Three future NBA All Stars here..Worthy, Perkins & Jordan....great team work here ..move the Ky D with the pass. UNC National Champs that year! Great University & head Coach ! Go Heels TCUNC76
@jamesflowers, there are Jordan high school highlights, but our local stations in Wilmington, NC have them. Michael exaggerates when he says he wasn't noticed in high school. One scout, Bob Gibbons, had him rated #1 in the country over the 3 7footers coming out that year, Patrick Ewing, Stuart Gray, and Greg Dreiling. But he was a consensus top 8-15 player coming out of high school. He was the best player in the McDonald's AA game in 81.
Thanks for Posting anything that early in Jordan's Career! So cool to look back seeing the Potential he had then. Even cooler that he Fullfilled his Potential and now looking back makes it even sweeter. This Flashback shows he had all the tools then, and was Coached by the right People and had a Great Family supporting'. I Subbed.
I told my dad during this game that MJ was gonna take the Bulls to 6 titles and end his career with the Wizards...... He just asked who was MJ and what the hell were the Wizards.
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I’m always amazed watching these videos and notice the evolution of Jordan, both skill-wise, but also athletically. I know playing against zones limits this somewhat, but look at how he moves here and then watch him progress athletically over the next decade.
That's what astonished me about this game that Kentucky wouldn't even have someone come out and challenge such open shots. I lived in Wilmington for a long time and still live close by it and I'm sure that few would know that his senior year at Laney 1981 ended when New Hanover County high school eliminated Laney's state playoff chances when they beat them. New Hanover's stars then were Kenny Gatison and Clyde Simmons. Gatison went on to have a good college career at Old Dominion and Clyde Simmons graduated from Western Carolina to have a good career in the NFL.
First college basketball game I ever watched in it's entirety! As much as I now despise Carolina, they were the best team in America then and they showed it fully in this particular game outclassing Kentucky it was a #1 beatdown of #2
And they earned the title during the tournament that season! Alot of ppl seem to forget if it wasn't for James Worthy's late basket in final minute against James Madison, that seemingly invincible squad would have been a first round flameout! The Dukes more than gave Carolina a scare! That was their wakeup call
Watching this is like when I watched Michael Jackson for the first time as lead singer of the Jackson Five on 1/30/1970 on the Andy Williams Show. It was the beginning of greatness and everyone knew it.
All the talk was of Jordan, but Sam Perkins & Worthy helped UNC to have so many winds during those "Wrightsville Beach" days, while in college. Pulling for Wilmington teenager, Mike Jordan.
"A lot of people say that Michael Jordan is the best freshman ball player in the country...I don't believe it." Hahaha. I wonder how that guy feels about that comment now?
You don't even know who that is announcing...ha ha. It's the LATE GREAT Al McGuire, former coach of Marquette (1977 NCAA Championship) and he's been dead since 2001, so I doubt he's thinking about it at all. He was right about Michael not being the best freshmen in the nation, as Patrick Ewing was better. I know that UNC beat Georgetown in the championship game on his game winning shot, but the star of that game was none other than James Worthy.
Does anybody happen to have this game or the Rutgers game at MSG, also from this season, in full? The latter game was up in full on here at one point, but was deleted, unfortunately.
2:50 that was one of the best follow threws backthen in oldschool. Called the ugly but make em followthrews. But now today they ar better formed but never go in like wtf?
is this a regular season game in jordan's freshman year? coz in the same year they played georgetown in the finals, there is no 3 point line. what happened, do i miss something?
multiple publications award player of the year honors. it's true that Ralph Sampson received most of them in 1983 & that michael jordan finished second in most of them that year, but it's also true that jordan was sporting news player of the year in 1983, so Domini is technically right.
Yeah his legs weren't used as much in college and he had a habit of pulling his hand back after the shot, he definetely brushed up on his form in the NBA, not to say he wasn't a good shooter in college.
The announcer is Al McGuire and he's dead. He's been dead for a dozen years. Anybody who ever knew him, watched him coach or listened to him call a game loved him. That's just Al being Al.
In the beginning of the clip the commentator say “they say Jordan is the #1 freshman in the country, I don’t believe it”…yeah that aged really well my guy! He ended up being the fuckin GOAT 🐐🐐🐐🐐💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Aw Jordan was so young still, his body wasn't even developed good yet, I'd say Jordans most lethal jumping and jump shots was most lethal and explosive and unable to stop At the age of 22 25, just so incredible
@CAM8689 It's possible, but he still wasn't at the level Worthy was at.His best quality was the intensity, which Worthy mentioned about in an interview a while back.
