Michael Allen They actually used to play every year from 1989 early into the 21st century

Agreed! Two storied programs and schools!

most teams are too scared to play duke every year and put a stop to it when they realise they cant beat them. usually only the brave coaches who want to learn and build their team play duke.i notice duke wasnt scared to play alabama in football where most schools were

Solid history of kids never graduating.

​@@tomace4898 Somebody is hating.

Michigan would have been the Knicks because they always came up short.

It was just 2 years earlier when Duke was the team that couldn't get over the hump. It was the Laettner, Hurley and Hill combo that pushed them to championship level and the aura they've had ever since. And don't forget, the media tried their hardest to make Michigan a thing. They got all the hype and propaganda (and ref help) despite the fact they were obviously not the great team that Duke was. Media absolutely HATED these Duke players being the face of basketball.

Lps those are my two favorite teams (Duke in College and Bulls in NBA). They both repeated 1991&1992. Awesome stuff.

personally i think cozzman is a unc fan and not a duke judging by the games he puts up

Thank you for this gem🙏🏿

king lord that moment when you realize Chris Webber had a better pro career than dukes entire team put together.

@Ted Jordan: The NBA? That's like bragging on someone's "pro wrestling career."

@@tedjordan7567 they still couldn't beat Duke 😅😅

Wrong Ted Jordan. Grant Hill played in this game and he was definitely a better player in the NBA than Chris Webber. 1994-00 Grant Hill was Lebron James before Lebron James. Such an ignorant statement on your part.

duke also beat michigan minus chris webber in 94 at michigan.michigan still had 4 of the fab 5.and duke did it without laettner and hurley.

Agreed! I was a Fab Five fan but over the years I have learned to respect Duke's program a great deal!

It was televised though! I live in Wilmington De, and it was broadcast live. But I guess not nationally?

It covered all but a tiny bit of the U.S., so it was effectively national, about the same distribution as those neutral-site football games and bowl games that Raycom televised during that era.

It wasn’t live in my city. Don’t know why it wasn’t on ESPN

Whats legendary about a group of trash talking thugs that did nothing but stain the program because they were receiving improper benefits? You call them "dope"....they "won games" but never won anything...because it was all taken away. In my opinion, their antics and attitudes were terrible for the game, and that's what this is, a GAME....not a style or fashion contest.

tranceofdances it's too bad that you feel that way. we differ on that. frankly i don't care about college players getting paid. if them getting paid were legal it wouldn't really change who would be able to get the best players. the big schools that choose to focus their resources toward athletics are already getting the best players.

My comment has nothing to do with the merits of whether college athletes should be paid....they are NOT allowed to be...that's just the way it is....My main point, was how these guys acted, and the way they played the game. To me, there is nothing legendary about their attitudes and trash talking BS....when I think of college b ball...I don't think of these guys....I remember nothing about them, but how they ran their mouth, acted like the world owed them something because of where they came from, and tried to turn the game into a fashion contest. They couldn't just let their play talk....they had to run their mouths, which in turn cemented why people disliked them even further.....when you have alumni of the school writing and expressing their unrest and unhappiness about the way they made the school look, that's pretty bad, to say NOTHING about the fact that they were doing illegal things...

tranceofdances trash talk is used as an intimidation tactic, and it doesn't really matter at all unless it is effective. as a watchful fan back in those days, i would have needed a vivid imagination to assume that they were trash talking and being disrespectful. i wasn't courtside. i did see alot of high fiving and slam dunking just like how showtime used to do. they weren't skinning and grinning like magic and showtime, though. the old guard didn't like their lack of reverence for the old way. doesn't necessarily mean that the old way was better. and i don't assume that you're that old, so what is your real issue?

You need to watch the Fab 5 special they did on ESPN if you never saw the trash talking. I find that hard to believe that you would have to use your imagination to see it....I never saw a game courtside either...I didn't have to....I saw them play many times, and the things they did were nothing like the Lakers of the show time days. Talking shit to players after plays, after dunks....staring people down, even getting in their faces or provoking confrontation. Sure in any sport, there is some form of trying to get an edge and things getting heated, but they did a lot of that shit on purpose....they even admitted to doing these things....as I said, let your play do the talking....that's one thing in general I can't stand about sports today period, is the trash talking...no, I am in my late 30's, and my issue is, I don't see how these guys are "legendary" at all. Were they talented? Yes....but that talent was overshadowed by their actions on and off the court.

Nobody from this Duke squad had good NBA vareers but Grant Hill. That goes to show who had the true talent. Everybody knows the Refs wins games for Duke.

Exactly!! They couldn't matchup with Hurley. He killed them everytime he played them. One of those games Hurley said "can't nobody guard me out here"!!!!

