Before the NBA draft, which took place a few months after this game, Bob Knight begged Portland's GM to draft Jordan over Bowie. Portland's GM said something like "Jordan's great, but we really need a center." To which Knight replied, "Then play Jordan at center!"
Other than ‘76, Knight never had the best teams but he won a lot of games bc he was just a better coach than everyone else. It’s just a fact. He took over at at Texas Tech and made them into a tournament team and had them ranked.
Bob Knight will (would have) told anyone that he's no BBall genius, but, he stressed teamwork/man to man defense for 48 minutes and most of all, FUNDAMENTALS - and he drilled them to the death on basic fundamental BBall. Most players would not/could not put up w/ that -took a certain type player to give 100% without looking at his STATS.
It's remarkable to me how many future pro players were on North Carolina in addition to Jordan. You'd figure they'd dominate the game. Bobby Knight knows how to coach.
@@John6-40 I understand that. But it's still a shocker. Ewing went to three finals, Jordan only one. All I'm saying is they should have dominated the game or even just won by five points. Knight was a great coach.
@@John6-40We don't all know anything. What some of us do know however, is that this Indiana team was drilled from sun up to sun down with fundamentals and selflessness. There's an old saying: "You play for the name on the front of the jersey; not the name on the back of the jersey." It's interesting that Indiana has no name on the back of their jersey... Personally, I'm not prepared to say this North Carolina team could or would beat the Hoosiers in a 7 game series. It seems to me that the better team won.
Rest in peace coach Bobby Knight. Coach Bobby Knight was, pound for pound, the most gifted college Basketball coach of my lifetime, and this 1984 "N.C.A.A" Basketball tournament exemplified my assessment. The 1984 North Carolina "Tarheels" may have been the best starting lineup in the history of that storied program. Coach Bobby Knight outsmarted another hall of fame coach in Dean Smith and that extraordinary talent coach Dean Smith was blessed to assemble.
I agree 100%. When you look at the talent of these two teams, there was no comparison. North Carolina had Michael Jordan, Kenny Smith, Sam Perkins, and Brad Daugherty, who all went on to have terrific NBA careers! Indiana didn't have any guy off of their team that did anything in the NBA and they beat this Tarheel team?? One of the worst losses of Dean Smith's coaching career. R.I.P. Bobby Knight who went on to coach the USA Olympic team to the gold medal in 1984. He coached Michael Jordan on that team and called him the best player he'd ever seen!
It wasn't the best Tarheel team, but Smith did have 4 future NBA players. Knight really didn't have any. The Heels were out-coached, and Indiana played perfect defense.
@@JSARogers lol sure! That was the difference. In the whole game, that one foul. It was rigged! Nah it wasn’t Knight. Nah he didn’t figure out how to beat 4 future NBA starters .
@@WildwoodClaire1you need a sippy cup. Compare the talent Smith had at Carolina and whet Knight had at IU. It’s ridiculously one-sided, yet Knight OWNED Dean Smith. He owned him. Period.
Dan Dakich's finest moment. Looking at the names on both sides, it's obvious that North Carolina had more talent. It's amazing that Indiana won this game.
North Carolina has Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Kenny Smith, and Brad Daugherty and they lose to this Indiana team? Granted, Smith and Daugherty were injured; but really it was a genius coaching job by The General.
I was a little kid (6yrs old) in Raleigh NC watching this and while Jordan was incredible then, we hadnt a clue how he would change the game for all of history.
Bobby Knight was gifted this game from coach Dean. Limiting Jordan to 8 mins in the first half backfired. And when Knight put Jordan on the Olympic team, he set his weapon loose. 23 was the best player in the world in the 6 game warmup against NBA All-stars.
Please watch the first 2:08 The Starting line-up for NC is like an NBA all-star team. But Indiana had coach Knight. I`ll take him any day. @ 4:53 MJ launches. And 59:30 for you Hoosier fans.
@@Skier10 He's a Wake Forest homer/anti-Carolina goon who thinks he knows more about the game than anyone else. He'll passive-aggressively hate on UNC when he's calling their games until UNC has the game won, then faux-fawn all over them like he's their #1 fan.
@@joeski734 They were ok this year... BUT... Took all of them WAY TOO LONG to recognize how great Baylor's team was this year, especially on defense. Best defensive performance in an NCAA final EVER. No. 1 Gonzaga shot over 50% but still lost by 16 because Baylor "D" held them to so few attempts. Best offensive team performance in a Final ? Villanova in 1985, shooting 78.6% as a team (22 of 28) to upset G'Town. Best off. perf. by a player ? Bill Walton, 21 of 22 vs. Memphis State in '73 for 44 points & MVP of course. Best upset ? NC State in 1983 vs. No. 1 Houston. NC State (26-10) had to win all 3 games in the ACC tourney just to qualify for NCAAs, plus 6 straight (4 by 2 pts. or less) in March Madness to complete their "Cinderella season" for Coach Jim Valvano. That's 9 straight do-or-die games. Will never be duplicated.
Indiana closed down all Jordan’s driving lanes to the hoop and he couldn’t hit his jump shots for sh*t...on top of Dean trying to force the ball into Perkins.
@@joeski734 Coach's fault, refs fault. Once the Jordan rule was in effect, he could just crash and lane and get an automatic foul call, but that did not occur until the 90's. You know, when the bulls started to win championships.
Dean Smith outcoached himself. He liked to rely on his bench, even when he didn't need to. He had two All-Americans, in Jordan & Perkins & only fed one. Knight had a good game plan to sit back in the key in a zone but as Jordan showed in the final 5 minutes, he was the best player in the country. Smith didn't run the ball through him, for whatever reason. It was a much different game back then, with no 3 pt shot or shot clock, which lead to other huge upsets such as NC State vs Houston in '83 & Villanova vs Georgetown in '85.
anyone remember the next game vs Va. That was a great game!! Othell Wilson, if I recall, hit some clutch shots down the stretch to beat IU. I think the Carolina game took a lot out of the Hoosiers. Respect to UVA
@@123slasher.16 That 1984 IU team may have been Bob Knight's finest coaching job. Steve Alford and not much else, no bench, yet beat Michael Jordan/Dean Smith and were 2 points from a final four that would have been a miracle. Other than Alford I recall Delray Brooks, Uwe Blab, Dan Dakich, Mike Giomi,-who hit 2 clutch free throws to beat NC? Those games were wars!
@Lee E I think you are an idiot. Bob Knight won three championship, and his 1976 team was the last unbeaten team, and at one time Bob Knight was the winningest coach.
@Danny Tallmadge I don't know about all that stuff but Smith did keep great players like Jordan down. He would only let a player score but so many points.
@Danny Tallmadge I didn't like him either but not personally. I just was frustrated because they won so much back then. I do think however that to his credit he placed the team concept over winning sometimes.
