I remember that like it was yesterday. I was a high school junior and the only one in my house cheering for NC State. That play made me do mad! I ended up attending and graduating from UNC...and I've never regretted it! Go Heels!!!
Glad to hear that you made a great decision on the institution of higher learning to pursue your degree. I also graduated from UNC-CH but a few years before this famous Dudley Bradley game. Love the Tar Heels!
I’m from the UNC class of ‘90, but I was a sixth grader when this game was played. Amazing. Same year: a half-time score of 7-0 vs. Duke. Crazy times. Go Heels!
Grew up in Southern Pines, NC. Remember this game like it was yesterday. Wolfpack point guard Clyde "The Glide" Austin was highly recruited out of Virginia. But he was a terrible player. Watching those late 70s Wolfpack teams had me longing for the 1972-1975 David Thompson, Tommy Burleson and Monte Towe teams.
And since the game was at State, the noise in the stadium was somewhat abated, but TV rooms all over the state were covered with popcorn and liquid refreshments... GDTBAH
I just met Dudley today at Edgewood High School (MD) Hall of Fame ceremony, his brother Charles was there too, nice men. They were both inducted years back.
@@Rick-wn5oh Actually I recorded Woody’s call over the phone using my cassette recorder. My buddy had recorded it live from the radio. My dad was in TV and did likely buy one of the first VCRs in 1980-81. It was huge JVC that was top loading. $1300.
I remember this as though it was yesterday and yes my Heels were known for pulling it out long before the Worthy and Jordan years and I must say Coach Smith was high on defense.
I watched that game too. Thought it was over at the half but watched the whole thing. It was Clyde Austin who Dudley stole the ball from, wasn't it? He never recovered from that.
Billy went to Wake Forest so it's understandable he didn't like the -Holes- ... I meant Heels. Also, while studying at WFU Billy learned the difference between correctly using _"hear"_ and incorrectly using _"here"._ (not that it's difficult 🙄)
They didn't call Dudley Bradley the Secretary of Defense for nothing. I also remember the night he had against Michigan State the night they came down to Chapel Hill and played the Tar Heels that year in which they defeated Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores for the national title. Bradley had a good night against the Wolverines and had several steals against Magic Johnson and I believe if memory serves me defeated them by seven points. I specifically remember hearing that game on the radio with my brother who was my roommate and a young man who was his co-worker. The young man confessed to us that night that he had had a tough life and had a criminal record and my brother and I both counseled him that such activity would prove nothing to him but that it was a poor choice in life to make if he ever thought to pursue such activity in the future. He told us he wouldn't and we believed he was being honest. Eventually though he left the textile company where he and my brother both worked. Some six months later my brother related to me how he had seen this same young man driving a brand new canary yellow Corvette. When my brother inquired what he'd been doing with himself the young man said he was working for some relative and was doing well. When my brother asked who the Corvette belonged to the young man said it was his. But when the person with him nudged him and the young man said that it was actually his brother-in-law's vehicle my brother became wary and somewhat suspicious of what he was telling him. They bid each other goodbye and my brother went on his way. Well some months later the police in the city of Wilmington, NC had staked out an abandoned car they found parked in a secluded spot off of a street. They watched the car certain it was going to be used in some criminal activity. Eventually three young men came and entered the car. The police followed in an unmarked vehicle and when they saw the young men donning ski masks they began a pursuit. Eventually after an exchange of gunfire they took the three young men in custody. They were bank robbers and at that time were intent to rob another bank at a nearby mall. They had succeeded some months prior in robbing a bank which was just before my brother had ran into the young man in the Corvette. The young man we had befriended had shot one bank employee in the leg. And they were so well disguised that the police had determined they were black criminals when in reality they were all three white. They had gone through the windfall of that robbery the receipts of which they had used to purchase the Corvette. In their arrogance they assumed pulling off another robbery at the very same bank would be a piece of cake. They had stolen a car and parked it off the street thinking they could use it in pulling off the same kind of crime. While in custody the young man we'd counseled along with some accomplices managed to take a local Sheriff's deputy jailer hostage at the County Jail where they were being held. Negotiations took place and eventually they surrender realizing there was no way they would ever get away. So eventually he was not only charged with bank robbery but also of taking a hostage (A kidnapping charge) all of which were federal crimes. I don't know whatever became of the young man, but if he had taken my late brother and my advice I'm certain that he wouldn't have spent most of his adult life locked up in a federal prison. He was living proof that crime doesn't pay.
