ball back, if you look inside by the rim, Jordan was already down there waving his hand for the ball to score lol… his IQ and need for the ball when the game was on the line is absolutely insane 💪🏽💪🏽

Jordan messed up Ewing entire career. College and pro. He messed up everyone career in the 90s.

I couldn't imagine that MJ and Worthy were teammates in colleges!

A nice shot but nothing like his last shot vs the jazz that was amazing

Definitely some legends in that game!!

I wish I was watching when a legend was born!! Jordan has been hitting clutch shots to win championships before Lebron was born #respect youngster!!

3:10 Roy Williams on the right.

I have a poster of MJ shooting that game winner @17 seconds. Finally got around to seeing the actual play tho.

No one knew that skinny kid would have been a legend and The 🐐 of nba and basketball

Whos here after they watched AIR (2023)?

The rest was history after this shot!

This is why I love RU-vid…I don’t recall watching this game. Seeing it now, perhaps for the first time, awesome

Not mj and James worthy going on to win several more titles

1982. Seems like this time never existed. So long ago. I was 5 years old. The good ol’ days. No cell phones. No RU-vid. No computers. Just stickball in the street. Walking to a friend’s house and knocking to see if anyone was home. Picking raspberries at Kaki’s house. Life was much better then.

Who else is here after the movie Air?

How did worthy win a ring before Jordan?easy the bulls were garbage,the Lakers were a championship team from top to bottom with a hall of fame center and point guard

He was calm the whole time even as a freshman that why he the goat!

Where's the 3 point line here 🤔💥🏀🏆🤣🤭🙃?

I wonder whatever became of that kid named Michael Jordan

Came to see this after seeing Air, what shot

Who came from 2k

1982 Championship game: Georgetown with Freshman Patrick Ewing, Noth Carolina with Sam Perkins, James Worthy, and Michael Jordan. 1983 Championship game: Houston had Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. Lost to NC State with head coach Jimmy Valvano. 1984 championship game. Georgetown is back with Ewing and they defeat Houston with Olajuwon. (Final Four: Houston beat Virgina led by Ralph Sampson and Georgetown beat Kentucky led by Sam Bowie - the guy drafted before Jordan) 1985 championship game. Georgetown and Ewing return and are upset by Villanova 66 - 64. Villanova made 22 of 28 shots for the game and 9 of 10 shots in the 2nd half. 3 Big East teams in the 1985 Final Four, Villanova, Georgetown, and St. John's (led by Chris Mullin) What a great stretch of college basketball.

Pause AIR and came straight here

Never forget, Dean Smith won 2 national championships on the 2 biggest bonehead plays in the history of the NCAA tournament.

How homie brick them last 2 free shows..smh🙆🏾‍♂️😑

Wow! Micheal Jordan was on fire! He surely will make the NBA.

After watching Air and Last Dance I looked this up. After the winning shot MJ also positioned himself very well defensively… Anyone think that when Worthy stole it and ran down the court he could have laid it up and over Freddie Brown (GTown 20) for Michael to dunk? Or was he too well guarded? (Not a basketball fundi)

LAST DANCE brought me here. 👋👏

Catch and shoot 3 before the line was invented😭

Back when college hoops meant something!

I know everyone like this Jordan fella but this Pat Ewing maybe fire as well.

I'm only here for that pass 2:37

Lol that guy threw it to the wrong guy

Odd they never mention this was in the Superdome and UNC rarely loses a title game in this building, if ever.

No hesitation jump shot.

No Shot Clock and 3 point line back then.

The sound of the net when Jordan makes that shot sounded so wet. In a place where there's so much noise the crowd, the band and it's crazy you can hear the swoosh so clear when Michael hits that shot. I swear it's the most beautiful sound in basketball when it goes through hitting nothing but net.

There was no shot clock back then?

Jordan have 6 champ nba n one from north carolina 7 for jordan .

Who's here from the MJ book?

40 years ago today...

Big Game James!

The movie brought me here gave me chills I wonder did people know how great he would become

Shown back when the Oscars on ABC were big competition

MJ actually saved the game TWICE. The shot first. And then on defense, he completely saved worthy from ruining the defensive plan. When Worthy cheats and tries to get that steal, the defense completely collapses with 9 seconds left. Its because of MJ backing up a bit to take away the cut in the middle. Worthy is actually STILL at the top not in any type of defensive situation. UNC could have easily given up a bucket on that play, as it was essentially a 4 on 5 with worthy out of the picture, even for just those few seconds.

Still remember watching this game! I was about 15. I never jumped so high when MJ made that shot. All the news media talked about before game was Patrick Ewing.

The young man who would become a legend would hit the game winning shot for a North Carolina National Championship. Michael Jordan was a complete monster on a basketball court. Note : James Worthy was on this team and was a senior.