I'll never forget this game. First time I was allowed to stay up late on a school night. Worthy's quick first step would prove to be unstoppable at the next level too.
It was the first championship I watched from start to finish! 10 years old and in fourth grade at the time! It's still the best back and forth possession championship to this very day! Neither team had more than a three possession lead at any point in the game
Big Game James and MJ .. set to win a combined 9 NBA championships and a combined 7 Finals MVPs Awards of the Finals.. also That Final Four had players like Hakeem, Ewing, Drexler all Hall of Famers and All Stars Sam Perkins and Sleepy Floyd. Great talent 💯 great Final Four and one of if not the best UNC team under Dean Smith.
@@axl8653 but he also played the power and center at times for Dean Smith! Most versatile front court college player in his amateur days! Carolina doesn't win the natty without him plain and simple
Andre Alston the 80s was like that. That 82 final four also had Phi Slamma jamma and a loaded Louisville Squad with the McCray brothers and Lancaster Gordon
@@mpcc2022 ...I'm so glad to have wittnes this historic! NCAA Championship performance. Emotions ran high, big Carolina fan living in heavy GeorgeTown! Country.
THATS WHEN COLLEGE BASKETBALL WAS BASKETBALL! SO GLAD MY HEELS WON ,I WAS 12 YRS OLD THEN,BUT THOSE GEORGETOWN HOYAS WITH PATRICK EWING WAS A TERROR,THATS WHY THEY WERE MY 2ND TEAM .THE 80'S WAS MONSTER DYNAMIC BASKETBALL,HAVENT SEEN GREAT COLLEGE BASKETBALL SINCE,PLAYERS. COACHES WERE MUCH BETTER THEN THAN NOW...MY OPINION ,COMING FROM A 53 YR OLD RETIRED CORRECTIONAL OFFICER NOW.LOL
I want all of yall to think about something. worthy went to a team with two superstars, magic and kareem. he was unstoppable, imagine if he was on a team with no stars like Jordan he would have been throwing up 50 60 like it wasn't nothing.
Worthy was the man for sure but michael was everywhere in this. He was more dwade back then with his flash offensive board work. I saw wade in college twice and he looked like a skinny college mj. One game he went 10 for 11 and won 66 to 60. He was on cruz control but totally in control.
A lot of talent on that floor for that game. Really proud of my hometown boys, Worthy and Floyd. Went to school with Sleepy. They also played against each other for the state 4A high school championship, Hunter Huss Huskies with Sleepy and Ashbrook Green Wave with Worthy. My Huskies won.
Always thought the same. Aint five dudes in the league today that could do that, much less at 18 as a frosh over ewing. And im not one of these people who says the old days were better. Overall the nba today is much skilled as a whole. Just no mj out there
@@andrewcheadle1753 yes Mike brought the style we see today bigger shorts leather shoes the only reason this guy played college was because his parents told him to or else we send you to your uncle in bellaire
yah it was dummy Freddie brown , thank u for the championship. Mike jordan thanks him as well. a champion in college and the world known best player ever.
They ended up winning their 1st title against Hakeem’s Houston Cougars with Freddy Brown at PG as a senior. I think they about made up for his mistake then....
That and the Chris Webber timeout. Both happened at the Superdome in New Orleans, both in the final seconds, both against North Carolina in the championship game, same ends of the floor too.
@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 yes and don't forget Allen Ray's Phantom Walk in 2005! That was another gift wrapped and bowed on top moment for Carolina's benefit! May have been in the regionals but Carolina doesn't win the 2005 natty without that bogus call
This was the one time Jordan was basically ‘Pippen’ to James Worthy’s ‘Jordan’. However Jordan goes and make the game winning shot as a freshman. Jordan was always going to be Jordan..:)
@@wizard1687 - Eh. Not so much. Ewing dominated MOST folks. But NOT everyone. Clearly, he did NOT dominate Worthy or the Tar Heels. And, this would prove to be his "CAREER GAME" in college (little known tidbit). He also didn't dominate UVa and Ralph Sampson the following year, when Ralph and the Cavaliers outplayed the Hoyas. Nor did he dominate Villanova in the 1985 title game. Granted, he DID dominate most everyone else. And, he DID command everyone's attention because IF you didn't have a pregame plan in place on how to confront him, you were definitely screwed. What's more accurate to state is that Ewing 'INTIMIDATED college basketball in his era'!
Idk, I’ve seen a lot of college big men who could run the floor pretty well. Check out some of Corliss Williamson when he was at Arkansas. He got down the floor pretty quick for someone with his body type.
John Thompson told him to go for anything near the rim and if it was goaltending so be it. He wanted to send a message to UNC and maybe deter them from going inside and attacking the rim.
This was the game that made the popularity of the NCAA men's basketball tournament explode. Now, the NCAA gets a billion dollars a year from the networks that show the tournament. But that money should be going to the PLAYERS!
