Follow me on twitter: / wildcat_world . Highlights from Kentucky's 1978 NCAA National Championship game featuring Jack Givens, Rick Robey, Kyle Macy, Mike Phillips, Truman Claytor and James Lee.
Good fuundamental basketball the players take high percentage shots they take what the defense gives them players nowadays would have had open shots close to the rim and threw it out to the three point line
Bill Walton's record of 44 points in UCLA's win over Memphis St. in the 1973 title game and Gail Goodrich's mark of 42 points in UCLA's win over Michigan in the 1965 title game were both most definitely in jeopardy of falling to Goose Givens that night in St. Louis. And I would contend Goodrich's second-most title game tally of 42 would've fallen, and perhaps Walton's mark of 44 also if Coach Joe B. Hall hadn't pulled Givens out with the other senior starters with a minute and change left in the game, IMO.
@@weallknowchris205 Oh Yow, I know Barry. I bet he also knows my brother Beebo. My folks use to own Harrison Motor company that is no longer there. But i know your dad remembers. I grew up next door to the Wiley's in Grandview. You might know Mark Stevie?
@liarandfool Why is Macy a jerk? He lived down the street from me in Peru, IN. His dad, Bob, was my basketball coach. They were some of the nicest people in town. His mom was a peach.
"From 1930 to 1972, the University of Kentucky legend [Adolph Rupp] ruled the Southeastern Conference as it stubbornly excluded Black players." The program was dominated by a racists from 1930 to 1972. Adolph Rupp. Here is your first reading assignment: theundefeated.com/features/kentucky-must-reckon-with-the-full-meaning-of-adolph-rupp/
