AD????? Naw I'd go with D Rose before AD.

@@ammonbakarri-o2108 CWebb played 2 years in college homie...he wasn't a one and done.

@@ammonbakarri-o2108 It's all love man.

Ammon Bakarri-O FOH. Durant was way better than Melo in college. It’s not his fault that the players around him wasn’t good. Plus his team didn’t hide by playing the 2-3 zone. That stuff is for pansies. Syracuse his Melos biggest weakness and that is his poor defense. Durant was special and it was beautiful to watch. Melo was great but he wasn’t doing what Durant was doing.

Durant was the best skillwise.

A Syracuse alum, was watching this actually in Christchurch New Zealand ... on vakay .. saw SU trash Texas on a layover in Kuala Lumpur, and then got to see this in a local bar in Christchurch where I had to pay the bartender a hefty tip to watch this instead of local rugby, and by end of game, HUGE crowd hunkered around the bar rooting like crazy for SU and drinks flowing like crazy .... AMAZING MEMORY!

Also driven here by the quarantine. First time I've seen it since it was played. As a lifelong fan of the Orange, this brought back a cascade of memories. Thank you

Not just while quarantined--any time during the year I need a pick-me-up, I pull this vid out! Never fails to put a smile on my face! #Cuse 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

All the Carolina Championships.....and all old NBA games with MJ.

I’m still watching this

I’m sorry that you were abused as a child.

I was young and I wish I could have experienced more that night.... but watching with my dad and going to my 7th grade home room bragging about it to all the haters was cool tooooo

Debatable that it would've dropped but they couldn't afford another Keith Smart so I agree the block was the icing on the cake!!

Debatable that it would've dropped but they couldn't afford another Keith Smart so I agree the block was the icing on the cake!!

Nostalgia

Way better. No flopping just good hard nosed competition

Wayyyy better

Joe Dumars picking Darko🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

Joe Dumars was a clown. That Pistons squad would've three peated with Melo starting full time maybe his third year with the starting five they already had. G - Billups G - Hamilton F - Prince F - R.Wallace C - B.Wallace 6th Man - Carmelo ??? 😂

@Fries As a Miami fan I’m happy they didn’t. Although I wouldn’t have mined having Carmelo either. Him going to play for either Pat Riley or Larry Brown would have been great for his career.

@@yaahlabanyamyan144Melo x Rip would’ve been a deadly 1-2 punch offensively especially during that time 😅

​@@allengreene9954Who was darko lol

IG: confused_melo For FACTS #Ginga hahaha this dude right here. The biggest Melo troll on the internet.

You From near Syracuse, Benny?

@@SouthernSkeptic na Im down in the City. South Bronx. But out here we rep anything NY.

@@yaahlabanyamyan144 Okay. I Grew up about 45 minutes from syracuse.

@@yaahlabanyamyan144 You do realize New York is a state right?

So was McNamara. Funny how he was on fire in first half and they hardly looked for him. If I was coaching I would have set a million picks and set ups for him. Melo was and is an all time great but very selfish player.

@@michaelcavallacci2945 you're right, McNamara was hitting from way deep too, wasn't he like 5 for 5 from 3 in the first? Yea Mello was selfish for sure, but so easy for him to take over, he was literally laughing at Keith Langford every time he smoked him

yeah and Kansas made Shaq look like Jerry West from the line

And no Wayne Simien and Langford only playing about 19 minutes.

Plus missing future All American PF Wayne Simien. He average 15pg/9pg that season. He was NPOY nxt season. He just scores 7pts,5rebs KU wins. He was out injured

@@michaelscott6439 I thought Simien was hurt?

@jason peters correct. Simien was out with some sort of shoulder injury. Langford scored 19 pts 19 minutes. His minutes were limited due to foul trouble. He was whistled for his fifth foul when a Syracuse player tripped over his own feet smh.

@@michaelscott6439 Tough L. My 2nd worst as a +30yr Jayhawks fan. My worst was 2011 Elite8 VCU. KU was so deep. Had a National Title game team on bench. Plus 2011 FF was so weak. KU would've been easy the best

2022 wasn't too shabby

Or 2008

Ur entire comment was kinda a tad but far fetched. Jim definitely doesn’t belong in the same category as those guys.

Glad you're able to relive it!

This day is super important for UNC as well. After the loss, Roy Williams goes to UNC. If Kansas wins, he probably stays. Thanks Melo...