Titanic match up. Worthy, Jordan, Perkins, Ewing, Floyd, etc. Incredible talent. Georgetown would have beaten most champions from previous years. I lost 5 pounds watching this game.
I'm a MJ fan, but respect needs to be paid were it's due. Patric played phenomenal!!!! As a Junior!!! He made 23 points with 67% FG! He made 11 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 steals on top of it! And James made 28 points with 76% FG!!!!!! MJ did his part but I would not call this game his... even the 'winning' basket was more like happy coincidence for him, it turned out to be the winning one but when shot nobody guessed it will be the last goal, there was still plenty of time for more hits... So I would say this game had not a winning shot! I call a winning shot a shot in the last 1-3 seconds.
Lot of talent on that court that night. 3 players in the Hall of Fame and Perkins and Floyd had nice careers too in the NBA. One of the best championship games ever. I was a Georgetown fan and it sucked how that game ended they never even got a shot off to win the game.
Gtown should have won this game. Yes, Fred Brown pass was errant. I think if the last play would have continued, Ewing would have gotten the ball and either score or draw a foul. Yes, I grew up in Big East country during it's birth and saw Gtowns dominance. But Big Game James was the difference during the whole game. I hated the ACC. Hey as a lifelong Lakers fan, my hatred for Worthy turned to love..lol
For all those who look at Lebron and talk about him wanting to be on SUPER-TEAMS look at who is on NC team, they were super-teams way before Lebron Era... also, Worthy would like go on to join Magic and Kareem,,, GO Figure..
In the mid 70's, the Lakers lost Baylor, West and Chamberland to retirement. They needed a top player so they traded 3 players to Milwaukee for Abdul-Jabbar. 2 years later the Lakers traded for Jamaal Wilkes and drafted Norm Nixon. 1978 they draft Michael Cooper. And from a 1977 trade the Lakers get the #1 pick in 1979 and draft Earvin Johnson. Over the next 7 years the team adds players either through the draft( McGee 81, Worthy 82, Green 85,) free agent signees(Kupchak, Rambis McAdoo 81, Woolridge 88, Perkins 90), or by trade(Scott 83, Thompson 87)
Just glad to be raised in the michael and James era than now they saw the bigger picture back then It was a team . like Tom petty was to music, special, not much is really special these days
Jordan used to complain that Magic had Worthy and Kareem, but honestly I don’t know if Jordan would’ve developed to the GOAT with another legit scorer alongside him before 1990. He had the green light with the Bulls to shoot 40 times a game and made him tough as nails.
well he didn't win until Scottie joined, and it still took four years after that for them to win together. In the first threepeat the big three were Scottie, MJ, and Ho Grant. Grant was a great role player, but he was by no means an "ALL TIME great." Rodman, who was definitely an all time great, didn't join the team until 95, by which time MJ and Scottie had already won three championships. So it's really more like MJ didn't win until he had another all time great with him.
Lol yall dont know what the hell yall talking about look up the facts jordan had the worst supporting cast teams ever to play in the finals and playoffs and seasons he didnt have much help scottie pippen was all he really had its a team game and all he needed was one star unlike lebron who needs to team up with multiple all stars only to be 3-6 in the finals vs 6-0 lol scottie sucked his first year look it up for yourself lol only averaged 7pts, jordan averaged 28.2ppg 6.5rebs 5.9ast his rookie season his teams were trash he had zero help lol
All of them teams lakers pistons and celtics had multiple great players on there kareem and magic AND james worthy man please thats plenty of help lol bird McHale parish dennis johnson. Isaiah rodman dumars bill lambeer mark aguire venny johnson aka the microwave lol lebron with kyrie kevin love d wade chria bosh ray allen kyle korver and a shit load of GREAT 3 pt shooters those guys had plenty help way more help than jordan ever had stop it its not even close lol
I.A. Ho Grant was a top 5 2 way power forward during that time period. 16 point 10 rebound guy who was a good to great defender. I see these comments on how weak those Bulls teams were in terms of top notch talent. They were well constructed they always had shooters, rugged rebounders and defenders who did there job to the hilt. Sort of like the Patriots the sum is greater than the parts. And I despised both dynasties even though I rooted for MJ at UNC and Brady at UM.
Pat Ewing getting those EASY Goaltends speaks volumes to his game before knee problems. CRAZIER to think Wilt was TWICE the athlete Ewing was in his physical prime🤯🤯🤯
@@keithclark7266 in the last game without a shot clock! Totally worked to 'Nova's advantage! That and shooting lights out from the field we're only ways they were able 2 keep the Hoyas from immortality! April 1, 1985 - I was in seventh grade and watched every second!
