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Thank you for posting games like this because it lets me see games and teams I was too young to watch because I was born in October 1979

We shaved my head and painted it with water colors

Both coaches would end up winning a National championship

Ronnie Lester us still my all time favorite Iowa player.

This was the year that marked the ascension of Georgetown as a basketball power.

Man that Iowa program had some names on that team ……Boyle,Lester,arnold

Who give a damn about the Iowa state girls tournament!

Vince Brookings was a High School Player for Collinwood High School in Cleveland Ohio back in the 1970s.

Steve Kerr runs Lute’s offense.

They called it tight back then. And players were accustomed to playing with foul trouble. Look at box scores from Iowa’s Lute era tournament games and you will see plenty of games where 25-30 team fouls were called.

Moss wouldn't have blown by Lester if Ronnie was 100 percent. Lute had given Ronnie strict orders to let his man pass by and depend on help. He was also under strict orders to not penetrate to the rim. Unfortunately he found himself in the open floor in the Louisville game and instinct took over. And thanks to an "assist" from Roger Burkman Lester was down again.

I remember when iowa had that team with bj Armstrong marble I think marble was on that team and Ed horten was in a bar think it was wrestling team was ranked no 1 and ioea was 1 or 2 ranked the the wrestling team found out that night that they wasn't no 1 against the basketball ball team making fun of the team that bb team was bad ass and they found out cause Ed Horton wasn't having any of it he kicked ass in that bar that night instead of being together as ranked and kicking the big 10 ass in basketball and wrestling the wrestling team started shit and Mr Horton clean house that night. There was alot of shit said and Horton made sure that iowa bb team was the best that night .I'll say this Horton was 1 guy would be scary to go up against he was very emtemadating to play against he take it right to you and never looked back lol

I'd say this if ronnie lister wouldn't have got hurt I wonder what would have happen

These are the games they should show

Tony Bruin is a guy a lot of people forget about when telling the story of Big East getting name recruits. When he chose Syracuse it was a game changer...

Growing up in the Northeast I was in 7th grade. I wanted Georgetown or Syracuse to get to the Final Four I thought the Big East may never get this chance again. LOL boy was I wrong. The next year we kept hearing about these two DC area kids who could both jump out of the gym. Anthony Jones & Bill Martin signed and some Ewing kid from the Boston area people were comparing to Bill Russell. Wonderful time for Big East basketball!

I played pickup ball with Jeff Bullis in the 90s. Dude was dominant at the Y.

Wow!! I remember this game well. I find it interesting that the announcers never once, called it the final four. Ronnie Lester! To bad he wasn't fully recovered. Iowa would've won it all!!!

1:21:33 That make cheerleader living his best life.

R.I P. Lute Olson n John Thompson. 2 great coaches of all time

The two coaches in this game, Lute Olson and John Thompson, would pass away within days of each other.

Dan Schayes better than Bouie, though not yet.

the video we saw at the reunion was the tv broadcast in black & white, with commercials & everything.

the 76 ames team was the same team in 75 as far as 77 goes they were fouling frank a lot also he was as high as a kite that day. if you know what I mean.

one last thing it was funny that we did a scrimmage game with ames in 75 at their gym. the following year they came to our gym for a scrimmage we drew close to 1000 people we won both

I was lucky to be on 2 of his state teams 1975 & 1977 we lost 1st round to steve waite & ia city high . a lot of people were pissed because we were 1 & 2 in the rankings. by my senior year we were playing 8 games a year at vets. hoover ( never saw the inside of their gym ) dowling , east , Roosevelt we were drawing as many people as drake did . when they played there . we had to play because of the fire code . we drew over 5000 per game . it really was a special time. yo don't get that anymore. the guys on the 75 team were all a class act . no assholes good people & i'm sure they still are. also still glad to know that our pic is still hanging in the gym. my sis told me when she went to caucus there