@Danny Tallmadge Perfectly fair to criticize someone's coaching but anybody that risked everything to fight against the despicable rot of segregation and has earned near universal praise from anybody that played for him must have been a good man. The south needed many more like him in the '60's.
@@Montweezy 87 for the tourney actually, I didn’t even think of that. The nba already implemented it and they’re playing in the Hawks old arena in this game. I just saw the line and assumed that they had it
@@icantthinkofaname1483 well in that 84 game we are commenting on there is a 3pt line...that was 84 I know there wasn't one in 82 when jordan hit the shot to beat georgetown....that's why I was thinking the same thing...😂😂😂 Didn't realize it was an nba arena
@@Montweezy As shown game was played at the old Omni in Atlanta and at the time they didn’t use a special floor with NCAA markings on it. They just used the floor the arena had.(Once the NCAA added the three pointer they would add that line but made no other modifications.)
This is what puzzles me. I thought that the shot clock was instituted in the 70's due to the Phil Ford and Carolina 4 corners offense. This clearly gives the weaker team the advantage, especially if they get the lead. they can simply hold the ball and force the other team to wear themselves out chasing the ball, and only take easy shots when they are availible. And Indiana was clearly playing the stall in the 2nd half. The most important event of the game is early in the first half when Jordan and Blab went up for the ball, which Jordan clearly gained control of as he collided with Blab in mid air, and the foul was called on Jordan for some reason although he was the one with clear possession. This gave him 2 early fouls and he only played 8 minutes of the 1rst half. Which allowed Indiana to get the lead and play keep away. If anything, the foul should have been called on Blab, which would have left Jordan in the game a stuck Blab with his 2nd foul early. And the game would have been a lot different.
Being a Tar Heels fan I was disappointed in the outcome of this game. But I always appreciated coach Knight and the Hoosiers. You may be surprised to learn that Bobby and Dean were great friends.
@@wmw3629 every program has cheated and a lot of those allegations have very little evidence, but regardless it doesn’t matter cuz 10 championships in 12 years speaks for itself. Tons of programs have paid players and what not but no one has or ever will come close to 10 chips in 12 years
@@windu2472 See above for the "clear picture" of judging Wooden, Smith, Knight & Krzyzewski. Calhoun, Williams very good coaches, but step below the first four mentioned as far as Xs & Os, in-game coaching & innovation.
@Josh Wright -- Alford played matador defense, Knight helped him be all he could be in college. The Big Ten is a long way from his comfort quarters at New Castle. Knight arranged for screen after screen for Alford, helping him become an A+ scorer in college vs. great competition.
@@dabneyoffermein595 that dude could scrap off picks square his shoulders and knock shots down. For a 6 foot guy with only shooting skills Knight made him a offensive beast. Plus a 90% ft shot made him a nightmare to defend.
Hardly got off the bench at Dallas. Not that he was expected to a star. But if Kyle Macy could start for a few yrs? And I still think Alford is at least as good as Macy ever was.
This game right here is why Bobby Knight is the greatest college basketball coach of all time. That UNC roster had nothing but high school All Americans on it. Four players on that team were (or eventually became) college All Americans. I believe seven players on that team eventually went to the League. On the other hand, not one of those Midwestern farmboys on the Indiana team (except for the German stiff) even sniffed the NBA and the only player the average basketball fan can recognize is a FRESHMAN Steve Alford. This is Bobby Knight’s coaching masterpiece.
...... NC's lineup of Jordan, Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty and Kenny Smith looked overpowering but freshman Smith was ineffective with broken wrist, Jordan had foul trouble, soph Daugherty suffered in-game hand injury. NC shot horribly (under 35%) Indiana shot lights out for the game (almost 65%), IU matched up well, got great games from Steve Alford & 7-2 center Blab. They also played great team D & ran efficient offense. Kinda like when "little" Princeton almost knocked off Alonzo Mourning & (No. 1 seed) Georgetown in 1993. It can always happen, as No. 16 UBMC proved vs. No. 1 Virginia in 2018. Knight and Dean Smith ? All great coaches stumbled multiple times in early rounds of the NCAAs or before they even got to the NCAA tournament. IU in first round to Richmond, etc. ... it's interesting... Dean Smith, Bob Knight, John Wooden and Mike Krzyzewski all played for great coaches (Phog Allen, Fred Taylor, Ward Lambert, Bob Knight). Jim Calhoun (3 NCAA titles, almost 900 wins) did not (Bill Callahan, Am.Int. College D. II) and Calhoun was never an assistant coach. Wooden (Purdue 1932) and Knight (Ohio State 1960) and Dean (1952 Kansas) all played for NCAA champs. Wooden (12.1 ppg) was the "better" college player -- "Player of the Year" in 1932 and Purdue was named "national champs" by the Helms Ath. Foundation & Premo-Poretta Poll -- two separate org. that retroactively gave out awards to basketball teams, players from late 1890s through 1938 before NCAA began in 1939. Smith, Knight and Krzyzewski (at Army) were all average Division I college players in college (2 ppg to 7 ppg) who learned well from their head coaches and, with Wooden, all went on to teach the game extremely well and successfully, all becoming the winningest coach of all time when each retired (except coach K). That is remarkable... and begets the winners become bigger winners theory in life. Yet, Calhoun, a Div. II All-American player at Amer.International College played under just a .500 level coach (Bill Callahan). He never was an assistant. Also interesting, four were born in the midwest: Wooden (Indiana), Smith (Kansas), Knight (Ohio) and Krzyzewski (Illinois). Calhoun (Massachusetts). Yes Wooden has 10 NCAA titles, Krzyzewski 5, Knight 3, Calhoun 3 and Smith 2... After reading about each... I believe you can make a case for each as the greatest coach(es) since 1960. Smith, Knight, Calhoun & Krzyzewski all coached in the Mideast or East -- where, objectively, in their eras, there was much stronger competition to get to the Final Four than in the West. Remember, too... Only conference champs could compete for NCAA titles thru almost all of Wooden's era (1947-1975) while Smith, Knight, Coach K and Calhoun all had to battle talented at-large berth national powerhouse teams hungry for redemption in every round in the East. And each had to win 5 or 6 games to become national champs. During Wooden's era, you only had to win 4 games against half western universities to claim a crown (less teams were invited, bracket was NOT balanced yet by NCAA). What Wooden's UCLA teams were able to do was remarkable -- 10 titles in 12 years -- the result of great coaching fundamentals from Wooden, great defensive strategies (2-2-1 press, diamond & 1, etc.) from the best assistant coach ever in Jerry Norman (who recruited Walt Hazzard, Gail Goodrich, Lew Alcindor, Lucius Allen, Sidney Wicks & Curtis Rowe to name a few), PLUS the recruiting help of famous black UCLA alumni like Jackie Robinson (Baseball's breaker of the color barrier), Ralph Bunche (U.S. United Nations rep), Willie Naulls (NBA