Prayers to Damon and his family upon the untimely death of his dad in a motorcyle accident yesterday. 9/21/2020. Mother was critically injured too. Will never forget him running up into the stands to hug his dad and mom when they won the state championship.
Other than the amazing Milan upset, and the incredible Plymouth game with Scott Skiles, this would have to be the pinnacle of Indiana High School basketball, and HOOSIER HYSTERIA!! LEGENDARY!! I was there and I cried real tears when Damon went into the stands to hugs his folks. He was a true folk hero!! The story of the whole season is amazing!!
IMO Basketball is now individually more about “feel” than “fundamentals”. I think you look at J Will and he’s not what you would consider having “fundamentals” like he doesn’t do two hand forward chest passes, he does a one hand pass or a behind the back pass, depending on what is needed to get the ball to where it needs to be. I think the the game is so much faster, and more athletic now, that players have just had to adapt to different unique approaches on basic principles of the game. If you’re talking “fundamentals” in the sense of how each team here plays more collectively then you see in college and especially pro “Athletic Club Men’s pick-up-game” style of ball, I 100% agree. I went to the Ark/Aub game a couple weeks back when Ark beat them, and even though they won, if you watch Ark they would never pass more than like 3 maybe 4 times in a possession. Obviously it worked, that and FT differential. It was pick and roll & ISO sets ALL NIGHT which has been the NBA blueprint since teams figured why not just put LeBron or a 3/4 guy at point guard every possession. Just strange
it's amazing how much the game has changed since then. much more passes, dribbling was never flashy as no one ever tried an iso and threes looked like they weren't a thing to them.
While I agree about the format, let's not forget that this only happened because it was Damon and his senior year. They didn't sell out the dome the next year and it was Henderson against the Big Dog Glenn Robinson. Damon was the main reason so many were in attendance. Romeo could possibly do the same but other than that, it was pretty much a once in a lifetime situation.
So, Concord and BNL are both 4A today. This game could still happen. It's not like the Milan game in 1954. It's not always about how many fans you can pack in. Domes suck for basketball. When I saw my Arsenal Tech Titans win the 4A title in 2014, I was up in the balcony at Bankers Life Field house, and I could still see fine. I don't think those fans in the nosebleeds at the Hoosier Dome could follow the game very well.
I grew up in northern Indiana. Played pick up ball with Shawn Kemp. Lol. Me and my best friend Mike Millsap were in 6th grade and showed up to open gym at Concord HS. Those guys needed us to make ten and run full court. Just another day for us. Indiana basketball is legit.
Other than the 1994 final where South Bend Clay beat Valpo on that last second shot, this is the best IHSAA Boys' Final in the '90s in the single-class era for my money
Yep, that's the tendency, give breaks to the 'stars'. It was definitely a charge. But in the officials defense, these are always difficult to get right. The ref shoulda done the Ed Hightower 'act' to convince everyone that he got it right.
I have been thinking the past few days about the “apex” of events and entities in our history. “And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.”
I was rooting for concord that night! Couldn’t believe how good Bailey was from the line. He got a couple calls down the stretch but what a State final! One winner no class system
@@dwayneturner9395 Lebron gets more than any... he is a great example... the dude is the biggest flopper ever... he is a baby... glad he is not playin... best thing you can do is take the camera off him...
@Starlin Castro doesnt matter how out of control he was... what matters is if the defender is set to accept the charge and he wasnt...besides... the call is over... this was back in 1990... its over... who cares
@Starlin Castro name calling...? dang... someone needs to go back to high school... most people do that when they dont have a brain... i know zero... a guy looks at one post from my life and instantly knows how much i know about the game...its a judgment call... doesnt matter... he got the call... now move on...jesus....ya big baby.... no one better disagree with you... how dare they...
@Starlin Castro now you know im fucked up.. never met me... never talked to me in person... but you now know im fucked up.... maybe its you that is fd up... lunatic....