@@keithclark7266 And Villanova's familiarity with Georgetown also helped them that night! Unlike a non conference opponent would maybe have, 'Nova wasn't gonna back down having played Georgetown within single digits both times during the regular season
@@mauricehorton6041 unfortunately true because Sleepy Floyd should have had the basketball in his experienced hands to begin with! Fred Brown was like a deer in the headlights and shouldn't have been in that position
@Rusell Shaw same city, different high schools! Sleepy Floyd went to Hunter Huss and Worthy to Ashbrook! They were each schools biggest rival at that time
The state of NC Finest...James Worthy (Gastonia) Eric Sleepy Floyd (Gastonia) and the goat Micheal Jordan (Wilmington) Walt Bellamy (New Bern)...we the State of NC still run things in college!
At 9:14 worthy wow. Thought it was mj. So many greats on the floor at one time as babies ! Plus great coaches thompson & smith. Man ewing had 5 gold tends. What's amazing is ewing was better known as a defensive player in college. People were shocked he became such a great offensive player. Jordan worthy sleepy floyd & Ewing. What a great game of talent at the beginning . Ewing & jordan are teenagers ! Crazy. I can see why the nba cheated to put ewing on the Knicks. He was in the NCAA finals I believe all 4 years & they won the title against olajuwon at houston. Life is so crazy that 10 years later they would be in the finals. Worthy & jordan were deadly together. I love that when mj picked his all time 5 he chose worthy. Nice love for his college teammate. Jordan of course looked great. Man jordan hitting the game winner against ewings Hoyas. Poor patrick was gonna see that kid a lot in the future & never beat him. Worthy though was incredible. If he were on any other team but the lakers he would have been no. 1 scoring option & it's too bad he is forgotten a bit. Like I said I love that mj put him in his top 5 all time. He never forgot how great worthy was. Worthy went right into the pro's winning titles too. Lastly another goat was at North Carolina same time as Jordan , Lawrence taylor. Must be a great school to recruit all time greats.
Three reasons: 1) UNC turned the ball over nonstop, 2) No one on that team was quick enough to keep up with Isiah, who picked apart their defense, 3) There was no shot clock back then, so Isiah had unlimited time to get his teammates in position to take open shots.
Weak guard defenders until MJ came. If Worthy played in his fourth year they're going back to back champions. However the Lakers made an irrisistible offer.
College Players, take note.. PERKINS, EWING AND JORDAN would return next year. ABSOLUTELY NOBODY was running their mouth about how they need to go to the NBA. I still remember arguing with my mother about how Worthy would take minutes away from J. Wilkes once he was a Laker. THAT'S HOW YOU GO PRO!!!!!¡!!!!!
That one mistake by Fred Brown, I felt bad for him , even though they won the championship a couple years later, people still remember that one mistake that could've possibly give Georgetown their first championship.
That's because Jordan's shot "won" the game as 61-62 just became 63-62. Brown's pass hurt Georgetown, but: a) there was no guarantee they were ever going to get off a decent shot, let alone score; and b) Worthy missed both of the ensuing FT attempts, still leaving G'Town with a last shot attempt to win it (albeit an attempt beyond half court). Couple of interesting tidbits, as I was actually AT this game: Jordan's last jumper from 17 feet out was the ONLY shot attempt UNC took from outside of 15 feet the entire game. G'Town applied an INSANE full court trap the entire game, which really wasn't that effective because UNC was prepped for it, and executed well against it. But G'Town DID create SOME turnovers out of their press, and contested EVERY shot attempt. IF you go back and rewatch the whole game you'll see that G'Town played HELLACIOUS DEFENSE the entire game, and they had the ultimate "rim protector" in Ewing. But, having squared off thrice that season against UVa and 7'4" Ralph Sampson had greatly benefitted UNC from a standpoint of NOT being intimidated. Two days prior to this game, UNC controlled Houston and their 7'0" manchild, Akeem Olujawon. So by this championship game, UNC's players weren't the least bit intimidated, and they were probably the only team in the country that wouldn't have gotten blown out by at least 25 points by the Hoyas. That's how insanely good Georgetown was that year, and how well they were playing. Trust me, their level of intimidation was palpable throughout the Superdome both Saturday in the Semis and Monday in the Finals. The intimidation factor hurt Louisville badly in the Semis, but unfortunately for G'Town, UNC's players and coaches weren't intimidated -even if the FANS WERE!! FWIW- The Hoyas' fans were well organized, and orchestrated an IMPRESSIVE MARCH from their team hotel to the Superdome all chanting "Hoya Saxa!" as they approached and entered the venue. Their fans' faces were painted, heads were shaved, etc. These guys set the original bar that Raiders fans would emulate once the team relocated to Oakland, and they made the Cameron Crazies look everybit like the pussies that they are. When people discuss the "Best team to NOT win it all", 1985 Georgetown is often cited because G'Town was a heavy favorite over 'Nova to repeat. But, this 1982 G'Town team was significantly more talented than the 1985 version. Last tidbit that'll shock most people: THIS '82 Championship Game was Ewing's CAREER GAME in college, just as it was Worthy's.