veteran), Arthur Ashe (U.S. Open champ), and Rafer Johnson (Olympic Decathlon champ) all helped draw some of the nation's BEST basketball players to the West Coast & UCLA. Whoever got Lew Alcindor & Bill Walton was going to the Final Four every year, just like Bill Russell & Wilt Chamberlain took their teams to the NCAA Final in their college days. Alcindor (for race appeal reasons) and Walton (local boy) WANTED to come to UCLA. I consider Alcindor & Walton to be the two most complete college players of all time. With Pete Maravich at point guard & Oscar Robertson at the other guard, I would round out my all-time college team with Chamberlain & Russell as my 5th starter, 1st sub. Wooden, most successful... sure, hands down. Yet, all his early great black players (Naulls, Walt Hazzard, Lew Alcindor, Lucius Allen, etc.) all considered quitting the team after their sophomore years ("A Coach's Life" by Seth Davis, 2014 copyright) there as the on-campus culture (ex. no dorms for blacks) or Wooden's non-communication, detached off-court persona, and not explaining why you would be benched, stressed them all out to the max. UCLA booster/friend Sam Gilbert stepped in with hospitality at his house & elsewhere to save the day for UCLA fans with Hazzard, Alcindor & Allen, according to Davis' book. Wooden communicated the Xs and Os of hoops tremendously in practice... according to his players, he was below average at relating to them as people while they were there. Calhoun's and Smith's players had a much more positive experience with them....same with Krzyzewski's guys. Knight's? More of a mixed bag of memories, like Wooden's. According to his book, Wooden did not talk to you much if you were not in his top 7 player rotation. And he gave his top players more leeway when it came to breaking team rules, curfews, etc. "Greatest coach" ever then? Tough call to make. Most enjoyable "great coach" to play for ? For life lessons, success & relatability... I go with Dean Smith or Jim Calhoun. Though playing with Bill Walton probably would have been a lot of fun... Keep ballin' all you hoopers !
At the final buzzer I looked at the cheerleaders, the ones happy, and the ones sad; all I could think of is…, we’re all in our 60s now. 😮😢 It seemed like a forever to get to 1984 and a 20 something; but like a fraction of that to get to now.
Amazing win, but seeing Giomi and Simmons and hearing a mention of Delray Brooks’s name reminds one of the turmoil to come…Turned out nicely, tho (1987).
It wasn't just Steve Alford in that game my man! Indiana got considerable contributions from other guys, most notably Stew Robinson and Mike Giomi and Giomi after the season ended up transferring to play for Jimmy V at NC State! Not about Alford outplaying Jordan whatsoever! Indiana got a complete team effort and it was Dan Dakich who did an admirable job defending him! That was even after Dakich hurled pre-game
Jordan got outplayed by Steve Alford. Jordan stats: 13 points 6-14 43%, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, 4 turnovers, fouled out. Steve Alford: 27 points 9-13 69%, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 0 blocks, 3 turnovers. Jordan also gave no help to his teammate Sam Perkins who carried. Same had 26 points.
I was 13 years old !!!!!!North Carolina, was such a dominating team in those years with of course Mr.Jordan was scoring at 30 points a game and more !!!!set all kinds of records
Basketball has changed so much from guys passing up open 16 footers to pass to a man on the block for a contested shot. Now we have players shooting 22 footers and ignoring the man on the block.
Strange part about Steve Alford is he peaked as a college freshman, which is hard to do. His freshman year, he shot nearly 60% and for a guard, thats unheard of.
Lol you have no idea what you're talking about. He was a consensus first-team All-American his junior and senior years, Big Ten player of the year his senior year and led IU to the national championship his senior year.
@@brianwhitaker2357Agreed! It's obvious the guy who posted wasn't paying any attention in '86-'87! Plus Alford should have been the NCAA tournament MVP because Indiana doesn't even come close to winning that natty without his shooting performance throughout that March run! He scored 57 in the two FF games and he made Smart's jumpshot possible by keeping Indiana close in the first half of the final
UNC had four future successful NBA players in their starting lineup (no NBA slouches) - and other NBA players on the bench. A loaded team still doesn't guarantee winning it all - just ask Michigan (2x) and others.
This is why the 90s era was so physically tough to play in because NCAA didn't have a shot clock until the 90s probably I'm not sure ......but this explains alot Everybody played 3 - 4 yrs back then in College which means they learned how to play man to man extremely well because obviously if you didn't chase your man around YOU GET NO PT
One thing is for show MJ took his game to another level) within a short period of time is unbelievable ) witness by many as something different in style and skill seldom seen*
If Lenny Bias had Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith and Sam Perkins on his team, he would not have lost to this mediocre Indiana team. ( and I love Knight). They kind of skim over this in all those documentaries.
Gary Bender just had a great college hoops voice,Whittenburg!!...beat yeah as a Heels fan this one was a stunner,plus Indiana beat us over the head with our own four corners keep away game.
Bender was an amazingly talented broadcaster ... Big 8 football, NCAA hoops, did some NBA as well ... just a terrific "big occasion" voice that never tried to dominate the proceedings.
This is at the time Michael Jordan don't have the "I took it personally" powers yet. At least, not yet amongst players. But rather, his biggest drive is not seeing his name at Laney High varsity -- so poignant that he mentioned it at his 2009 HOF speech.
If basketball was a one-on-one type sport (which it sometimes seems to be), I'd take Jordan. But when it's a TEAM game, there are tons of better players... the best being another Indiana boy just slightly more well-known than Steven Alford. ;)
I see what you did there. Question: What has no wings and can't fly but can probably still drain a three until the day he may die??? Answer: B - I - R - D
Yes, I liked both the college and pro game as played on the floor much better in the 1980s than now but one weakness as compared to today's game- floor spacing. The three-point shot did help space out the floor though its taken over too much of the game today, I think One reason Dean Smith's 4-corner stall offense was so successful was it was the one offense that really spaced out the floor. They often got layups out of it if they ran it long enough.
Dan Dakich was the catalyst in this game. Even in the plays where Billy Packer doesn't mention Dakich, Dakich was using his hips to block Jordan out of the lane (ingenious use of Dakich on Jordan by Knight). They both fouled out but with Indiana missing front-ends of free throws over and over and over down the stretch, it was Dakich that proved fateful for North Carolina up and until he fouled out.
@@DustyTail he had to be in the right place at the right time over and over, so I must give him credit for that. Without him being a well-defined (Bob Knight) role-player in this game, they don't win.....so I'll credit Knight first, but he made Dakich the catalyst, I'll stand by that. It was brilliant by Knight and a complete gut-punch to Dean Smith and that UNC juggernaut.