Nah, just this game. In 1974 my dad took me to the largest classification state championship in Texas, where two Urban schools schools met up in a track meet of a game with many many dunks and a score of 91-87 with Houston Wheatly beating South Oak Cliff. It would rival any HS game you could see today in terms of athletes, skill and dunking ability.
Today's players are way more skilled than this Era..This was my Era & I can say that but these guys are more fundamentally sound than todays players..Todays players would beat these players of mt Era.
That's awesome when you see yourself or someone you know on archive videos and pictures! We're probably close in age: I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. Sonics and Blazers fan. I hate how the Pacers have KILLED my two NBA teams!
in ALL honesty as of december of 1999 i started really really HATING the colts pacers ball state purdue and iu including bob knight damon bailey andy luck peyton manning and reggie miller
The refs weren't going to let ol Damon bailey be denied my school Evansville Bosse was beating them in semi state Baileys senior year dominating them but the refs allowed Bailey push off blatantly every time he touched the ball and then to shoot 15 straight free throws at the end of the game. Good player but full blown cheater.
Stop the Blood Clot Cryin’ In all seriousness ... I’m sure a case could be made for what you said , but only fans of that particular school are gonna have that perspective. I’m sure you watched the NBA , how much **** did Michael Jordan get away with & also get silver plattered by the refs? Countless amounts. How many seconds total of discussion does this garner in all of the combined Jordan & Bulls sports documentaries ever made? Zero. Just some old timers sitting at a bar in Detroit or Indianapolis occasionally bring it up, no one else pays it any mind whatsoever. It’s a 2 way street ... I’m a Broncos fan or instance. I can go to chiefsplanet.com and easily find a couple of people to enthusiastically bemoan that the 97 Broncos O-Line had something slick like Vaseline on their jerseys in the KC-DEN playoff game. According to them this should be reason for stripping the Broncos of that Lombardi trophy & I guess award it to the Chiefs instead. It’s just Homer talk. Bring up the Tuck Rule game to some Non Patriots fans .... it’s a part of the game.
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Prayers to Damon and his family upon the untimely death of his dad in a motorcyle accident yesterday. 9/21/2020. Mother was critically injured too. Will never forget him running up into the stands to hug his dad and mom when they won the state championship.
Other than the amazing Milan upset, and the incredible Plymouth game with Scott Skiles, this would have to be the pinnacle of Indiana High School basketball, and HOOSIER HYSTERIA!! LEGENDARY!! I was there and I cried real tears when Damon went into the stands to hugs his folks. He was a true folk hero!! The story of the whole season is amazing!!
Wow.. these kids have more fundamentals than today's college teams.
Tell me about it
IMO Basketball is now individually more about “feel” than “fundamentals”. I think you look at J Will and he’s not what you would consider having “fundamentals” like he doesn’t do two hand forward chest passes, he does a one hand pass or a behind the back pass, depending on what is needed to get the ball to where it needs to be. I think the the game is so much faster, and more athletic now, that players have just had to adapt to different unique approaches on basic principles of the game.
If you’re talking “fundamentals” in the sense of how each team here plays more collectively then you see in college and especially pro “Athletic Club Men’s pick-up-game” style of ball, I 100% agree. I went to the Ark/Aub game a couple weeks back when Ark beat them, and even though they won, if you watch Ark they would never pass more than like 3 maybe 4 times in a possession. Obviously it worked, that and FT differential. It was pick and roll & ISO sets ALL NIGHT which has been the NBA blueprint since teams figured why not just put LeBron or a 3/4 guy at point guard every possession. Just strange
FACTS
it's amazing how much the game has changed since then. much more passes, dribbling was never flashy as no one ever tried an iso and threes looked like they weren't a thing to them.
The current game has turned into And1 playground ball. Run and gun or drunk it as many times as you can.
This is way late, but Bailey got a few ISO's late in the game and took advantage of the sets. Great game.
41,000 twice in one day. Good thing we changed the tourney format.