+### ### Worthy/Jordan. Not even close. Also, Worthy was better than MJ in college. Everyone thinks about "the shot" but Worthy was the best player in the game and carried UNC.
The thing with Jordan was, he was a late bloomer, and he was younger than Worthy. You can see so of the influence in Jordan's game. Obvious Jordan was the best player in the long run. But it would interesting to see Worthy on a lousy team, and see what he would Apg.
I always said James Worthy was the most dominant noncenter in the history of college basketball. Great player. Man among boys at NC.
He was a deadly assassin and a clutch player.
So "the most dominant noncenter" lost the 1981 championship to Isiah Thomas and Indiana
@@overratedgm5713 So what great players don't lose games? Like what are you talking about?
I'll never forget this game. First time I was allowed to stay up late on a school night. Worthy's quick first step would prove to be unstoppable at the next level too.
It was the first championship I watched from start to finish! 10 years old and in fourth grade at the time! It's still the best back and forth possession championship to this very day! Neither team had more than a three possession lead at any point in the game
Big Game James and MJ .. set to win a combined 9 NBA championships and a combined 7 Finals MVPs Awards of the Finals.. also That Final Four had players like Hakeem, Ewing, Drexler all Hall of Famers and All Stars Sam Perkins and Sleepy Floyd. Great talent 💯 great Final Four and one of if not the best UNC team under Dean Smith.
Big Game James! He was amazing at power forward - and you saw glimpses of Showtime on the break.
He was a Small Forward.
@@axl8653 but he also played the power and center at times for Dean Smith! Most versatile front court college player in his amateur days! Carolina doesn't win the natty without him plain and simple
@@bradlewis6514 That, my man, I didn't even know. Thanks for schooling me.
James Worthy Was Determined That He Was Not Going To Be Denied That Night Of March 29,1982. So Many Legends In That Game
Pat Ewing had an underratedly, good game. For a freshman, he actually played awesome!
James Worthy was unstoppable.
worthy was always unstoppable , even in the pros, he was a killer scorer but jordan was the man a cold blooded shot at the end to ice it.
RT0neZer0 did he get into nba?
@@mj23thegoat19 bro what? Lmao
OMG I DIDN'T KNOW JAMES WAS THAT BIG OF A BEAST IN COLLEGE!! IMPRESSIVE!!!
You had to just feel terrible for Fred Brown.
2k23 brought me here.. almost spot on .. good job 👍
Ewing, Jordan, Worthy, Perkins, Sleepy damn lots of talent out their
Andre Alston the 80s was like that. That 82 final four also had Phi Slamma jamma and a loaded Louisville Squad with the McCray brothers and Lancaster Gordon
Yeah nobody knew at time the greatest player of all time was playing in this game
It's an incredible thing indeed.
@@mpcc2022 ...I'm so glad to have wittnes this historic!
NCAA Championship performance.
Emotions ran high, big Carolina fan living in heavy GeorgeTown!
Country.
THATS WHEN COLLEGE BASKETBALL WAS BASKETBALL! SO GLAD MY HEELS WON ,I WAS 12 YRS OLD THEN,BUT THOSE GEORGETOWN HOYAS WITH PATRICK EWING WAS A TERROR,THATS WHY THEY WERE MY 2ND TEAM .THE 80'S WAS MONSTER DYNAMIC BASKETBALL,HAVENT SEEN GREAT COLLEGE BASKETBALL SINCE,PLAYERS. COACHES WERE MUCH BETTER THEN THAN NOW...MY OPINION ,COMING FROM A 53 YR OLD RETIRED CORRECTIONAL OFFICER NOW.LOL
I was at this game. Should go down as best championship game of all.
One of the best college games ever!
Damn! Worthy was a beast! 9:14 was just sick.
My exact line to...a beast
That shot by MJ gave him so much confidence!
What a game! This is like a war! Great classic!
Two starters in the national championship game from Gastonia, NC. For those who don’t know, that’s a Charlotte suburb.
I was born in Gastonia and grew up In Wilmington.
This was an amazing bunch of players and MJ and Ewing were freshman then.
Ewing was a junior.
vin russo Nope, Ewing and Jordan were both freshmen, having graduated H.S. in 1981.
They made it become a legends and a goat because of this competition. Rivalry makes you better and better.
I want all of yall to think about something. worthy went to a team with two superstars, magic and kareem. he was unstoppable, imagine if he was on a team with no stars like Jordan he would have been throwing up 50 60 like it wasn't nothing.
You also got to remember all the easy dunk fast breaks Magic gave him.
Michael was the man what a left hand lay up over Patrick
MICHAEL WAS A FRESHMAN
Willie will MJ & Worthy were both the men.