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No argument from me there at all. Outside of LeBron James, I think Michael Jordan was the best/complete ball player I've ever seen. As a freshmen, I think Ewing stole a little more of the limelight, but then again we're talking about an era where people were in love with the polished big man. Jordan, was definitely second fiddle to Worthy, and possibly even to that of Perkins that 82-83 season. Plus, playing under Smith, it was more about the team then that of the individual...
At the time, the NBA was a big-man driven league. That's why Akeem Olajuwon (as he was known then) was #1 overall in 1984...and Sam Perkins was the pick after MJ (both Olajuwon and Perkins each played more than 1200 NBA games). Ironically, it was MJ who changed the game into a guard-driven league.
@@christschool Bowie was second to Portland! Blazers had thought about taking Jordan but realized they needed a center more and already had a solid #2 in Clyde the Glide! U just never know how things will turn out! And of course in hindsight, we sure do!
the commentator back then doesn't believe that MIKE JORDAN was the best freshman in the country because a lot of pundits considers PAT EWING as the best freshman in the country.
@Belburg didn't have to be even at that currently level he was probably already better playing with other all americans he just didn't have to go all out.
@wonderbread1 That's Al McGuire, and that's not what he said. He said "I don't..." and you can't tell what he says after that. He could've gone on to talk about a completely different thing. By the way, Michael Jordan was probably not the best freshman ball player in the country. Patrick Ewing was.
@wonderbread1 well he probably wasn't at the time...he wasn't near as good in college as the nba, he was awesome in college though but he was just amazing in the nba
Growing up in our hometown he was simply Mike. Dean Smith is the one who started the Michael thing.
Three future NBA All Stars here..Worthy, Perkins & Jordan....great team work here ..move the Ky D with the pass. UNC National Champs that year! Great University & head Coach ! Go Heels
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"Here's Jordan...Yes" -Marv Albert. Never get tired of hearing that.
@jamesflowers, there are Jordan high school highlights, but our local stations in Wilmington, NC have them. Michael exaggerates when he says he wasn't noticed in high school. One scout, Bob Gibbons, had him rated #1 in the country over the 3 7footers coming out that year, Patrick Ewing, Stuart Gray, and Greg Dreiling. But he was a consensus top 8-15 player coming out of high school. He was the best player in the McDonald's AA game in 81.
Do you think you can share them?
Thanks for Posting anything that early in Jordan's Career! So cool to look back seeing the Potential he had then. Even cooler that he Fullfilled his Potential and now looking back makes it even sweeter. This Flashback shows he had all the tools then, and was Coached by the right People and had a Great Family supporting'. I Subbed.
I told my dad during this game that MJ was gonna take the Bulls to 6 titles and end his career with the Wizards...... He just asked who was MJ and what the hell were the Wizards.
U r so funny
How did Encyclopedia Brown know that JohnnyRingo was lying?
In 1981, the Washington team was known as the Bullets, not the Wizards.
@@ChicagoSteve which is probably why his Dad asked "what the hell are the wizards?".
Little did they know, they were watching a legend in the making. Glad I got my MJ autograph before he left North Carolina.
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It's crazy to see how much the game has changed.
I never liked North Carolina but Michael Jordan is my favorite player of all time GO BIG BLUE!!!
As a TRUE FRESHMAN...it was becoming clear how great a player the then-Mike Jordan was.
I’m always amazed watching these videos and notice the evolution of Jordan, both skill-wise, but also athletically. I know playing against zones limits this somewhat, but look at how he moves here and then watch him progress athletically over the next decade.
It's so weird seeing Jordan left so wide open.. It MUST be his freshman year. lol
That's what astonished me about this game that Kentucky wouldn't even have someone come out and challenge such open shots. I lived in Wilmington for a long time and still live close by it and I'm sure that few would know that his senior year at Laney 1981 ended when New Hanover County high school eliminated Laney's state playoff chances when they beat them. New Hanover's stars then were Kenny Gatison and Clyde Simmons. Gatison went on to have a good college career at Old Dominion and Clyde Simmons graduated from Western Carolina to have a good career in the NFL.
They ain't respecting his midrange J at all. How things change
This video is from 1981 but looks better than some of the newer videos I see on youtube. Thanks for uploading.
First college basketball game I ever watched in it's entirety! As much as I now despise Carolina, they were the best team in America then and they showed it fully in this particular game outclassing Kentucky it was a #1 beatdown of #2
And they earned the title during the tournament that season! Alot of ppl seem to forget if it wasn't for James Worthy's late basket in final minute against James Madison, that seemingly invincible squad would have been a first round flameout! The Dukes more than gave Carolina a scare! That was their wakeup call
52-50. James Madison cheerleaders on the floor thinking the game was going into overtime
Watching this is like when I watched Michael Jackson for the first time as lead singer of the Jackson Five on 1/30/1970 on the Andy Williams Show. It was the beginning of greatness and everyone knew it.