Jeff, I truly appreciate your sarcasm because it's the same way I feel.
While I agree about the format, let's not forget that this only happened because it was Damon and his senior year. They didn't sell out the dome the next year and it was Henderson against the Big Dog Glenn Robinson. Damon was the main reason so many were in attendance. Romeo could possibly do the same but other than that, it was pretty much a once in a lifetime situation.
So, Concord and BNL are both 4A today. This game could still happen. It's not like the Milan game in 1954.
It's not always about how many fans you can pack in. Domes suck for basketball. When I saw my Arsenal Tech Titans win the 4A title in 2014, I was up in the balcony at Bankers Life Field house, and I could still see fine. I don't think those fans in the nosebleeds at the Hoosier Dome could follow the game very well.
@@danieldougan269 yes they could that stadium was small
So they played semi state and state finals in the same day?
I grew up in northern Indiana. Played pick up ball with Shawn Kemp. Lol. Me and my best friend Mike Millsap were in 6th grade and showed up to open gym at Concord HS. Those guys needed us to make ten and run full court. Just another day for us. Indiana basketball is legit.
Back when the state championship meant something to the state
I was at this game in the Media tables area, and on the floor taking photos 😀❤️
Other than the 1994 final where South Bend Clay beat Valpo on that last second shot, this is the best IHSAA Boys' Final in the '90s in the single-class era for my money
What about Zeller hitting a half court buzzer beater to win against Plymouth but yeah still good
Or ben davis new Albany 2ot buzzer beater
@@markdoughty5910 Yesss that was my favorite. They played merrillville in the championship. It was electric there
@indicaonly2143 it was the next year 95 96
They need to get rid of the 4 tier system and bring back the real tournament
Tom Heshen was my government teacher at Shelbyville and baseball coach. Great man outstanding teacher.
Charge on Bailey uncalled in the last seconds. Brutal.
Nathan Duell definitely a charge
Big Nizzle no doubt. But, Concord missed every shot in the last two minutes. Good grief.
he was still moving
Yep, that's the tendency, give breaks to the 'stars'. It was definitely a charge. But in the officials defense, these are always difficult to get right. The ref shoulda done the Ed Hightower 'act' to convince everyone that he got it right.
@@dclarkchem farthest thing from a charge. Wasnt even really close.
Bailey a champ!
I have been thinking the past few days about the “apex” of events and entities in our history. “And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.”
Hans Gruber knew how where to buy his suits from!
I was at this game.
I was rooting for concord that night! Couldn’t believe how good Bailey was from the line. He got a couple calls down the stretch but what a State final! One winner no class system
Bailey was the refs fav as well.
LP215 Charge. Great game, otherwise
LP215 kinda like lebron was and currently is?
100%
@@TerryWilsonModels or every NBA superstar ever? MJ didn't get calls? Larry? Stop. Not just LeBron..smh
@@dwayneturner9395 Lebron gets more than any... he is a great example... the dude is the biggest flopper ever... he is a baby... glad he is not playin... best thing you can do is take the camera off him...
Man, is this all you have of this game? I've been looking for a full game copy of this for *YEARS!* Oh, well. Better than nothing.
Can’t tell which 9me is him. Damn they look alike.
Coached against hi. In aau we beat them by one .he was like jordan in hoosier town
Back when high school basketball was fun and exciting and their wasn’t any of this media or hype bs
17:29 that was a tough call...
Guy wasn’t set
@Starlin Castro doesnt matter how out of control he was... what matters is if the defender is set to accept the charge and he wasnt...besides... the call is over... this was back in 1990... its over... who cares
Starlin Castro does it really matter what either of us think....nope....I’m busy trying to stay healthy
@Starlin Castro name calling...? dang... someone needs to go back to high school... most people do that when they dont have a brain... i know zero... a guy looks at one post from my life and instantly knows how much i know about the game...its a judgment call... doesnt matter... he got the call... now move on...jesus....ya big baby.... no one better disagree with you... how dare they...