Worthy was the man for sure but michael was everywhere in this. He was more dwade back then with his flash offensive board work. I saw wade in college twice and he looked like a skinny college mj. One game he went 10 for 11 and won 66 to 60. He was on cruz control but totally in control.
Jordan took over the game in the second half
A lot of talent on that floor for that game. Really proud of my hometown boys, Worthy and Floyd. Went to school with Sleepy. They also played against each other for the state 4A high school championship, Hunter Huss Huskies with Sleepy and Ashbrook Green Wave with Worthy. My Huskies won.
That left hand lay up was a impossible degree of difficulty to be a freshman and try that over a beast like Patrick Ewing
Always thought the same. Aint five dudes in the league today that could do that, much less at 18 as a frosh over ewing. And im not one of these people who says the old days were better. Overall the nba today is much skilled as a whole. Just no mj out there
@@andrewcheadle1753 yes Mike brought the style we see today bigger shorts leather shoes the only reason this guy played college was because his parents told him to or else we send you to your uncle in bellaire
James Worthy beat Michael Jordan in 1 on 1 games, in this era. No wonder Jordan picks James Worthy as his starting 5 of all time.
Rocky Joseph Pesik no shit worthy had the size advantage
MJ is the greatest. Worthy is not even mentioned among the top best.
My understanding is James beat Mike in ONE one on one game, i.e., the first time they played.
If an Era is only one year, then I guess.
If MJ & Worthy played 1-on-1 50 times, MJ would win 48 of them.
What an insane level of skill!
These HOF were already playing like seasoned professionals back then
Oh yes they were. Good point.
Man i feel bad for that player who threw the ball to the wrong guy. That's gotta suck having that follow you around for the rest of your life.
Yea youre right buddy i feel bad for that guy too...
He just pass it to the wrong man..
What a nice video it is.
3 hall of famer together playing!.
yah it was dummy Freddie brown , thank u for the championship. Mike jordan thanks him as well. a champion in college and the world known best player ever.
They ended up winning their 1st title against Hakeem’s Houston Cougars with Freddy Brown at PG as a senior. I think they about made up for his mistake then....
That and the Chris Webber timeout. Both happened at the Superdome in New Orleans, both in the final seconds, both against North Carolina in the championship game, same ends of the floor too.
@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 yes and don't forget Allen Ray's Phantom Walk in 2005! That was another gift wrapped and bowed on top moment for Carolina's benefit! May have been in the regionals but Carolina doesn't win the 2005 natty without that bogus call
Best National Title, I’ve ever seen. The dominance of James Worthy, the potential of Jordan and Ewing. Sleepy Floyd kept coming also…amazing game.
This was the one time Jordan was basically ‘Pippen’ to James Worthy’s ‘Jordan’. However Jordan goes and make the game winning shot as a freshman. Jordan was always going to be Jordan..:)
Patrick Ewing dominated college basketball in his era
And James Worthy dominated Patrick Ewing and everyone else in that ballgame. Worthy was named the outstanding player of the tournament.
Both of these statements are true
@@wizard1687 - Eh. Not so much. Ewing dominated MOST folks. But NOT everyone. Clearly, he did NOT dominate Worthy or the Tar Heels. And, this would prove to be his "CAREER GAME" in college (little known tidbit). He also didn't dominate UVa and Ralph Sampson the following year, when Ralph and the Cavaliers outplayed the Hoyas. Nor did he dominate Villanova in the 1985 title game. Granted, he DID dominate most everyone else. And, he DID command everyone's attention because IF you didn't have a pregame plan in place on how to confront him, you were definitely screwed. What's more accurate to state is that Ewing 'INTIMIDATED college basketball in his era'!
Defensively yes he did! He changed and altered possessions like no other college center during those days
@@RonBand01 that's because position wise Georgetown had no one who could man up against him! Worthy was too versatile
Ewing did good. He scored 10 points for the Tarheels this game.
Worthy was so damn good for so damn long.
Sam perkins, james worthy, and Michael Jordan... sounds pretty good to me!
Worthy dominated but Jordan got the hero label.
9:11 - Man, get out the way! The Worthy Express is coming through! No big man has ever ran the floor like he did.
Idk, I’ve seen a lot of college big men who could run the floor pretty well. Check out some of Corliss Williamson when he was at Arkansas. He got down the floor pretty quick for someone with his body type.
c. barkley could move too, for a big man. lol when he was in shape
John Thompson told him to go for anything near the rim and if it was goaltending so be it. He wanted to send a message to UNC and maybe deter them from going inside and attacking the rim.
Yep. Didn’t work, though.
I’ve never seen a Dunk like that before wow! Imagine being in that crowd
This was the game that made the popularity of the NCAA men's basketball tournament explode. Now, the NCAA gets a billion dollars a year from the networks that show the tournament. But that money should be going to the PLAYERS!