Jordan never won anything without a lot of supporting talent and that includes his years in the NBA. He was very good but basketball is a team sport. Larry Bird had no chance against Magic Johnson in the NCAA final because Magic had some good and very good players around him. Larry was a one man show. In the NBA it was more competitive because Boston and LA were more evenly matched.
The Bulls first 3 peat had good player Horace Grant as a third best player; yet, not an all star. Basketball is a team sport; of course, you have to have good players. How many titles did LBJ win without Wade, Kyrie, or AD? How many did Bird win without McHale, and Parish? How many has KD won without Superteam Warriors? How did Magic win without Worthy, Kareem? Etc, etc
No shot clock? No problem for these two coaches. Dean Smith was the master of the 4 corner offense. He just didn’t have player discipline that Coach Knight had.
Something was wrong with Jordan. Dean, of course, had his rotation system and whenever Jordan went to the bench he sneered and wouldn't even look at Dean, but went to the other end of the bench. They had an amiable relationship and stayed in touch, but these weren't their best moments.
@@gregpettis1113 I guess so. It's interesting how players perform differently between the NCAA and the NBA ...but anyway, I miss the NCAA of old, when players stayed 3 and 4 years. Can't blame them for leaving early though.
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Before the NBA draft, which took place a few months after this game, Bob Knight begged Portland's GM to draft Jordan over Bowie.
Portland's GM said something like "Jordan's great, but we really need a center." To which Knight replied, "Then play Jordan at center!"
Yes, Portland blew another one this is just one of many Portland's blown draft picks
Other than ‘76, Knight never had the best teams but he won a lot of games bc he was just a better coach than everyone else. It’s just a fact. He took over at at Texas Tech and made them into a tournament team and had them ranked.
Took them to the Sweet 16
Great insight particularly in this match up he out coach Dean Smith by making in game adjustments
Bob Knight will (would have) told anyone that he's no BBall genius, but, he stressed teamwork/man to man defense for 48 minutes and most of all, FUNDAMENTALS - and he drilled them to the death on basic fundamental BBall. Most players would not/could not put up w/ that -took a certain type player to give 100% without looking at his STATS.
It's remarkable to me how many future pro players were on North Carolina in addition to Jordan. You'd figure they'd dominate the game. Bobby Knight knows how to coach.
Teams that know how to play together are often times more dangerous than teams with great talent but can't work together...
It was one game. We all know this NC team would beat this Indiana team in a 7 game series. But anything can happen in one game. Hence March "madness"
@@John6-40 I understand that. But it's still a shocker. Ewing went to three finals, Jordan only one. All I'm saying is they should have dominated the game or even just won by five points. Knight was a great coach.
@@John6-40 Also, it wouldn't explain why UCLA won numerous championships in a row.
@@John6-40We don't all know anything. What some of us do know however, is that this Indiana team was drilled from sun up to sun down with fundamentals and selflessness.
There's an old saying: "You play for the name on the front of the jersey; not the name on the back of the jersey." It's interesting that Indiana has no name on the back of their jersey...
Personally, I'm not prepared to say this North Carolina team could or would beat the Hoosiers in a 7 game series.
It seems to me that the better team won.
Rest in peace coach Bobby Knight. Coach Bobby Knight was, pound for pound, the most gifted college Basketball coach of my lifetime, and this 1984 "N.C.A.A" Basketball tournament exemplified my assessment. The 1984 North Carolina "Tarheels" may have been the best starting lineup in the history of that storied program. Coach Bobby Knight outsmarted another hall of fame coach in Dean Smith and that extraordinary talent coach Dean Smith was blessed to assemble.
I agree. I thought about this game.
I agree 100%. When you look at the talent of these two teams, there was no comparison. North Carolina had Michael Jordan, Kenny Smith, Sam Perkins, and Brad Daugherty, who all went on to have terrific NBA careers! Indiana didn't have any guy off of their team that did anything in the NBA and they beat this Tarheel team?? One of the worst losses of Dean Smith's coaching career. R.I.P. Bobby Knight who went on to coach the USA Olympic team to the gold medal in 1984. He coached Michael Jordan on that team and called him the best player he'd ever seen!
It wasn't the best Tarheel team, but Smith did have 4 future NBA players. Knight really didn't have any. The Heels were out-coached, and Indiana played perfect defense.
I'm a Hoosier and I watched this game when I was in the Navy with a shipmate from Fayetteville. One of us was happy after the game. 😅
Masterclass by Knight UNC was loaded and considering he got Dean Smith in 81 and beat him in the final show's how good coach Knight really was
MJ got a BS second foul early in the first half. That changed the game.
@@JSARogers lol sure! That was the difference. In the whole game, that one foul. It was rigged! Nah it wasn’t Knight. Nah he didn’t figure out how to beat 4 future NBA starters .
Actually, a couple of ticky-tacky foul calls on James Worthy did more to determine the outcome in 1981 than any display of "brilliance" from Knight.
@@WildwoodClaire1 They Throttled UNC. You are joking right?
@@WildwoodClaire1you need a sippy cup. Compare the talent Smith had at Carolina and whet Knight had at IU. It’s ridiculously one-sided, yet Knight OWNED Dean Smith. He owned him. Period.
My Dad taped this on his VHS and kept it until he died
Dan Dakich's finest moment. Looking at the names on both sides, it's obvious that North Carolina had more talent. It's amazing that Indiana won this game.
No it's not amazing, Indiana better and Bob Knight was way better than Smith.
@@hoosierproud7718 delusional 😂🤣
@@pdaddy879 INDIANA WON DUMB A**. Smith was over rated compared to Knight. INDIANA was a team.
@@pdaddy879 What was the score of the end of the game? Oh yeah. Indiana won. Soundly.
Dean Smith lost that game.
this could be the best coaching performance in ncaa history
this was like jordan rules to the max. 6 IU players in the paint waiting for him.
The best game Knight ever coached was the 1987 Final Four when he beat UNLV at their game, running.
North Carolina has Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Kenny Smith, and Brad Daugherty and they lose to this Indiana team? Granted, Smith and Daugherty were injured; but really it was a genius coaching job by The General.
Bobby Knight got a hold of Michael Jordan on the Olympic team later that year. Knight knew what was up. Jordan just exploded after that.
They won the gold
I was a little kid (6yrs old) in Raleigh NC watching this and while Jordan was incredible then, we hadnt a clue how he would change the game for all of history.
Coach Knight, the GOAT, at his very best.