@Starlin Castro now you know im fucked up.. never met me... never talked to me in person... but you now know im fucked up.... maybe its you that is fd up... lunatic....
7:38
Why did they play the semifinal and final on the same day? Have to think with today’s society they’d never do that
Today the men are weak
Kids shoot, Dribble, and are much stronger today.
Kids in the older days (1990) were probably tougher
Nah, just this game. In 1974 my dad took me to the largest classification state championship in Texas, where two Urban schools schools met up in a track meet of a game with many many dunks and a score of 91-87 with Houston Wheatly beating South Oak Cliff. It would rival any HS game you could see today in terms of athletes, skill and dunking ability.
Why was this in my recommendation?
i did do and/or probably will really LOVE hakeem olajuwon almost as much as kareem abdul-jabbar wilt chamberlain and bill russell
just plain fun
concord had many chances ob=n the last possession
Today's players are way more skilled than this Era..This was my Era & I can say that but these guys are more fundamentally sound than todays players..Todays players would beat these players of mt Era.
HOLY SHIIIIIIIT !!!! @21:02. That’s me!!!!!! Holy fuck.
That's awesome when you see yourself or someone you know on archive videos and pictures! We're probably close in age: I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. Sonics and Blazers fan. I hate how the Pacers have KILLED my two NBA teams!
He was a really solid athlete he could jump out the gym!
Jamar was a great player. Dumb foul after the big lead. Concord was a much more talented team
Reeeallly didn't understand why he fouled him so nonchalantly and acted like they were up 20...AND it was his 3rd foul!? Definitely swung momentum..
8:02 he ate that shit hahaha...ball dont lie on the free throws too
If balls could talk right? 😏
🤭
This was good basketball. Now guys are trained to get big and make two foot shots. No skill anymore.
Kids are better shooters today.
in ALL honesty as of december of 1999 i started really really HATING the colts pacers ball state purdue and iu including bob knight damon bailey andy luck peyton manning and reggie miller
Imagine Step Curry in this game. Would have won it by myself
Not when he was in HS he wouldn't
Dumb
Best team in the state that year wasn’t even in the final game: Warsaw
Lynx Dominance why weren’t they?
Evansville Bosse was the best team in the state that year.
Shaquille O'Neill's last game. Sweet.
Those were not fouls. Indiana refs had to give the Indiana kid the W
These are all Indiana kids...
The refs weren't going to let ol Damon bailey be denied my school Evansville Bosse was beating them in semi state Baileys senior year dominating them but the refs allowed Bailey push off blatantly every time he touched the ball and then to shoot 15 straight free throws at the end of the game. Good player but full blown cheater.
I was at this game I think. Bosse choked
Stop the Blood Clot Cryin’
In all seriousness ... I’m sure a case could be made for what you said , but only fans of that particular school are gonna have that perspective.
I’m sure you watched the NBA , how much **** did Michael Jordan get away with & also get silver plattered by the refs? Countless amounts.
How many seconds total of discussion does this garner in all of the combined Jordan & Bulls sports documentaries ever made?
Zero.
Just some old timers sitting at a bar in Detroit or Indianapolis occasionally bring it up, no one else pays it any mind whatsoever.
It’s a 2 way street ... I’m a Broncos fan or instance. I can go to chiefsplanet.com and easily find a couple of people to enthusiastically bemoan that the 97 Broncos O-Line had something slick like Vaseline on their jerseys in the KC-DEN playoff game. According to them this should be reason for stripping the Broncos of that Lombardi trophy & I guess award it to the Chiefs instead.
It’s just Homer talk. Bring up the Tuck Rule game to some Non Patriots fans .... it’s a part of the game.
Full blown cheater? Was he blowing the whistle?
anthor white boy who couldn't make it in the nba, 😂😂😂
If he was 6’5 to 6’7 he could have made it. He was not a natural point
What a moronic statement. That kid went though more in basketball than you have in life