So weird to hear Marv say "Mike Jordan"
@wonderbread1 That "guy" is HOF coach Al McGuire who passed away about 10 years ago.
the game has changed completely
"A lot of people say he's the number one ball player in the country, I don't believe it"
Good thing he didn't bet on that.
he said *number 1 freshman ball player in the country, i dont believe it
lol he averaged a triple double his senior year in high school and was a mcdonalds all american, he was in the conversation im sure
that elbow jump shot was open all game. Jordan can shot fine there! and this was two days before the day i was born! so great game!
Haha, "Mike Jordan"
"Heres Jordan!.....Yes"
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Lebron at this same age 🤣
@@ddp5406 yeah because 80s college ball is the same as 2000s nba lol
@@lucaslarson430 nope, goin straight to the league averaging 20 5 and 5 as a teenager is profoundly different
Worthy ! That's my man along with Michael Cooper 80's Lakers baby!
All the talk was of Jordan, but Sam Perkins & Worthy helped UNC to have so many winds during those "Wrightsville Beach" days, while in college. Pulling for Wilmington teenager, Mike Jordan.
Jordan was better than atleast half of the nba players when he was just a FRESHMAN in COLLEGE!if not more,if not all of em actually!
you guys hear the announcer say I don't think he's the best rookie this year... haha.
I did... fucking funny... hahaha
He said I don't think he's the best Froshman
Which is understandable since Patrick Ewing was dominating at Georgetown as a freshman that year as well.
Coach Al Mcguire. He loved Greg Dreiling
"A lot of people say that Michael Jordan is the best freshman ball player in the country...I don't believe it." Hahaha. I wonder how that guy feels about that comment now?
Michael Jordan is gonna be a bust in the nba trust me
ya he is trash, I heard about a freshman named shakul uneil and i heard he's going places
yeah, he's going to be trash. He won't even be a starter...
lmao
"Mike Jordan" looks solid though.... LOL
Fax
Is that Marv Albert I hear?
Yes...Marv Albert Along with Al McGuire!
Mike has huge hands!
Marv Albert and Al McGuire talking about Mike Jordan. Love it!
You don't even know who that is announcing...ha ha. It's the LATE GREAT Al McGuire, former coach of Marquette (1977 NCAA Championship) and he's been dead since 2001, so I doubt he's thinking about it at all. He was right about Michael not being the best freshmen in the nation, as Patrick Ewing was better. I know that UNC beat Georgetown in the championship game on his game winning shot, but the star of that game was none other than James Worthy.
@Belburg with MJ there hardly anything to be worried about
Does anybody happen to have this game or the Rutgers game at MSG, also from this season, in full? The latter game was up in full on here at one point, but was deleted, unfortunately.
2:50 that was one of the best follow threws backthen in oldschool. Called the ugly but make em followthrews. But now today they ar better formed but never go in like wtf?
Yeah
@wonderbread1 So Jordan was the best incoming high school senior this year? Who were up there with him?
Why are there 4 people lined up one side for his free throw shot. Was that more common back then? And is that still legal now?
is this a regular season game in jordan's freshman year? coz in the same year they played georgetown in the finals, there is no 3 point line. what happened, do i miss something?
A small technicality, though.The ones that counted (Naismith, Wooden) were won by Sampson.
multiple publications award player of the year honors. it's true that Ralph Sampson received most of them in 1983 & that michael jordan finished second in most of them that year, but it's also true that jordan was sporting news player of the year in 1983, so Domini is technically right.
Yeah, he ended up being the greatest player in the game, LOL, but back then at UNC, he was another very good player in the making.
Woah look how far the 3 point line is. Is that right???
y is there a three point line in this video< but not in the 82 championship game
No the phrase was to keep scoring 20 a game was Dean Smith, and in the 84 olympics the joke was that Bob Knight kept him from scoring 15 a game.
Wow! No dribbling, just passing.
how come the three point line is so far back
Who is Mike Jordan.
I'm confused.. in 82 ncaa finals there was no 3 point arc. How come there is here?
They are playing on the (then) New Jersey Nets basketball court. The 3 pt line is the NBA 3 pt line.
Who is Mike Jordan? 😄
Yeah his legs weren't used as much in college and he had a habit of pulling his hand back after the shot, he definetely brushed up on his form in the NBA, not to say he wasn't a good shooter in college.
The announcer is Al McGuire and he's dead. He's been dead for a dozen years. Anybody who ever knew him, watched him coach or listened to him call a game loved him. That's just Al being Al.