I watched this game with my dad seeing these always hold a very special place in my heart
We had the best announcers back then ....man miss those days
Bobby Knight was gifted this game from coach Dean. Limiting Jordan to 8 mins in the first half backfired. And when Knight put Jordan on the Olympic team, he set his weapon loose. 23 was the best player in the world in the 6 game warmup against NBA All-stars.
One of many great wins from a Bobby Knight team.
Bobby Knight great coach, Dean Smith blew that game.
Bobby Knight was 2-1 vs Dean Smith. IU is 10-6 all-time vs NC. Red trumps baby blue.
another one is the UNLV game,,,,, still unbelievable
@@dabneyoffermein595 That's one of my favorites.
Stew Robinson's steady ball handling is one of the main reasons IU won this game.
One of the best ncaa games all time ......for many reasons ...including the art of defense ...
And the passing
Please watch the first 2:08 The Starting line-up for NC is like an NBA all-star team. But Indiana had coach Knight. I`ll take him any day. @ 4:53 MJ launches. And 59:30 for you Hoosier fans.
What’s wrong with Billy Packer?
@@Skier10 He's a Wake Forest homer/anti-Carolina goon who thinks he knows more about the game than anyone else. He'll passive-aggressively hate on UNC when he's calling their games until UNC has the game won, then faux-fawn all over them like he's their #1 fan.
Did you watch the Final Four this year? Nantz, Raftery, and Grant Hill made me long for Billy Packer. They were absolute garbage.
@@joeski734 They were ok this year... BUT... Took all of them WAY TOO LONG to recognize how great Baylor's team was this year, especially on defense. Best defensive performance in an NCAA final EVER. No. 1 Gonzaga shot over 50% but still lost by 16 because Baylor "D" held them to so few attempts.
Best offensive team performance in a Final ? Villanova in 1985, shooting 78.6% as a team (22 of 28) to upset G'Town.
Best off. perf. by a player ? Bill Walton, 21 of 22 vs. Memphis State in '73 for 44 points & MVP of course.
Best upset ? NC State in 1983 vs. No. 1 Houston. NC State (26-10) had to win all 3 games in the ACC tourney just to qualify for NCAAs, plus 6 straight (4 by 2 pts. or less) in March Madness to complete their "Cinderella season" for Coach Jim Valvano. That's 9 straight do-or-die games. Will never be duplicated.
Look at the bright side, it could have been Bill Raftery. 😄
Man...that Carolina team was LOADED
Dean Smith was Indiana's defensive MVP in this game. He singlehandedly shut down Michael Jordan for almost half the game.
Indiana closed down all Jordan’s driving lanes to the hoop and he couldn’t hit his jump shots for sh*t...on top of Dean trying to force the ball into Perkins.
No one knows what you are talking about.
That's the old joke.
Q: Who is the only guy who can hold Michael Jordan under 20 points a game?
A: Dean Smith
@Calvacade of Fred Couples Jordan rule was not in effect yet.
@@joeski734 Coach's fault, refs fault. Once the Jordan rule was in effect, he could just crash and lane and get an automatic foul call, but that did not occur until the 90's. You know, when the bulls started to win championships.
Dean Smith outcoached himself. He liked to rely on his bench, even when he didn't need to. He had two All-Americans, in Jordan & Perkins & only fed one. Knight had a good game plan to sit back in the key in a zone but as Jordan showed in the final 5 minutes, he was the best player in the country. Smith didn't run the ball through him, for whatever reason. It was a much different game back then, with no 3 pt shot or shot clock, which lead to other huge upsets such as NC State vs Houston in '83 & Villanova vs Georgetown in '85.
Jordan's last game and a few years later Shaquille O'Neal loses his last ncaa game to indiana also. Go hoosiers
anyone remember the next game vs Va. That was a great game!! Othell Wilson, if I recall, hit some clutch shots down the stretch to beat IU. I think the Carolina game took a lot out of the Hoosiers. Respect to UVA
In 1981 Indiana played UNC for the title after they beat Virginia.
3 years later all 3 teams were together within 2 days.
@@123slasher.16 That 1984 IU team may have been Bob Knight's finest coaching job. Steve Alford and not much else, no bench, yet beat Michael Jordan/Dean Smith and were 2 points from a final four that would have been a miracle. Other than Alford I recall Delray Brooks, Uwe Blab, Dan Dakich, Mike Giomi,-who hit 2 clutch free throws to beat NC? Those games were wars!
This was just pure coaching. Look at the NBA players on these 2 teams lol. Knight was the best coach in the game in the 70s and 80s
@Lee E I think you are an idiot. Bob Knight won three championship, and his 1976 team was the last unbeaten team, and at one time Bob Knight was the winningest coach.
I'll say this... Every time Knight faced Dean Smith he beat him.
@Danny Tallmadge I don't know about all that stuff but Smith did keep great players like Jordan down. He would only let a player score but so many points.
@Danny Tallmadge I didn't like him either but not personally. I just was frustrated because they won so much back then. I do think however that to his credit he placed the team concept over winning sometimes.
@Danny Tallmadge Perfectly fair to criticize someone's coaching but anybody that risked everything to fight against the despicable rot of segregation and has earned near universal praise from anybody that played for him must have been a good man. The south needed many more like him in the '60's.
This game hurt so bad. Carolina had the team that should've played Georgetown in the Tournament Finals. Carolinas best starting 5 ever .
Pretty crazy how the game has changed, no shot clock and NC pretty much runs their entire offense inside the arc. It’s kind of strange to look at
Was it 83 or 84 when the 3pt line was added????
@@Montweezy 87 for the tourney actually, I didn’t even think of that. The nba already implemented it and they’re playing in the Hawks old arena in this game. I just saw the line and assumed that they had it
@@icantthinkofaname1483 well in that 84 game we are commenting on there is a 3pt line...that was 84 I know there wasn't one in 82 when jordan hit the shot to beat georgetown....that's why I was thinking the same thing...😂😂😂 Didn't realize it was an nba arena
@@Montweezy As shown game was played at the old Omni in Atlanta and at the time they didn’t use a special floor with NCAA markings on it. They just used the floor the arena had.(Once the NCAA added the three pointer they would add that line but made no other modifications.)
This is what puzzles me. I thought that the shot clock was instituted in the 70's due to the Phil Ford and Carolina 4 corners offense. This clearly gives the weaker team the advantage, especially if they get the lead. they can simply hold the ball and force the other team to wear themselves out chasing the ball, and only take easy shots when they are availible. And Indiana was clearly playing the stall in the 2nd half. The most important event of the game is early in the first half when Jordan and Blab went up for the ball, which Jordan clearly gained control of as he collided with Blab in mid air, and the foul was called on Jordan for some reason although he was the one with clear possession. This gave him 2 early fouls and he only played 8 minutes of the 1rst half. Which allowed Indiana to get the lead and play keep away. If anything, the foul should have been called on Blab, which would have left Jordan in the game a stuck Blab with his 2nd foul early. And the game would have been a lot different.