I was SOPHMORE. I was the team manager. if you look at our pic i'm top row left. as far as rankings go other then those teams with Harrison barnes I think they are right behind them. I always got a kick of the fact that we were latterly the home team but wore the road uniforms. befoe us the only other tem to go 24 & 0 was storm lake back in 1968 ames did it the following year. also as far as taping homemade goes you have ti remember vcr's were not in vented yet. out teacher used a reel to reel vcr to tape the game. that's why it was in black & white. the only other thing that really touched me is that the whole city was behind us the last dm team to win a title was Roosevelt in 1965. one of al comito's teams. the one that really sticks out to me is the sunday before tournament I was a church. fr. acre who was a teacher out at dowling ( now if you were a southsider you either went to dowling or Lincoln ) mentioned that although he likes to pray for dowlings teams to succeed their is another team on the south side from dm Lincoln that will be playing & we should all pray for their success. THAT FLOORD ME. ALSO WHEN THAT JACKASS JIM ZABEL PICKED IA CITY HIGH TO WIN OVER US . needless to say the southside blew up who's switch board & Zabel was on his knees apologizing after the commercial.

it has been over 40 yrs. since i've seen coach. i want to say the teacher who made the video was mr. malliet you would have to look him up in the year book. also the reunipn was at mike nixons house. maybe he still has it. i find it funny that ihsaa has no video. they have the 76 championship or was that posted by somebody like you thqat's all i can do . would love to find the complete video. it would be a real hoot to watch. that was a great team. .

Wow I just saw Iowa's Athletic Trainer John Streif on the Iowa bench! He was the Athletic Trainer at Iowa when I played there 1992-96. Go Hawks🏀

Wow this a game I'd thought we'd never see. Obscure and grateful

What an Iowa team under Lute Olson. Ronnie Lester with a knee injury that season coming back late. Georgetown with Sleepy Floyd was damn tough. Kenny Arnold was such an underrated guard and one of my fav Iowa players of all time.

If it wasn't 4 iowa winning this game it would've been another Syracuse Georgetown matchup

Always liked Erich Santifer. Good player.

you need to try again one our teachers made a tape of the game using the schools video tape machine. i also remember coach commenting that how fresh we looked after halftime . we were doing jump shots & ames was just standing around they were worn out. that is how we beat them you also might the iowa high school athletic assoc . they may have the complete game in their archive. the post after yours is the 1976 game against ames & m town it is what aired that night in color & with sound & it's the whole game.

talk to coach carle . at the 10 yr reunion he had a video tale of the game playing that we all watched. i'm sure he still has it. it has all but the last few minutes of the game . it's in black & white. sincerely, Richard powell

No March Madness. This will have to do. We would have won it all if Lester wasn't injured. Luck of the Hawkeyes.

It is hard to believe it has been FORTY years since this legendary Hawkeye game. If only Ronnie Lester didn't get hurt against Louisville in the national semifinal . . .

Philly as a regional site as a dress rehersal for the Final Four in 1981. In those days the NCAA usually awarded a regional to the Final Four site the year before they hosted the Final Four to work any kinks out for the next year.

I was at this game! Don't remember a thing about it though.

I was there! Amazing game -- Steve Waite was a monster.

Holy crap, Jim Boehim was Syracuse's coach for this game?!? Good Lord, he's been at Syracuse longer than Hayden and KF have been the coach for Iowa football!

12:25 “Well, he has good taste anyway, he picked a cute one.” 😖😂

To also think how close it was to being a Louisville/Georgetown Final Four game in 1980. If it had happened, the '82 FF game between them would have been looked at as a rematch.

Just turning 18, this is the best game and result my Hawkeyes have ever had in my lifetime.

And, to think, there was almost a Syracuse/Georgetown Elite 8 that year. *WOW.*

As a Georgetown fan, this was the first big heart break of the 80's, the second was 1982. I've been looking for this game for 10 years, thanks for the post.