@@vasantos-re4hb not really! When it came down to it, their we're two underlying factors u obviously aren't aware of if that's your reasoning! 1) Hinrich and Collison were the remaining links to the 1999-00 class that had been influential in him not taking the Carolina job then and they were graduating 2) outgoing Kansas AD Bob Frederick - Frederick was AD at Kansas when Dean Smith had recommended Roy for the KU job in 1989! Frederick and Williams became the tightest of lifelong friends and co-workers! There'd been speculation once Frederick announced he was stepping down between the '02 and '03 seasons Roy wouldn't stay! Plus an added outlier was Roy did not like Frederick's replacement! And Roy made it clear several times in the media his disdain for the guy! Yes he wasn't gonna turn down the Carolina job a second time because of the respect he had for Dean! But your theory being it was because Kansas lost was not a factor or at least a legit one in his decision whatsoever

@@bradlewis6514 So if Kansas wins, he still leaves for UNC?

And KU is (3-0) vs Roy&UNC since. All 3 wins in NCAA Tournament. 08, 12, 13. UNC was #1seed twice in those L's to Kansas. All 3 KU wins over UNC by double-digits

He still lives in the Seattle area👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

it was 2003, that wasnt the game back then (yet)

and look at him now!!

Same

Man, I was in 7th grade too in 03! Did you graduate in 09??

@@kylesterling1728 Class of 2008

Just wasn’t the era for shooting 3s as of yet. I agree with you btw

I think he took your advice LOL

@@carsonc29 I LOVE replying Okd posts like these. I told people last 2 yrs.."I love our guard/wing depth but if KU is gonna be special/tp5 team? We gotta have David McCormack playing consistently like a warrior." When everyone was ripping him up on Social Media (I knew we had only him. I had faith in him.) Boy he saved it for his last 6gms! Especially the 2022 FF he was MOP. 2022 National Champs!

Top 3 all time forsure

I was raised in the 315, 45 minutes from Syracuse.

​@SouthernSkeptic 315 is huge. Alot of space.

Interesting that Dean smith won 2 Championships in the superdome and Roy's last game at KU was in the superdome. Go Heels!

And your so transparent you aren't aware of any of the main factors that influenced his decision to leave Kansas! Of which the outcome of this game had absolutely nothing to do with it! Did not play a factor whatsoever

Look at the first half, KU wasn't coached up at all. And the free throws, they weren't coached up the entire season.

@@bigtarheelfan and then KU plays UNC in the superdome.....

wym? melo was by far the best player on the team but warrick duany and especially mcnamara were key elements to this championship run

@@tObito687 - I was talking about Carmelo. I was saying he was a one man wrecking ball. The only other player that I saw like him do that was Larry Bird, although Larry lost, (against Magic) whereas Carmelo won. Against a very talented Kansas squad. BTW, I watched both games live. The Michigan State vs Indiana State was the first NCAAB championship I ever watched.

really thought jonny flynn was the next one.

if they stopped going to the draft after one year they wouldn't have easy wins

They’re a blue blood school, what did you expect

it's not a question and this was 2003

KU won 🏆, 2008. Roy? (0-3) vs KU after he left to UNC. All 3 losses to KU in NCAA Tournament. All 3 by double-digits. Twice UNC was #1overall seed(2008, 2012.) "2020" NCAA Tournament is a crapshoot. It should least be a double-elimination for #1seeds. Extra advantage for having such great reg season. Make reg season matter more. KU played in 9 National Title games. Twice losing in OT, 3OT. Then playing this game without soph Wayne Simien (16ppg, 9rpg.) 1st team AA in 2005. Point is? Bad luck. KU could EASILY have 6 Nattys. But their time is coming. Self has them contending every year 10 Elite8s/5 Final Fours in last 17 years alone? KU Eventually going to break thru with like 2 Nattys in 3 year span.

I didn't even realize that Simien was on this team. Ur right, big loss.

@@milart12 (15ppg/7rpg) Simien his Soph yr

@@jasonpeters9716 Yea, I looked up his stats. Would have made a huge difference. I thought that he played a lot later. I'm from Scranton and a Gerry Mcnamara fan, so I guess that he got lucky!!!

@@milart12 Syracuse Freshman Guard McNamara? Is who won game for Cuse...... Six 3pointers vs Jayhawks in 1stHalf

@@milart12 Yeah ...my bad, Soph PF Wayne Simien averaged 8.2rpg.

The veteran team choked under pressure.

Offensive fail

@@connoristhatguy sorry but, what's that? Thanks for the answer

I think it's the five second closely guarded rule (google it)