Indiana vs LSU - 3/28/1981 - NCAA Final Four

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Indiana returned to the Final Four for the first time in five years, and took on the Louisiana State Tigers and their mercurial coach Dale Brown. This was not an offensive showcase, as both teams struggled from the field all day. Indiana would eventually outlast LSU and pick up the victory en route to a date in the title game against North Carolina.

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@fritzruffin8054 7 ай бұрын

Loved that announcing crew !!

@chrismorfas7515 3 жыл бұрын

I attended this game. We IU fans had been a bit nervous in the lead-up. While the team had played well in the month leading up to the Final Four, we still had nine losses and had won a regional that was held on our home court and featured somewhat lesser competition than we had expected owing to both Depaul and Kentucky having been defeated in the early rounds. LSU boasted a gaudy record (29-3 as I recall). We played tentatively in the first half. Then, all of a sudden, we absolutely dominated in the second half, even with Isiah sitting for ten minutes or so. We knew then that the team was ready to win the championship. What I will always remember was the feeling my buddies and I had as we walked around the arena in between games. Everyone was shell-shocked. Even the UNC and Virginia fans, whose teams were about to play, had the same look upon their faces. They knew: Bob Knight's team had come to win this tournament.

@Biggdoom344 2 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t sold on Indiana for the reasons you stated..both De Paul and Kentucky had lost. Plus LSU was awesome that year. But Indiana took them apart that day. I had LSU winning it all and to get blown out by 20 was shocking. Then did the same to UNC. But looking back they peaked at the right time and had it all. Inside, outside, great defense and Thomas running the show. Landon Turner was going to be a star in the NBA but fate intervened.

@Irish_For_Life1842 7 ай бұрын

@@Biggdoom344 The injuries to Landon Turner after school were a horrible for your enemy to have to go through. What Coach Knight did for him and so so many others is his greatest legacy. What he did for Ryan White was something to never forget.

@sha9infinite450 6 ай бұрын

@@Biggdoom344indeed

@sha9infinite450 6 ай бұрын

Looking back, they did peak and the way they mauled Maryland who was a decent opponent, they may have beaten DePaul and Kentucky anyway. I was shocked by the LSU win. The way they took their hearts out. LSU was disorganized, panicking and moped too soon. Looking at their body language was shocking also. Totally got outplayed. Coach Knight also out coached Lefty Drisell easily, Dale Brown and Dean Smith. Too me, Alabama-Birmingham played better than any of them. They were just not as talented or good as IU.

@paulevereklian 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for posting this I have been wanting to see this game for a long time basically one of the few lost final four games from the 80s. Weird there are plenty of videos of the UNC-UVA game that followed but this one was a rarity. Thanks again

@paulsonj72 4 жыл бұрын

To show different things were in 1981 this was a 12:45 PM ET start with the second game starting approximately 3:15 PM ET

@FlipTrojan 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the bad blood between Bobby Knight and Dale Brown materialized in the late '80s. But you could see from their post-game interaction that they didn't really care for each other already. After the game, Knight would proceed to assault an LSU fan by throwing him in a trash can after a terse exchange.

@DNSKansas 4 жыл бұрын

The bad blood began here, then exploded in the 1987 Midwest regional final when Indiana beat 10th-seeded LSU 77-76 en route to the national championshiup

@StFidjnr 3 жыл бұрын

1:22:45 in the final four highlight film called Indiana Celebration Dick enberg will say in that scene "count em"

@ccth22 2 жыл бұрын

I remember before this season, thinking Rod Foster and Zeke were on the same level. But as this season went on you could see Thomas was something different. He was stronger than he looked and had hops...

@jackprecip5389 2 жыл бұрын

Hadn't thought of Rocket Rod in a long time, he was a good ballplayer in college. Still remember the game in the '80 tournament when he scored a ton and UCLA upset #1 DePaul on their way to the final. Foster actually wasn't a bad pro, as he was a competent reserve point guard for the Suns, who backed up Kyle Macy for a couple years, then couldn't win the starting job against Jay Humphries when Macy left. Sadly, the bad car accident he had in 1986 ended his basketball career. He might have stayed in the league as a reliable journeyman point guard, or quite possibly a star in Europe if he wanted to take that route like many did.

@chrismorfas7515 3 жыл бұрын

LSU, 9 points in the first 17 minutes of the second half...IU wins despite Isiah not scoring (and hardly playing) the first 17 minutes of the second half... I won't bore you with my Chuck Franz intramural softball story.

@davidmeredith4561 3 жыл бұрын

Al McGuire at 7:50 ... lol, what is a Chinese step??

@charleswilliamsjr4128 4 жыл бұрын

Lsu went to final four on 3 occasions 1981,1986,2006 l!!!

@bradlewis6514 4 жыл бұрын

And 1953

@dumisatonyjohnson8145 4 жыл бұрын

Brad Lewis Wasn't Bob Petit on the 1953 Team that went to the Final Four?!

@kingsports1113 4 жыл бұрын

Shaq should had been in it to

@DNSKansas 4 жыл бұрын

Dumisa, Pettit was the main reason LSU reached the Final four, becoming the first SEC team not named Kentucky to do so. No SEC team other than Kentucky reached the Final Four again until this game. The list of SEC teams to reach the Final Four is now eight (Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina)

@DNSKansas 4 жыл бұрын

Shaq's freshman year when LSU had him and Chris Jackson (Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf) was ranked No. 2 in the preseason AP poll, only to lose to Kansas at home in the preseason NIT, Roy Williams' first signature coaching victory. When Jackson went to the NBA, Shaq had precious little help.

@elwoodkishbaugh4670 4 жыл бұрын

Still makes me sad. Go tigers

@MrMashman93 4 жыл бұрын

Dale Brown’s best team? I think so.

@bradlewis6514 4 жыл бұрын

Three consecutive years lost to the eventual national champion! In fact from 1979-87, LSU lost a total of five times in the Dance to the team that won it all! That's insane! There's only been one stretch of similarity to that frequency since - Villanova had one close to under Jay Wright, losing to the tournaments' eventual national champ in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and again in 2014!

@DNSKansas 4 жыл бұрын

Big difference: Wright led Villanova to two championships. LSU is still searching for its first Final Four victory.

@Biggdoom344 2 жыл бұрын

@@bradlewis6514 probably in 2022 too..

@Biggdoom344 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The team that lost to Louisville the year before was loaded too. But this was a better squad because of the cookie man.

@jackprecip5389 2 жыл бұрын

@@DNSKansas Bigger difference, LSU is a football school, basketball is a garnish for them. Villanova is a basketball school, with football as a garnish. Folks in Baton Rouge value their football national championships a LOT more than they would any they would win in basketball. That's not to say they don't love their basketball, it's just not as fanatic like football. The reverse could be said for schools like North Carolina, Indiana, and Duke, which all have had decent football teams through the years, but they're never cream of the crop, and their campuses don't revere them like they do their top shelf basketball programs.