He was a BEAST!

Wouldn’t it be awesome if like the Kansas City Royals or the Tampa Bay Mariners or like the Houston Astros or the Arizona Diamondbacks or like New Jersey Mets or The Philadelphia Phillies or lie the Oakland A’s or the San Diego Padres or like Cincinnati Reds or the Boston Brewers won the World Series this year

As great as Pearl was at Syracuse. He didn't win anything at his time there and never went far in the NCAA tournament.

I dont remember the quality being so low lol. HDTV is the truth 😅

Here to watch the free throws Pope keeps referring to

As a Red Sox fan, Vikings, 76ers I only seen one championship with the 76ers in 83. So when UConn won it all it was just bliss. The yrs that followed I finally got to see Red Sox win a few times and Uconn a 1/2 doz. Times. This was Nirvana

This was the last time a Final Four was held in an NBA/NHL arena .

Love my Cards

I am 61 and was just out of HS myself back then playing ball at the next level. Back in the early 80s Dominique Wilkins was more highly thought of than Michael Jordan. Of course, by the time Jordan graduated and went off to the Bulls he was an outstanding player, but Dean's system necessarily kept Jordan limited in his offense. But you could tell Jordan was special. Nique was also two years older in this video...Maryland had a player named Len Bias that would come along next year that might have been as good, if not better, than both of them in college. First team All American, two time All ACC, ACC Player of the Year, and chosen by the Celtics in the first round...most people know what happened after that. What might have been...BTW, I loved Al McGuire!

Can'f stand Georgetown or John Thompson

GODS LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL MYSELF HAVE NEVER LIKED UNC NEVER WILL. I REMEMBER A COMMENT BY SAM PERKINS SAYING WHERE IS GEORGIA WHAT CONFERENCE R THEY FROM JUST BEING A SMART PANTS GUY DOMINIQUE WILKINS PLAY ON THAT TEAM A YEAR BEFORE PERKINS PLAYED TERRIBLE GAME JORDAN NEVER WENT BACK TO FINAL 4 UNC AS USUAL LOADED UP STILL COULD NOT GET JOB DONE OVER RATED AS ALWAYS UNC AND FANS NEVER LEARN.....TOM TOM

Thanks for sharing this!

Garrison Keillor

Where's the 3 point line?😂

I’ll always appreciate and care for Coach Pitino. He did so much for UK. Everyone is human, so I don’t care about the small stuff. We all have done things we’re not proud of. I was in my early 20’s at the time of this chip, and I was always so proud Pitino was our coach.

Arkansas had caught so many lucky breaks to get tothis finals. Syracuse had them beat then a Syracuse player pulled a Chris Webber to force the game and overtime. They were lucky Memphis upset Purdue so they didn’t have to play a three seat in the second round and then Kansas got upset in the sweet 16 so they didn’t have to play the number one seat in the regional finals And then North Carolina Kentucky in the South region so they didn’t have to play Kentucky in the final four. As a Result UCLA totally smoked them in this game.

This team was the culmination of P J Carlisimo's great work at comparatively small Seton Hall, a "neighborhood" University in the village of South Orange, NJ, a suburb of Newark. Carlisimo's work in building this program, putting these players together and his outstanding coaching was something to see. Its a shame his NBA career got derailed with that ridiculous incident with Spreewell. This team brought a lot of pride to South Orange/Maplewood and I will never forget going over to the campus to welcome them back the night they returned from Seattle.

I hate billy packer.

Whoever made the decision for CBS to fire Brent Musberger is an idiot of the highest order. That should have never happened. You can hear how great he was here. By letting him go they handed ABC a gift on a silver platter

Prime example of the zebras affecting the outcome. That was not a foul……

The quality is terrible! I watched this game when it happened and the quality wasn't even 1/2 this bad!

I believe this was Brent Musberger last game at CBS.

Thank you for sharing. :) Just few weeks before finally watching this (algorithm kept suggesting), I shared an FB post about "upset." That we are either in the favored or unfavorable position of "upset." Thankfully, I'm neutral here (I am barely 4 years old at this time) and yet inspiring knowing modern-day "David wins over Goliath" stories do and still happen.

Was this the last time a Final Four wasn't played in a domed stadium?

I was a kid growing up then the acc and big east was loaded things just aren’t the same snymore

Pitino had them ready to handle that zone

The Pope 1:36:35 the play he’s talking about

That sports illustrated cover in the pool killed it

every time a team gets to big and overconfident they get humbled

Was this the last final four played in a traditional coliseum?

Those Arkansas teams from the mid 90’s were tough as hell!! Can’t believe UCLA pulled it off! Williamson had a bad game.

He took 5 steps 😂😂😂

Who is here watching the head head coach pope? In 2024!

If KY could hit there free throws they would of had 3 consecutive Championships

That was a shocking game. Villanova could not miss a shot

Just watched this game again after UConn got their 6th title. Kellogg with the genius point that UConn needed to play with urgency and full pedal to the metal on offense. I was in elementary school when this game was originally played and I did not remember how fast UConn played on offense. They ran every chance they got and it's ultimately what led them to victory.

North Carolina won it the next year when a kid from Wilmington hit the game winning shot to beat Georgetown

So the great Michael Jordan didn’t want to use his teammates then… And he doesn’t even wanna talk to them now. What a tool.

Can anyone think of point guard in college that could get to rim and finish better than Rumeal Robinson ever?

The irony of being w Reagan on cocaine. Its not often you get to meet the source of your addiction

Wow, that is amazing...and I'm a Wolfpack fan🤣

The thumbnail picture was really cool because Dickie V sort of resembled Tommy L as in my boy Tommy Lucchese except he has a whole hand, lol!

On April Fools Day 1985. People opened the newspaper in the morning and thought it was an April Fools Joke.

And didnt even have the knocking AZ senseless in the 1989 sweet 16 with da bomb by Anderson Hunt.

33:17 Wilkins has right elbow above the rim. CRAZY!! 😮🏀💪 👍

3:54 Steal by Worthy. 3 NBA titles. 30:30 Steal by Jordan.6 NBA titles.

Thanks for the post. 😊

Grew up in West Bmore also lived on NY and trust me from DC to Boston from 82 to 85-86 three Championship games 1 title, Georgetown wasn't just a b ball power house it was a culture signature shoes, T shirts and Pat Ewing was responsible for wearing t shirts under tank tops… RIP Big John Thompson my Moms loved him…

How did Dean Smith let Dominique Wilkins get out of the state of North Carolina?

The phantom foul call was horrific enough but Packer agreeing with it discredited his commentary. Disgraceful.