And the other year in that stretch they lost in the tourney to a buzzer beater back court shot. Most brutal loss in the history of the NCAA tournament. Could have been 4 straight Final Fours.
Damn. This game was a war. Louisville is one of the underrated teams of that time. They had one Achilles heel, size. Ewing was the difference in this one. Kept them from driving to the hoop.
1979 was the most popular final four but 1982 was better you had four teams with at least two legitimate future NBA Starting prospects GEORGETOWN had Patrick Ewing & Eric (Sleepy) Floyd LOUISVILLE had Rodney McCray & Gordon Lancaster HOUSTON had Akeem aka Hakeem Olajuwon & Clyde Drexler and NORTH CAROLINA had 3 Michael Jordan, James Worthy & Sam Perkins
1982 is the greatest final four ever. Four College HOF coaches in JT, Crum, Lewis and Smith. Four NBA hall of Fame players in Ewing, Drexler, Jordan and Olajuwon. Derek Smith, Milt Wagner , Lancaster Gordon and Rodney McCray from Louisville, Rob Williams, Michael Young and Larry Micheaux for Houston, sleepy Floyd, Billy Martin from Georgetown And Worthy, Perkins from UNC all played in the NBA.
love watching these old school games when college Basketball was college basketball
Louisville made it to the final four in three of four years 80,82,83, the last two they lost to two NBA hall of fame big men
86 won it all again too
And the other year in that stretch they lost in the tourney to a buzzer beater back court shot. Most brutal loss in the history of the NCAA tournament. Could have been 4 straight Final Fours.
I loved to watch college basketball when these guys were all playing.
@Rayden Kane What the hell does this have to do with college basketball?
I remember that CBS college basketball intro like it was yesterday.
Damn. This game was a war. Louisville is one of the underrated teams of that time. They had one Achilles heel, size. Ewing was the difference in this one. Kept them from driving to the hoop.
Next 3 years my Cardinals will back to this type of play! About to feel our Payne! #L1C4
Right! I keep telling em to just be patient with kp.that's if they are true lou fan's.😏
Good luck with that!!!!
Kenny Payne??
Great Game
If MiltWagner dnt have burn hands they play NC and beat MJ for national championship
love those PRO -KEDS.💯
1979 was the most popular final four but 1982 was better you had four teams with at least two legitimate future NBA Starting prospects GEORGETOWN had Patrick Ewing & Eric (Sleepy) Floyd LOUISVILLE had Rodney McCray & Gordon Lancaster HOUSTON had Akeem aka Hakeem Olajuwon & Clyde Drexler and NORTH CAROLINA had 3 Michael Jordan, James Worthy & Sam Perkins
John Hagan Louisville had Derrick Smith also he was a pro
1982 is the greatest final four ever. Four College HOF coaches in JT, Crum, Lewis and Smith. Four NBA hall of Fame players in Ewing, Drexler, Jordan and Olajuwon. Derek Smith, Milt Wagner , Lancaster Gordon and Rodney McCray from Louisville, Rob Williams, Michael Young and Larry Micheaux for Houston, sleepy Floyd, Billy Martin from Georgetown And Worthy, Perkins from UNC all played in the NBA.
@@Biggdoom344 Worthy is a Hall of Famer too. He wasnt name Big Game James for nothing.
But part of the appeal of the 79 final four was that Indiana St made it there their first time in the tournament and it set up the Bird Magic rivalry
@@Biggdoom344 No doubt about it. 💯
My stepfather was huge Hoyas fan he took me to a lot of there games them Hoyas teams was to good to only win one national championship
Cool thanks man reckon u could do nba games??
Do you have any USL games from 1980-82 seasons ?
They should have implemented the shot clock. The game was basically over with 5 mins to go and the lead was only 7
This was a fun, hard fought game from wire to wire. I love watching people d each other up. Now the best part of the game.
@ 1:24:13 LMAO!!!
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Mighty ! Georgetown ! Ewinggg !
This game was sloppy as hell.
Defense.
Pure destruction ! Georgetown !