Pat Ewing and Worthy. Omg! MJ was nice also.
In Jordan's 3 years at UNC, they only played in one NCAA Championship game (1982)
James Worthy
Worthy worthy worthy
Titanic match up. Worthy, Jordan, Perkins, Ewing, Floyd, etc. Incredible talent. Georgetown would have beaten most champions from previous years. I lost 5 pounds watching this game.
'82 Georgetown is the correct answer for: "Who's the BEST all-time team to have NOT won the title?"
What a battle between Ewing and Worthy wow! Never really watched highlights of this game.
I'm a MJ fan, but respect needs to be paid were it's due. Patric played phenomenal!!!! As a Junior!!! He made 23 points with 67% FG! He made 11 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 steals on top of it!
And James made 28 points with 76% FG!!!!!! MJ did his part but I would not call this game his... even the 'winning' basket was more like happy coincidence for him, it turned out to be the winning one but when shot nobody guessed it will be the last goal, there was still plenty of time for more hits... So I would say this game had not a winning shot! I call a winning shot a shot in the last 1-3 seconds.
RJAY BEE Ewing was a freshman
Gary Bender was so underrated as commentator
Lot of talent on that court that night. 3 players in the Hall of Fame and Perkins and Floyd had nice careers too in the NBA. One of the best championship games ever. I was a Georgetown fan and it sucked how that game ended they never even got a shot off to win the game.
Header of download should have Worthy's name 1st. This was James's team.
This was amazing I remember seeing this live.
worthy and jordan both went for the steal and confused the dude in the closing seconds of the game.
Wow! What a lot of talent in that game!
Georgetown showed huge heart in this game, but Carolina just had too many weapons.
Yeah specially at the end of the game
Gtown should have won this game. Yes, Fred Brown pass was errant. I think if the last play would have continued, Ewing would have gotten the ball and either score or draw a foul. Yes, I grew up in Big East country during it's birth and saw Gtowns dominance. But Big Game James was the difference during the whole game. I hated the ACC. Hey as a lifelong Lakers fan, my hatred for Worthy turned to love..lol
This was during a time when the game was just business.. then it became personal
James Worthy was so huge in this game.
For all those who look at Lebron and talk about him wanting to be on SUPER-TEAMS look at who is on NC team, they were super-teams way before Lebron Era... also, Worthy would like go on to join Magic and Kareem,,, GO Figure..
In the mid 70's, the Lakers lost Baylor, West and Chamberland to retirement. They needed a top player so they traded 3 players to Milwaukee for Abdul-Jabbar. 2 years later the Lakers traded for Jamaal Wilkes and drafted Norm Nixon. 1978 they draft Michael Cooper. And from a 1977 trade the Lakers get the #1 pick in 1979 and draft Earvin Johnson. Over the next 7 years the team adds players either through the draft( McGee 81, Worthy 82, Green 85,) free agent signees(Kupchak, Rambis McAdoo 81, Woolridge 88, Perkins 90), or by trade(Scott 83, Thompson 87)
Just glad to be raised in the michael and James era than now they saw the bigger picture back then It was a team . like Tom petty was to music, special, not much is really special these days
After how Ewing did me in the first jordan challenge I had to come watch this game 😂
Ewing is unstoppable in the game lol
11:44 🤣😂🤣😂 when you're looking for someone to hug and everyone is busy hugging someone else.
Ewing vs Jordan, worthy, Perkins and refs. Pat was a beast
Is it me, or did Worthy look like he was 30 years old in NC?
I remember this game like it was yesterday
Jordan used to complain that Magic had Worthy and Kareem, but honestly I don’t know if Jordan would’ve developed to the GOAT with another legit scorer alongside him before 1990.
He had the green light with the Bulls to shoot 40 times a game and made him tough as nails.
How many went to pro for GT and how many for NC
This was an amazing game!!!!
well he didn't win until Scottie joined, and it still took four years after that for them to win together. In the first threepeat the big three were Scottie, MJ, and Ho Grant. Grant was a great role player, but he was by no means an "ALL TIME great." Rodman, who was definitely an all time great, didn't join the team until 95, by which time MJ and Scottie had already won three championships. So it's really more like MJ didn't win until he had another all time great with him.