Even knowing the outcome of the game, it’s still hard to bet against NC with that lineup.
You got that right Doc!
True. Hard to bet against Jordan. Mabey he'll win if you watch it again. I'll be right here if you want to place a bet on the heels
Dean got outcoached again
Thank you! Keep these coming, please
Being a Tar Heels fan I was disappointed in the outcome of this game. But I always appreciated coach Knight and the Hoosiers. You may be surprised to learn that Bobby and Dean were great friends.
Bob Knight was friends with a lot of greats. Ted Williams, Pete Newell, Bill Parcells. Johnny Bench, Dean Smith, and scores more.
The Greatest Of All Time was responsible for the win and he didnt even play a single minute....Thats Coach Knight.
John R Wooden is the GOAT
@@windu2472 With his buddy benefactor, Sam Gilbert!
@@wmw3629 every program has cheated and a lot of those allegations have very little evidence, but regardless it doesn’t matter cuz 10 championships in 12 years speaks for itself. Tons of programs have paid players and what not but no one has or ever will come close to 10 chips in 12 years
@@windu2472 See above for the "clear picture" of judging Wooden, Smith, Knight & Krzyzewski. Calhoun, Williams very good coaches, but step below the first four mentioned as far as Xs & Os, in-game coaching & innovation.
@@windu2472 UCLA and that bs Pyramid Of Success. That "pyramid of success" was 2 words. Sam Gilbert
Alford was a great college player.
@Josh Wright he helped them win a national title
@Josh Wright -- Alford played matador defense, Knight helped him be all he could be in college. The Big Ten is a long way from his comfort quarters at New Castle. Knight arranged for screen after screen for Alford, helping him become an A+ scorer in college vs. great competition.
@Josh Wright haha good stuff
@@dabneyoffermein595 that dude could scrap off picks square his shoulders and knock shots down. For a 6 foot guy with only shooting skills Knight made him a offensive beast. Plus a 90% ft shot made him a nightmare to defend.
Hardly got off the bench at Dallas. Not that he was expected to a star. But if Kyle Macy could start for a few yrs? And I still think Alford is at least as good as Macy ever was.
This game right here is why Bobby Knight is the greatest college basketball coach of all time.
That UNC roster had nothing but high school All Americans on it. Four players on that team were (or eventually became) college All Americans. I believe seven players on that team eventually went to the League.
On the other hand, not one of those Midwestern farmboys on the Indiana team (except for the German stiff) even sniffed the NBA and the only player the average basketball fan can recognize is a FRESHMAN Steve Alford.
This is Bobby Knight’s coaching masterpiece.
Alford was an NBA player, look it up.
the motion of this Hoosier team was magic. Alford slide left to open up the shot het wanted Blab! 3:47
Never get tired of watching this one.
UNC was beyond stacked. Amazing Indiana beat them
Loaded, like NBA stars everywhere basically against Freshman.
More amazingly is that VIRGINIA minus Ralph Sampson would beat INDIANA in the next round
The Hoosiers were not real good( no outside shooting whatsoever) in '84. They were far better the year before and especially in '81 and '87
@@johnhaganjr8089 no Ralph Sampson, or are you saying he had foul trouble in so many words?
Kenny Smith had a broken wrist. Huge game changer
...... NC's lineup of Jordan, Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty and Kenny Smith looked overpowering but freshman Smith was ineffective with broken wrist, Jordan had foul trouble, soph Daugherty suffered in-game hand injury. NC shot horribly (under 35%) Indiana shot lights out for the game (almost 65%), IU matched up well, got great games from Steve Alford & 7-2 center Blab. They also played great team D & ran efficient offense. Kinda like when "little" Princeton almost knocked off Alonzo Mourning & (No. 1 seed) Georgetown in 1993. It can always happen, as No. 16 UBMC proved vs. No. 1 Virginia in 2018.
Knight and Dean Smith ? All great coaches stumbled multiple times in early rounds of the NCAAs or before they even got to the NCAA tournament. IU in first round to Richmond, etc.
... it's interesting... Dean Smith, Bob Knight, John Wooden and Mike Krzyzewski all played for great coaches (Phog Allen, Fred Taylor, Ward Lambert, Bob Knight). Jim Calhoun (3 NCAA titles, almost 900 wins) did not (Bill Callahan, Am.Int. College D. II) and Calhoun was never an assistant coach.
Wooden (Purdue 1932) and Knight (Ohio State 1960) and Dean (1952 Kansas) all played for NCAA champs. Wooden (12.1 ppg) was the "better" college player -- "Player of the Year" in 1932 and Purdue was named "national champs" by the Helms Ath. Foundation & Premo-Poretta Poll -- two separate org. that retroactively gave out awards to basketball teams, players from late 1890s through 1938 before NCAA began in 1939.
Smith, Knight and Krzyzewski (at Army) were all average Division I college players in college (2 ppg to 7 ppg) who learned well from their head coaches and, with Wooden, all went on to teach the game extremely well and successfully, all becoming the winningest coach of all time when each retired (except coach K). That is remarkable... and begets the winners become bigger winners theory in life. Yet, Calhoun, a Div. II All-American player at Amer.International College played under just a .500 level coach (Bill Callahan). He never was an assistant.
Also interesting, four were born in the midwest: Wooden (Indiana), Smith (Kansas), Knight (Ohio) and Krzyzewski (Illinois). Calhoun (Massachusetts).
Yes Wooden has 10 NCAA titles, Krzyzewski 5, Knight 3, Calhoun 3 and Smith 2... After reading about each... I believe you can make a case for each as the greatest coach(es) since 1960. Smith, Knight, Calhoun & Krzyzewski all coached in the Mideast or East -- where, objectively, in their eras, there was much stronger competition to get to the Final Four than in the West.
Remember, too... Only conference champs could compete for NCAA titles thru almost all of Wooden's era (1947-1975) while Smith, Knight, Coach K and Calhoun all had to battle talented at-large berth national powerhouse teams hungry for redemption in every round in the East. And each had to win 5 or 6 games to become national champs. During Wooden's era, you only had to win 4 games against half western universities to claim a crown (less teams were invited, bracket was NOT balanced yet by NCAA).
What Wooden's UCLA teams were able to do was remarkable -- 10 titles in 12 years -- the result of great coaching fundamentals from Wooden, great defensive strategies (2-2-1 press, diamond & 1, etc.) from the best assistant coach ever in Jerry Norman (who recruited Walt Hazzard, Gail Goodrich, Lew Alcindor, Lucius Allen, Sidney Wicks & Curtis Rowe to name a few), PLUS the recruiting help of famous black UCLA alumni like Jackie Robinson (Baseball's breaker of the color barrier), Ralph Bunche (U.S. United Nations rep), Willie Naulls (NBA veteran), Arthur Ashe (U.S. Open champ), and Rafer Johnson (Olympic Decathlon champ) all helped draw some of the nation's BEST basketball players to the West Coast & UCLA.