In the beginning of the clip the commentator say “they say Jordan is the #1 freshman in the country, I don’t believe it”…yeah that aged really well my guy! He ended up being the fuckin GOAT 🐐🐐🐐🐐💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Is that marv albert speaking?
The only and only Marv Albert from 1981
I meant 81-82...
was defence invented back then?
Aw Jordan was so young still, his body wasn't even developed good yet, I'd say Jordans most lethal jumping and jump shots was most lethal and explosive and unable to stop At the age of 22 25, just so incredible
GOAT
"ANOTHER SHOT FOR 'MIKE' JORDAN." This was before "michael" LOL
@CAM8689 It's possible, but he still wasn't at the level Worthy was at.His best quality was the intensity, which Worthy mentioned about in an interview a while back.
Jordan's jumpshot is so different from college
"Mike Jordan" lol
Is that Mike Jordan dude related to Michael Jordan? They look like they could be brothers.
@wonderbread1 Why? Nothing he did after his freshman year affects how good he was during his freshman year.
What kind of shifty defense is this?
Did they refer to him as Mike Jordan? Why does that sound so weird?
This is from late 1981...and he was a true freshman at the time.
LOL, had they knew who MJ was at the time, they would NEVER leave him ungarded!
He was still Mike back then.
Too bad they didnt show any dunks my Worthy here. He had a couple of monster dunks in this game.
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The College freshman year of Air Jordan.
Was the purpose of that zone to give Jordan as many WIDE OPEN jump shots as possible? Cuz I'm pretty sure that's what it did.
You can buy tickets to these games for low $50 yearly membership to the YMCA
Marv Albert?
Yeah, you are right. But who has six (NBA) championships! Not to mention the countless MVP trophies. What, WHAT!
Mike Jordan.... who'd have thunk it..
Who is Mike Jordan? Funny to hear Marv Albert call him Mike instead of Michael.
@wonderbread1
Well he died in 2000, the announcer.
Mike Jordan. "Mike."
Well, this was 1981-2, when he was a true freshman at UNC.
@wonderbread1
Well the announcer Al McGuire died 10 years ago.
No argument from me there at all. Outside of LeBron James, I think Michael Jordan was the best/complete ball player I've ever seen. As a freshmen, I think Ewing stole a little more of the limelight, but then again we're talking about an era where people were in love with the polished big man. Jordan, was definitely second fiddle to Worthy, and possibly even to that of Perkins that 82-83 season. Plus, playing under Smith, it was more about the team then that of the individual...
At the time, the NBA was a big-man driven league. That's why Akeem Olajuwon (as he was known then) was #1 overall in 1984...and Sam Perkins was the pick after MJ (both Olajuwon and Perkins each played more than 1200 NBA games). Ironically, it was MJ who changed the game into a guard-driven league.
@@AEMoreira81 Wasn't Sam Bowie first in 84?
@@christschool Bowie was second to Portland! Blazers had thought about taking Jordan but realized they needed a center more and already had a solid #2 in Clyde the Glide! U just never know how things will turn out! And of course in hindsight, we sure do!
BEST COLLEGE SQUAD EVER...!!!
defence???
Jordan didn't make it on the high school basketball team at all this is a different Jordan
because he's just a normal saiyan in college. he became super saiyan in the nba! .... oooops wrong video
the commentator back then doesn't believe that MIKE JORDAN was the best freshman in the country because a lot of pundits considers PAT EWING as the best freshman in the country.
Hmm wonder how this guy Mike Jordan career turned out 😏
some people do
@Belburg didn't have to be even at that currently level he was probably already better playing with other all americans he just didn't have to go all out.
@wonderbread1 That's Al McGuire, and that's not what he said. He said "I don't..." and you can't tell what he says after that. He could've gone on to talk about a completely different thing. By the way, Michael Jordan was probably not the best freshman ball player in the country. Patrick Ewing was.
@CAM8689 Don't forget Sam Perkins was also very talented.I think, at that time, he was very underrated, even maybe better than mike.
lol they're just gonna watch him shoot all day, huh?
@wonderbread1 well he probably wasn't at the time...he wasn't near as good in college as the nba, he was awesome in college though but he was just amazing in the nba
@CAM8689 Possibly, but this wasn't the same all-world Jordan people would come to fear and revere.
Patrick Ewing was the better college player, Jordan thrived more in the NBA..not to take anything from Ewing, but let's be real.
@wonderbread1 You realize you are operating on 30 years of awareness of him right? This guy probably only had at most a year.
Ha Ha...Joe B Hall be like...what the hell is that?
who is "MIKE" jordan lol
@Belburg didn't have to be Michael even then was probably the 2nd best talent on the floor period behind Big Game James.
Ah yes when basketball was basketball and not chucking 3s