Lol yall dont know what the hell yall talking about look up the facts jordan had the worst supporting cast teams ever to play in the finals and playoffs and seasons he didnt have much help scottie pippen was all he really had its a team game and all he needed was one star unlike lebron who needs to team up with multiple all stars only to be 3-6 in the finals vs 6-0 lol scottie sucked his first year look it up for yourself lol only averaged 7pts, jordan averaged 28.2ppg 6.5rebs 5.9ast his rookie season his teams were trash he had zero help lol
All of them teams lakers pistons and celtics had multiple great players on there kareem and magic AND james worthy man please thats plenty of help lol bird McHale parish dennis johnson. Isaiah rodman dumars bill lambeer mark aguire venny johnson aka the microwave lol lebron with kyrie kevin love d wade chria bosh ray allen kyle korver and a shit load of GREAT 3 pt shooters those guys had plenty help way more help than jordan ever had stop it its not even close lol
@@bigb8862 Jordan had Scotty, Horace, paxson, rodman, Kerr, Harper, Tony, and a boat load of rebounders, shooters and defenders. Facts vs facts
I.A. Ho Grant was a top 5 2 way power forward during that time period. 16 point 10 rebound guy who was a good to great defender. I see these comments on how weak those Bulls teams were in terms of top notch talent. They were well constructed they always had shooters, rugged rebounders and defenders who did there job to the hilt. Sort of like the Patriots the sum is greater than the parts. And I despised both dynasties even though I rooted for MJ at UNC and Brady at UM.
generation of the miracles :3
The layup at 10:43 **chefs kiss**
My first Carolina Championship as a kid with my dad!!
man I remember this game like it was yesterday can you say JW
MONSTER GAME PROBABLY BEST ALL TIME NCAA SHIP !
Pat Ewing getting those EASY Goaltends speaks volumes to his game before knee problems.
CRAZIER to think Wilt was TWICE the athlete Ewing was in his physical prime🤯🤯🤯
CLASSIC 3 OF THE GREATEST EVER
Jordan was an offensive rebounding machine..
In Ewing's 4 years at Georgetown, the Hoyas played in 3 NCAA championships(82, 84, 85), winning in 1984 against Hakeem Olajuwon of the Houston Cougars
I thought it was in '85
@@xavierrodriguez7938 Georgetown had a chance to repeat as NCAA basketball champions but lost to the "slow it down" Villanova team
@@keithclark7266 in the last game without a shot clock! Totally worked to 'Nova's advantage! That and shooting lights out from the field we're only ways they were able 2 keep the Hoyas from immortality! April 1, 1985 - I was in seventh grade and watched every second!
@@keithclark7266 And Villanova's familiarity with Georgetown also helped them that night! Unlike a non conference opponent would maybe have, 'Nova wasn't gonna back down having played Georgetown within single digits both times during the regular season
Nearly 40 years since watching this live and it still kills me to see Sleepy make that pass. Poor guy.
Sleepy ,didnt make the pass ,Fred Brown did
@@mauricehorton6041 unfortunately true because Sleepy Floyd should have had the basketball in his experienced hands to begin with! Fred Brown was like a deer in the headlights and shouldn't have been in that position
Worthy was a beast...he an Sleepy Floyd from same hometown Gastonia N.C.
@Rusell Shaw same city, different high schools! Sleepy Floyd went to Hunter Huss and Worthy to Ashbrook! They were each schools biggest rival at that time
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@Rusell Shaw they were at the same church
The state of NC Finest...James Worthy (Gastonia) Eric Sleepy Floyd (Gastonia) and the goat Micheal Jordan (Wilmington) Walt Bellamy (New Bern)...we the State of NC still run things in college!
I want to believe that
@@donnellholmes6334 yessir
you mean the goat, james worthy, and this proves it.
6:09 - very interesting
I remember watching this game I was in 12th grade and a big far heel fan still am GO HEELS
Although I didn't like the result, this was one of best natty's of all time.
In NCAA the fans are just great . Better than NBA in my opinion
James was the man in Carolina not jordan.
@breadandcircuses8127 check the stats buddy
How did floyd do in the pros?
He played for the Rockets look him uo, he had a good career
that short is short.
And 20 years later
Dayumn, still no 3-point lines here.
The 3 point line is for players who cannot play low post basketball
At 9:14 worthy wow. Thought it was mj. So many greats on the floor at one time as babies ! Plus great coaches thompson & smith. Man ewing had 5 gold tends. What's amazing is ewing was better known as a defensive player in college. People were shocked he became such a great offensive player. Jordan worthy sleepy floyd & Ewing. What a great game of talent at the beginning . Ewing & jordan are teenagers ! Crazy. I can see why the nba cheated to put ewing on the Knicks. He was in the NCAA finals I believe all 4 years & they won the title against olajuwon at houston. Life is so crazy that 10 years later they would be in the finals. Worthy & jordan were deadly together. I love that when mj picked his all time 5 he chose worthy. Nice love for his college teammate. Jordan of course looked great.
Man jordan hitting the game winner against ewings Hoyas. Poor patrick was gonna see that kid a lot in the future & never beat him. Worthy though was incredible. If he were on any other team but the lakers he would have been no. 1 scoring option & it's too bad he is forgotten a bit. Like I said I love that mj put him in his top 5 all time. He never forgot how great worthy was.
Worthy went right into the pro's winning titles too.