Whoever got Lew Alcindor & Bill Walton was going to the Final Four every year, just like Bill Russell & Wilt Chamberlain took their teams to the NCAA Final in their college days. Alcindor (for race appeal reasons) and Walton (local boy) WANTED to come to UCLA. I consider Alcindor & Walton to be the two most complete college players of all time. With Pete Maravich at point guard & Oscar Robertson at the other guard, I would round out my all-time college team with Chamberlain & Russell as my 5th starter, 1st sub.
Wooden, most successful... sure, hands down. Yet, all his early great black players (Naulls, Walt Hazzard, Lew Alcindor, Lucius Allen, etc.) all considered quitting the team after their sophomore years ("A Coach's Life" by Seth Davis, 2014 copyright) there as the on-campus culture (ex. no dorms for blacks) or Wooden's non-communication, detached off-court persona, and not explaining why you would be benched, stressed them all out to the max. UCLA booster/friend Sam Gilbert stepped in with hospitality at his house & elsewhere to save the day for UCLA fans with Hazzard, Alcindor & Allen, according to Davis' book.
Wooden communicated the Xs and Os of hoops tremendously in practice... according to his players, he was below average at relating to them as people while they were there. Calhoun's and Smith's players had a much more positive experience with them....same with Krzyzewski's guys. Knight's? More of a mixed bag of memories, like Wooden's. According to his book, Wooden did not talk to you much if you were not in his top 7 player rotation. And he gave his top players more leeway when it came to breaking team rules, curfews, etc.
"Greatest coach" ever then? Tough call to make. Most enjoyable "great coach" to play for ? For life lessons, success & relatability... I go with Dean Smith or Jim Calhoun. Though playing with Bill Walton probably would have been a lot of fun... Keep ballin' all you hoopers !
I recall this game because it was Dakich that really kept Jordan in check. I will always love Bobby Knight.
And that was even after Dakich heaved pre-game finding out he was gonna be put on MJ! I vividly remember watching the entire game!
I am watching...because COLLEGE BASKETBALL IS NOTHING WITHOUT THE FANS IN THE ARENA.
We will eventually get back to full stadiums
That and all the idiotic woke fools who took a knee during the National anthem
Ball goes in hole just fine.
At the final buzzer I looked at the cheerleaders, the ones happy, and the ones sad; all I could think of is…, we’re all in our 60s now. 😮😢
It seemed like a forever to get to 1984 and a 20 something; but like a fraction of that to get to now.
Amazing win, but seeing Giomi and Simmons and hearing a mention of Delray Brooks’s name reminds one of the turmoil to come…Turned out nicely, tho (1987).
That North Carolina tea, was loaded. How IU win is amazing.
Their coffee was even better
A 21-year-old MJ was 6’5” in college and in the NBA he was 6-foot-6. Amazing!
He is really 6'4.75" rounded to 6'5"
?????
What's amazing about that?
He was measured 6 4 .75 at Barcelona Olympics
Lol
They edited out Jordan’s winning shot at the buzzer.
Remember listening to this game via radio in my Boston apartment.Ironically Virginia would knock off IU 2 days later to make it to the Final Four
Miss these Days
I remember this game! I still can’t believe Steve Alford outplayed Michael Jordan!!!
Fouls
Steve Alford was a great player
It wasn't just Steve Alford in that game my man! Indiana got considerable contributions from other guys, most notably Stew Robinson and Mike Giomi and Giomi after the season ended up transferring to play for Jimmy V at NC State! Not about Alford outplaying Jordan whatsoever! Indiana got a complete team effort and it was Dan Dakich who did an admirable job defending him! That was even after Dakich hurled pre-game
Still a few years before the Jordan rule was in effect.
To think, had the Pacers upset the Bulls in the '98 ECF, both Jordan's final UNC game and final Bulls game would have been losses to Indiana teams.
But they didn't lose did they Jordan Hater!
Well, it was 5 on 8!
@@toddcrickmore7196 How! All the Pacers and the Bulls played Jordan hater
The pacers would have won if a Zone was allowed in the NBA at the time
@@nintendonerdsvideos4727 Wrong! Like Jordan can't play the zone
I'll spare you the story of how I once blocked 7'2" Uwe Blab's shot.
Lol I only knew Steve Alford among the players because he coaches my favorite team
Lol, you only knew Alford? I've never heard of this Jordan scrub either.
Jordan got outplayed by Steve Alford.
Jordan stats: 13 points 6-14 43%, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, 4 turnovers, fouled out.
Steve Alford: 27 points 9-13 69%, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 0 blocks, 3 turnovers.
Jordan also gave no help to his teammate Sam Perkins who carried. Same had 26 points.
Holy smokes UNC was loaded.....4 starters ended up being good / great NBA players.....how did they lose?
I was 13 years old !!!!!!North Carolina, was such a dominating team in those years with of course Mr.Jordan was scoring at 30 points a game and more !!!!set all kinds of records
Basketball has changed so much from guys passing up open 16 footers to pass to a man on the block for a contested shot. Now we have players shooting 22 footers and ignoring the man on the block.
Strange part about Steve Alford is he peaked as a college freshman, which is hard to do. His freshman year, he shot nearly 60% and for a guard, thats unheard of.
He shot 53 percent from 3 as a senior. He was pretty good throughout. He probably didn't take that many shots as a freshman.
Alford had a pretty good senior year as well, you know, leading IU to the national championship victory.
Lol you have no idea what you're talking about. He was a consensus first-team All-American his junior and senior years, Big Ten player of the year his senior year and led IU to the national championship his senior year.
@@brianwhitaker2357Agreed! It's obvious the guy who posted wasn't paying any attention in '86-'87! Plus Alford should have been the NCAA tournament MVP because Indiana doesn't even come close to winning that natty without his shooting performance throughout that March run! He scored 57 in the two FF games and he made Smart's jumpshot possible by keeping Indiana close in the first half of the final
Chuck Franz?! He was the shortstop on the intramural softball team on which I played left field.
Legend has it,that that Jordan guy went on to have a better than average NBA career!
“[MJ’S] mom has never missed a game.” I had a little mist in my eyes at that. MJ had great parents.
UNC had four future successful NBA players in their starting lineup (no NBA slouches) - and other NBA players on the bench. A loaded team still doesn't guarantee winning it all - just ask Michigan (2x) and others.
Interesting how MJ basically shedded the southern accent after a few years in Chicago.
Who here remembers Christian Lattner?