Roy Merritt? What has your "recollection" possibly have to do with this Classic College Basketball Game? Maybe because Bradley "stole" the ball, it reminded you of a thief you once encountered? 🙄 Wow!
@@Zippydaclown It's called an anecdote Mr. clown, which Bradley's legal larceny did remind me of this foolish young man which ruined his life that I and my brother counseled to save himself from himself to no avail. But let me suggest if my anecdote offends you or even bores you you shouldn't have read it completely if that's the case. That is an option to any of us on these glorious devices of modern technology. I might have also mentioned Hawkeye Whitney who was Clyde Austin's backcourt mate for the NC State Wolfpack who also ruined his life with criminal behavior and drug abuse and eventually led to his kidnapping along with a juvenile the former personal attorney for Hillary Clinton Mark Fibiani in 1996 when she was still the First Lady of the United States. He was a pretty good player for the Wolfpack but only played two years in the NBA. He spent 69 months in prison which amounts to five years and 9 months. Fortunately for him upon his release in 2000 he found work at the Niles Home for Children. And since I've not heard of any controversy surrounding him I would assume he's turned his life around.
I remember that like it was yesterday. I was a high school junior and the only one in my house cheering for NC State. That play made me do mad! I ended up attending and graduating from UNC...and I've never regretted it! Go Heels!!!
Glad to hear that you made a great decision on the institution of higher learning to pursue your degree. I also graduated from UNC-CH but a few years before this famous Dudley Bradley game. Love the Tar Heels!
I’m from the UNC class of ‘90, but I was a sixth grader when this game was played. Amazing. Same year: a half-time score of 7-0 vs. Duke. Crazy times. Go Heels!
my childhood unc basketball watching was changed forever! never forget it!
Stste fans all week were giving it to me! i went to school the next day talking big s you know the rest!
Grew up in Southern Pines, NC. Remember this game like it was yesterday. Wolfpack point guard Clyde "The Glide" Austin was highly recruited out of Virginia. But he was a terrible player. Watching those late 70s Wolfpack teams had me longing for the 1972-1975 David Thompson, Tommy Burleson and Monte Towe teams.
It was a great night on Franklin Street that night.
No way will I ever forget that game. That steal was key!
Always a great player,I was really happy for him attending NC.I played against him in high school,he was the man.
Astonishing game! Perhaps most astonishing is that UNC, after blowing a massive lead, managed a to win.
And since the game was at State, the noise in the stadium was somewhat abated, but TV rooms all over the state were covered with popcorn and liquid refreshments... GDTBAH
i remember all the Pack fans gigging the innocent cameraman
GDTBA ABC fan
I have a clipping of the DTH article with the Wake County larceny document. Unforgettable.
I was 14 and went ballistic when Dudley stole the ball...GO HEELS...
Dudley Bradley is the reason I am going to hell...havent been to church since this game.
Pretty funny!
I just met Dudley today at Edgewood High School (MD) Hall of Fame ceremony, his brother Charles was there too, nice men. They were both inducted years back.
Need Woody Durham call. I had this taped.
that's pretty good, your family must have had one of the first VCR tape machines on the block.
@@Rick-wn5oh Actually I recorded Woody’s call over the phone using my cassette recorder. My buddy had recorded it live from the radio.
My dad was in TV and did likely buy one of the first VCRs in 1980-81. It was huge JVC that was top loading. $1300.
A 21 point lead in those days without a shot clock or 3 point line was more like a 30 point lead.
Great observation. The Pack obviously came from way back to almost get the win.
I watched every minute of this game. I was 10 years old. Even then I knew Billy Packer hated the Tar Heels.
I always thought that he (ironically) hated Wake Forest
@@donarthiazi2443 No, he played basketball at Wake Forest. He was a total homer.
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That's the reason I used _"ironically"_ because I can remember feeling that he flat-out didn't like his alma mater.
@@donarthiazi2443 maybe so. He always seemed to me that he was an unhappy human in general.
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I FULLY agree you. A total Downer.
I remember watching this game back in the day
I remember this as though it was yesterday and yes my Heels were known for pulling it out long before the Worthy and Jordan years and I must say Coach Smith was high on defense.
Yeah I remember that odd rubber floor. Had a basketball camp there in the mid 80s. It felt like you could jump out of the gym on it.
