So true. These were the days, my friend.

@@danielwade1978 *WORD*

Yea we should've... Bob Huggins is missed in the city...

but we got Cronin

Jonathan Watson Mick's cool, and he's got his guys playing some good ball.. But he doesn't recruit like Bob

true Bob got us Kenyon Martin nuff said lol

Jonathan Watson Enough said... From 1990 through 2002, we should've won atleast two championships.....

+Inmen Grisby I was in college at the time and remember going to the Temple game that year vs Pepe Sanchez. Such a shame what ended up happening in Memphis.

+D lamerc Unfortunately I was in Memphis when Kenyon broke his leg as well. The walk back to the hotel after the game was one of the loneliest walks ever.

+Inmen Grisby Worst day ever. I always hated the Mich St team that won the title that year thinking about what could have been,

@@dlamerc4232 Cincinnati would have won the national championship in '00 hands down! Martin's broken leg was the single most influential injury in the history of March Madness! Has no peer! Bearcats were the only team that would have handled the Spartans

@@inmengrisby4591 It was the *ONLY* time in my life.....that in watching a sporting event....that I actually felt physically sick and had to sit on the toilet. TRUTH.

You can say the same thing about Demarr Johnson

Forte could not transition to the PG position for Boston in the pros, his shot never took the next NBA range step and he was overwhelmed by the quickness of the NBA. Cota, IMO, would have been drafted after his junior year and maybe stuck on a roster as a solid backup. The knock was his outside shooting, which improved overseas, and his on ball defense. He could not rely on his court awareness and in-between game. Two of my all-time Tar Heels for sure.

@@djayb2259 And I also believe Forte could have used another year at Carolina! He was nowhere near pro-ready at that time! Being co ACC player of the year as a sophomore made his head swell! In Cota's case he was as good as they came at the college level ball handling and assist wise but his height was a setback

@@djayb2259 those were to add to what you stated! I agreed with you

It Mickeal lol but he was a great jc transfer.

@@brentonhickman2739 Yes he was but he was even more productive with a healthy Kenyon

@@brentonhickman2739 Martin made everybody's game better around him

That was the Melvin Levitt ending

mandrell Rob what JuCo you went to?

Inmen Grisby

Not this team.

@@danspille6508 Yep, this team. But Kenyon got hurt and didn't play.

And only because of Martin's injury impact, going from the #1 overall seed easily down to the 2 line!

His 97,98 and 99 teams should've yielded at least 1 national championship. If not two!

+Matt Strathearn You do realize we lost because Kenyon was injured. But I agree with you that this games meant nothing in the grand scheme of things. I may never get over that injury and lost season!

+Doug Dehne The "elite 8" used to be called the "Great .8" Folks over 30 are going to interpret the title to mean the ncaa tournament. I don't remember the name of this tournament, but I remember this game.

+john magee Yes I remember. Kenyon was amazing and is probably my favorite college basketball player ever.

+Matt Strathearn also check out the UC Depaul game from 2000. Martin led the team back from a 10 point deficit with 3:45 left in the game. He scored the last 12 points, blocked some shots, and just muscled his team back for the victory. Amazing performance, and Dickie V goes nuts.

+Doug Dehne Wow somebody is salty. We are all Bearcat fans, right? I admit I didn't notice the date at first. Try not to get your panties in a bunch over something so trivial. I've been a Bearcat fan since 1992 when Nick Van Exel played there, so I'm definitely not trying to minimize the accomplishments of this team. Good job insulting somebody you don't know. You sure are a tough guy on the internet. I bet I've forgotten more about the game of basketball than you will ever know.

That was due to Martin's injury and it's impact!