This is why the 90s era was so physically tough to play in because NCAA didn't have a shot clock until the 90s probably I'm not sure ......but this explains alot Everybody played 3 - 4 yrs back then in College which means they learned how to play man to man extremely well because obviously if you didn't chase your man around YOU GET NO PT
One thing is for show MJ took his game to another level) within a short period of time is unbelievable ) witness by many as something different in style and skill seldom seen*
If Lenny Bias had Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith and Sam Perkins on his team, he would not have lost to this mediocre Indiana team. ( and I love Knight). They kind of skim over this in all those documentaries.
I like know it all’s who say “if” as though it has any merit. 😂
@@TV-ob1if Well, we KNOW that Jordan lost to a mediocre Indiana team in the sweet 16 with Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith and Sam Perkins at his side.
@@tesla-v2681 and …?
Gary Bender just had a great college hoops voice,Whittenburg!!...beat yeah as a Heels fan this one was a stunner,plus Indiana beat us over the head with our own four corners keep away game.
Bender was an amazingly talented broadcaster ... Big 8 football, NCAA hoops, did some NBA as well ... just a terrific "big occasion" voice that never tried to dominate the proceedings.
Dean Smith was a nice man but was no Bob Knight when it came to big game coaching.
I wonder what happened to that Michael Jordan kid from UNC?
Did I miss something? Why would you intentionally miss the second free throw at the end of the game when you are only up by three?
No three pointer in college basketball at the time. Only way to get a tie was the old fashioned three point play. Score and be fouled.
Miss those days of no shot clock or 3 point line
03/22/1984 - 40 years ago
Why isn’t this upset talked about more?
Indiana isn't diverse enough
Ask ESPN, they love them some Duke, Carolina and Uconn!
This is at the time Michael Jordan don't have the "I took it personally" powers yet.
At least, not yet amongst players.
But rather, his biggest drive is not seeing his name at Laney High varsity
-- so poignant that he mentioned it at his 2009 HOF speech.
This was the game that Bobby Knight knew that Michael Jordan was going to be the greatest player he ever going to see in his life
Also it's the exact same terrible picture quality I remember when watching it live as a kid
That's some of the fun
Listening to Dakich on the radio right now. Never seen this game brfore.
Myko sitting on the bench more than any other game I've ever seen.
Not the luck I had thought at age 13 but great coaching of a solid team.
Bob Knight could outcoach Dean Smith in his sleep.
If basketball was a one-on-one type sport (which it sometimes seems to be), I'd take Jordan. But when it's a TEAM game, there are tons of better players... the best being another Indiana boy just slightly more well-known than Steven Alford. ;)
I see what you did there. Question: What has no wings and can't fly but can probably still drain a three until the day he may die??? Answer: B - I - R - D
Floor spacing is non existence. 10 guys 15 ft from the basket
Pre 3 pointer...(the line here is NBA)
Yes, I liked both the college and pro game as played on the floor much better in the 1980s than now but one weakness as compared to today's game- floor spacing.
The three-point shot did help space out the floor though its taken over too much of the game today, I think
One reason Dean Smith's 4-corner stall offense was so successful was it was the one offense that really spaced out the floor. They often got layups out of it if they ran it long enough.
Dan Dakich was the catalyst in this game. Even in the plays where Billy Packer doesn't mention Dakich, Dakich was using his hips to block Jordan out of the lane (ingenious use of Dakich on Jordan by Knight). They both fouled out but with Indiana missing front-ends of free throws over and over and over down the stretch, it was Dakich that proved fateful for North Carolina up and until he fouled out.
agree... plus North Carolina had no reliable jump shooters as Indiana packed its D in the paint.
Then against Virginia, Dakich cost them the game!!!
@@gocatgo74123 one could say
He had lots of switches and dbl teams to help with his 15 min claim of fame.
@@DustyTail he had to be in the right place at the right time over and over, so I must give him credit for that. Without him being a well-defined (Bob Knight) role-player in this game, they don't win.....so I'll credit Knight first, but he made Dakich the catalyst, I'll stand by that. It was brilliant by Knight and a complete gut-punch to Dean Smith and that UNC juggernaut.
So many future nba ers
How in tf did UNC lose those game? That squad is loaded with NBA all-stars even forgetting about having MJ
Bobby Knight coached team vs Dean Smith coached team.
After this game, Michael Jordan would conquer the NBA world.
Only after he was conquered in this game by the all time great Dan Dakich.
I was at the game in the 5th row. Anyone know where to get a better quality video of this game? Wonder if the ticket stub I have is worth anything
This was just pure coaching. Look at the NBA players on these 2 teams lol.
Billy Packer still one of the all time best college basketball analyst. Maligned for no good reason imho.
Without worthy Jordan couldn’t win even though he had 3 other nba players on his team
And Larry bird took a Much less talented team to the final four by himself
.....and Jordan took it personally.
Jordan never won anything without a lot of supporting talent and that includes his years in the NBA. He was very good but basketball is a team sport. Larry Bird had no chance against Magic Johnson in the NCAA final because Magic had some good and very good players around him. Larry was a one man show. In the NBA it was more competitive because Boston and LA were more evenly matched.
The Bulls first 3 peat had good player Horace Grant as a third best player; yet, not an all star. Basketball is a team sport; of course, you have to have good players. How many titles did LBJ win without Wade, Kyrie, or AD? How many did Bird win without McHale, and Parish? How many has KD won without Superteam Warriors? How did Magic win without Worthy, Kareem? Etc, etc
Last shot Jordan ever made at North Carolina. 1:18:05
I wonder how many kids from these programs entered the transfer portal at end of the year
great coaching! #bobbyknight
1:18:48 "Watch this individual effort by Jordan." I dunno, he just might make it at the next level. What do you think? #lol
No chance....lol.
Alford was absolute money!
That travel at 1:05:52 is crazy
No shot clock? No problem for these two coaches. Dean Smith was the master of the 4 corner offense. He just didn’t have player discipline that Coach Knight had.
Something was wrong with Jordan. Dean, of course, had his rotation system and whenever Jordan went to the bench he sneered and wouldn't even look at Dean, but went to the other end of the bench. They had an amiable relationship and stayed in touch, but these weren't their best moments.
How did Alford.and no names beat Jordan, Smith, Perkins and the Ds???
Alford was an assassin
@@gregpettis1113 I guess so. It's interesting how players perform differently between the NCAA and the NBA
...but anyway, I miss the NCAA of old, when players stayed 3 and 4 years.
Can't blame them for leaving early though.
Love these ancient history games with no score bugs. Fux sake, why bother
I was hoping for a UNC-UVA matchup because the Wahoos were swept by the Heels I'm a Virginia native and would hope UVA would get revenge on UNC.