I watched that game too. Thought it was over at the half but watched the whole thing. It was Clyde Austin who Dudley stole the ball from, wasn't it? He never recovered from that.
So nice to not here Packer anymore. He hated Carolina
Billy went to Wake Forest so it's understandable he didn't like the -Holes- ... I meant Heels.
Also, while studying at WFU Billy learned the difference between correctly using _"hear"_ and incorrectly using _"here"._ (not that it's difficult 🙄)
Billy Packer was always a Tarheel hatter!
Billy never wore many hats. But he did receive a first class education at WFU.
In fact he could correctly spell easy words when he graduated.
They didn't call Dudley Bradley the Secretary of Defense for nothing. I also remember the night he had against Michigan State the night they came down to Chapel Hill and played the Tar Heels that year in which they defeated Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores for the national title. Bradley had a good night against the Wolverines and had several steals against Magic Johnson and I believe if memory serves me defeated them by seven points. I specifically remember hearing that game on the radio with my brother who was my roommate and a young man who was his co-worker. The young man confessed to us that night that he had had a tough life and had a criminal record and my brother and I both counseled him that such activity would prove nothing to him but that it was a poor choice in life to make if he ever thought to pursue such activity in the future. He told us he wouldn't and we believed he was being honest. Eventually though he left the textile company where he and my brother both worked. Some six months later my brother related to me how he had seen this same young man driving a brand new canary yellow Corvette.
When my brother inquired what he'd been doing with himself the young man said he was working for some relative and was doing well. When my brother asked who the Corvette belonged to the young man said it was his. But when the person with him nudged him and the young man said that it was actually his brother-in-law's vehicle my brother became wary and somewhat suspicious of what he was telling him. They bid each other goodbye and my brother went on his way. Well some months later the police in the city of Wilmington, NC had staked out an abandoned car they found parked in a secluded spot off of a street. They watched the car certain it was going to be used in some criminal activity. Eventually three young men came and entered the car. The police followed in an unmarked vehicle and when they saw the young men donning ski masks they began a pursuit. Eventually after an exchange of gunfire they took the three young men in custody. They were bank robbers and at that time were intent to rob another bank at a nearby mall.
They had succeeded some months prior in robbing a bank which was just before my brother had ran into the young man in the Corvette. The young man we had befriended had shot one bank employee in the leg. And they were so well disguised that the police had determined they were black criminals when in reality they were all three white. They had gone through the windfall of that robbery the receipts of which they had used to purchase the Corvette. In their arrogance they assumed pulling off another robbery at the very same bank would be a piece of cake. They had stolen a car and parked it off the street thinking they could use it in pulling off the same kind of crime. While in custody the young man we'd counseled along with some accomplices managed to take a local Sheriff's deputy jailer hostage at the County Jail where they were being held. Negotiations took place and eventually they surrender realizing there was no way they would ever get away. So eventually he was not only charged with bank robbery but also of taking a hostage (A kidnapping charge) all of which were federal crimes. I don't know whatever became of the young man, but if he had taken my late brother and my advice I'm certain that he wouldn't have spent most of his adult life locked up in a federal prison. He was living proof that crime doesn't pay.
Roy Merritt?
What has your "recollection" possibly have to do with this Classic College Basketball Game?
Maybe because Bradley "stole" the ball, it reminded you of a thief you once encountered? 🙄
Wow!
@@Zippydaclown It's called an anecdote Mr. clown, which Bradley's legal larceny did remind me of this foolish young man which ruined his life that I and my brother counseled to save himself from himself to no avail. But let me suggest if my anecdote offends you or even bores you you shouldn't have read it completely if that's the case. That is an option to any of us on these glorious devices of modern technology. I might have also mentioned Hawkeye Whitney who was Clyde Austin's backcourt mate for the NC State Wolfpack who also ruined his life with criminal behavior and drug abuse and eventually led to his kidnapping along with a juvenile the former personal attorney for Hillary Clinton Mark Fibiani in 1996 when she was still the First Lady of the United States. He was a pretty good player for the Wolfpack but only played two years in the NBA. He spent 69 months in prison which amounts to five years and 9 months. Fortunately for him upon his release in 2000 he found work at the Niles Home for Children. And since I've not heard of any controversy surrounding him I would assume he's turned his life around.
michigan state are not wolverines
You made all that nonsense up 🙄
Carolina broke Packer’s heart again.
Back when you had to rely on the announcers to give the score...
The ceiling is the roof.go.tarheels.
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