Christian Laettner had a good career, just not a great career. Bobby Hurley was in a tragic car accident that almost killed him

@@masterciphersupreme1647 bobby hurley schooled the usa dream team, so he could play with the best.you're showing your ignorance, his car accident cost him his nba career

From what I see the one game that was televised (nationally) that day was Kansas/Indiana from Indianapolis on CBS, ABC has the inaugural SEC title game and ESPN had Oklahoma/Kansas State from Tokyo at night. Today no way does a top 5 matchup end up a regional afterthought.

Well, I watched that game live in NJ, so not sure what you mean.

The game was broadcast by a regional syndicator and stations picked the game up to make it a quasi national TV game. Today a game like this gets a National time slot on CBS or ESPN. Raycom/Jefferson Pilot(ACC Regional broadcaster) originated the broadcast

I watched it in Wilmington DE live start to finish

I think CBS would've picked up a game such as this today. I think that CBS was in its cheap phase at this point, which led to the loss of its NFL deal. Raycom, which held the ACC's men's hoops rights in tandem with Jefferson-Pilot, decided to handle this game solo (no JPS) and nationally syndicate it after CBS decided that the price for this game was too rich for its blood.

They couldn't beat the refs and those teams. Best game I ever seen play was when the Fab 4 and Fife blasted Indiana at Crisler. The reason the refs were neutral Bobby Knight didn't know what hit him. 2nd best was the Traylor team that blew out Indiana again Knight couldn't figure out where the refs were to help.

That championship game against UNC was even, could have went either way. The same 2 teams had a game earlier that year and Michigan won on a tip in at the buzzer. I dont know why Michigan fans feel like they were the better team...evenly matched

@@pdaddy879 true michigan could have beaten unc in the title game, but michigan wasnt winning this game here.duke should have three-peated if they didnt lose their center cherokee parks

It was always ifs with the Fab five they never really accomplished that much Ray Jackson is the most overrated basketball player

Jill Conner is only he could be as clean as Laettner who stomped on the Kentucky player

@@tedjordan7567 he tapped him with his foot. Not saying that was clean either it wasnt but really no different than shoving someone outta frustration. big difference between that and purposefully trying to injure someone! But your obviously a 2 wrongs make a right kinda guy so do you

supremejoseph choke 5

u1st driver fuck off

Fun times!

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thacozzman89 Exactly. Most overrated starting 5 ever. Not even intelligent enough to know how many timeouts they had. Pathetic.

Canada and USA Rock it's over 20 years ago let it go let it go LOL

Canada they were the Big 10 champs in their frosh yr.

They did not win Big Ten Title their Freshman year.

This was the 1992-93 season…Nowhere it says that it happened in the 1991-92 season.

Not to be that guy but they were 2-7. But I agree with everything else you said.

They were too undisciplined. The shot selection got ridiculous at times.

@@williamelliott3035 I honestly think that alot of times they tried to simply intimidate teams with their trash talk to the point that it would somehow knock teams off their games. But that tactic never worked against tough minded well disciplined teams.

@@drestathagangsta8880 Yeah that shit got old. Watching it now I am like they never brought their A game. or shut up when it counted. These losses hurt so bad to watch.

There are always going to be haters...they were only 19 years old

unlv would blow them out

what?

Danny Penaloza Click on the timestamp and find out.

pizza hut special or Raycom?

Danny Penaloza Pizza Hut Special. Unfortunately, times have definitely changed on that front.

Haha I was Negative 3 years old so I do not know what you are talking about.

I certainly remember that. Still no love lost there to this day!

Right. Both teams have to win for it to be a rivalry

Ryan Brummund Duke has bagmen too. Don’t kid yourself. Coach K is too big to suspend though, so NCAA looks the other way.

Your kidding yourself if you think Zion Williamson didn't take money when he was at Duke

Had no reason to be rattled either they were way more talented and they were disciplined more than ppl thought

Must have been the "Cameron Crazies" that did that.

“I never had a successful NBA career” - Bobby Hurley/Christian Leattner

Who cares, this game is Duke vs. Michigan just saying

Lucky they didn't play KY

@@TheWakeup011 They're lucky Ol' Roy's Jayhawks beat Indiana. The Hoosiers were #1 in the nation going into the tourney.

You know if you think about it Michigan would have been all right if I hadn't had to play teams from North Carolina ACC the best ever

@@mikechilton911 Michigan beat UNC in the Maui Classic, then beat Kansas the next day.

Dexter Scott i hate the assoholes !!!

Notice how nobody ever says "I hate Baylor" or "I hate the Siena Saints"? People hate greatness.

EXACTLY!!!!! They ruin the game for the viewers!!!...SMH