Lastly another goat was at North Carolina same time as Jordan , Lawrence taylor. Must be a great school to recruit all time greats.
WORTHY, Perkins, Jordan, Daugherty . I hated this NC team as I have always been a DUKE Fan but you cannot deny Greatness.
if Jordan had been as good then as he was in his NBA prime, he would have.
Forget how didn't Georgetwon win more than one title, how the hell did UNC lose in 81 with this lineup? Even without Jordan?
Three reasons: 1) UNC turned the ball over nonstop, 2) No one on that team was quick enough to keep up with Isiah, who picked apart their defense, 3) There was no shot clock back then, so Isiah had unlimited time to get his teammates in position to take open shots.
AND Worthy picked up his 4th foul with about 10 minutes to go and then fouled out with around five minutes to play.
Weak guard defenders until MJ came. If Worthy played in his fourth year they're going back to back champions. However the Lakers made an irrisistible offer.
Dean Smith was simply outcoached by Bobby Knight!!!
I saw Ewing getting called for goal tending. Is that goaltending in today’s basketball as well?
Ewing had some vicious goaltends
College Players, take note.. PERKINS, EWING AND JORDAN would return next year.
ABSOLUTELY NOBODY was running their mouth about how they need to go to the NBA.
I still remember arguing with my mother about how Worthy would take minutes away from J. Wilkes once he was a Laker.
THAT'S HOW YOU GO PRO!!!!!¡!!!!!
That one mistake by Fred Brown, I felt bad for him , even though they won the championship a couple years later, people still remember that one mistake that could've possibly give Georgetown their first championship.
That last pass probably still haunts him today. He literally saw Worthy go for the steal and he still passed it to him. WTF?
Jordah is Ewing's kryptonite
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Classic game!
NCAA at its best
Once again MJ with the close
actually he didn't win a championship until more all stars joined the team including 2 ALL TIME greats.
Hoyas Tarheels they should write a book
Jordan hitting that shot kept Fred Brown from infamy because more people remember that shot than Fred Brown passing it to Worthy. LOL!
That's because Jordan's shot "won" the game as 61-62 just became 63-62. Brown's pass hurt Georgetown, but: a) there was no guarantee they were ever going to get off a decent shot, let alone score; and b) Worthy missed both of the ensuing FT attempts, still leaving G'Town with a last shot attempt to win it (albeit an attempt beyond half court).
Couple of interesting tidbits, as I was actually AT this game: Jordan's last jumper from 17 feet out was the ONLY shot attempt UNC took from outside of 15 feet the entire game. G'Town applied an INSANE full court trap the entire game, which really wasn't that effective because UNC was prepped for it, and executed well against it. But G'Town DID create SOME turnovers out of their press, and contested EVERY shot attempt. IF you go back and rewatch the whole game you'll see that G'Town played HELLACIOUS DEFENSE the entire game, and they had the ultimate "rim protector" in Ewing. But, having squared off thrice that season against UVa and 7'4" Ralph Sampson had greatly benefitted UNC from a standpoint of NOT being intimidated. Two days prior to this game, UNC controlled Houston and their 7'0" manchild, Akeem Olujawon. So by this championship game, UNC's players weren't the least bit intimidated, and they were probably the only team in the country that wouldn't have gotten blown out by at least 25 points by the Hoyas. That's how insanely good Georgetown was that year, and how well they were playing. Trust me, their level of intimidation was palpable throughout the Superdome both Saturday in the Semis and Monday in the Finals. The intimidation factor hurt Louisville badly in the Semis, but unfortunately for G'Town, UNC's players and coaches weren't intimidated -even if the FANS WERE!! FWIW- The Hoyas' fans were well organized, and orchestrated an IMPRESSIVE MARCH from their team hotel to the Superdome all chanting "Hoya Saxa!" as they approached and entered the venue. Their fans' faces were painted, heads were shaved, etc. These guys set the original bar that Raiders fans would emulate once the team relocated to Oakland, and they made the Cameron Crazies look everybit like the pussies that they are. When people discuss the "Best team to NOT win it all", 1985 Georgetown is often cited because G'Town was a heavy favorite over 'Nova to repeat. But, this 1982 G'Town team was significantly more talented than the 1985 version. Last tidbit that'll shock most people: THIS '82 Championship Game was Ewing's CAREER GAME in college, just as it was Worthy's.
Michael Jordan and James Worthy vs Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen? Who would you pick?
+### ### Worthy/Jordan. Not even close. Also, Worthy was better than MJ in college. Everyone thinks about "the shot" but Worthy was the best player in the game and carried UNC.
The thing with Jordan was, he was a late bloomer, and he was younger than Worthy. You can see so of the influence in Jordan's game. Obvious Jordan was the best player in the long run. But it would interesting to see Worthy on a lousy team, and see what he would Apg.
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