People forget that Drexler was 6' 7" and had a forty inch vertical. Never saw a college team play this much above the rim. Guy Lewis really blew that finals game.
Agreed. Lewis allowed his players to play with their talent every game until that one painful time when he forced them into the unfamiliar "stall ball"....they cracked because they didn't know that offense 😂. Seriously that was the saddest ending as a fan (I was 14 then) that I can ever remember, I'm 52 now and it still hurts me to this day....I can only imagine how the players on that team still have nightmares!
If Clyde Drexler stayed for his senior year, the coogs would have won the national championship against Georgetown. He left early because he thought the rockets would draft him with one of their 2 first round picks. It was a mistake because they passed him up.
Never ever will be another Phi Slamma Jamma! Only Guy Lewis could stop them from winning at least 2 championships. But in fairness only Guy V was visionary enough to assemble a team like this. “Akeem” started fast breaks with block shots! My goodness. Wish there was just one Rob Williams highlight reel. I would watch it over and over. One of the best & least remember guards in NCAA history.
Phi Slama Jama was like watching someone start up their muscle car, rev up the engine and peel out leaving everyone else in the dust!! Had the shot clock and three pointer been around during Phi Slama Jama who knows!! Maybe three national championships in a row??
Great Team..!! Clyde the Glide & Hakeem the Dream.!! Should've won a few titles but ran into Jimmy V & the Wolfpack & Patrick Ewing a year later. College Ball was awesome back then. Great teams, players & coaches. Georgetown & Ewing , Wingate & Jackson. NC & Jordan, Worthy & Perkins. Ralph Sampson @ Virginia the Twin Towers of Kentucky Sam Bowie & Mel Turpin. 1984 NBA draft was Epic.! Olajuwon-Bowie-Jordan-Turpin-Charles Barkley-Sam Perkins-John Stockton -Kevin Willis & Alvin Robertson. A year later in 85 Ewing-Karl Malone & Chris Mullins came out.! Miss this era ...
Michael don’t forget Louisville w the McCray brothers and milt Wagner, St. John’s with Mark Jackson mullin and Walter Berry, Syracuse and pearl Washington. DePaul w Cummings and Aguirre. It was a great run from 81-84
Michael So true, but the 1982 NBA Draft was epic too - James Worthy, Terry Cummings (who won rookie of the year), Dominique Wilkins, Clark Kellogg, Sleepy Floyd, Quintin Dailey (RIP), etc.
Mark Dudley Had Terry Cummings been a freshman at DePaul (with Mark Aguirre and company) a year earlier then just maybe the Blue Demons would’ve beaten Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores in the 1979 NCAA semifinals.
I get a little teary eyed when I think about that era of college basketball. Hell always up to the late 90s was awesome. Also Memphis State had sum great squads also.
To this very day I don't see how in the hell the huge favorite Phi Slama Jama lost the 1983 National Championship to North Carolina St. I watch that game on TV, I was 11 years old. I'm still pissed about it.
me too. I LOVED phi slama jama. Guy V Lewis recruited my dad to play at UH (he went elsewhere) but I got to meet him when I was young. I would have killed to have been able to play on that team. all-time favorite team
They r definitely Top 2 or 3! Not many whatsoever on their level! The only others I'd put up there are '93 Michigan and '85 Georgetown! No particular order, but they'd be my three! Honorable Mention - '00 Cincinnati due to Kenyon Martin's broken leg
Phi Slama Jama is tied with Loyola Marymount when Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble played together as the most exciting teams to watch in college basketball history. Maybe in basketball period
The best team in sports history to never win a championship. Even though they were never certified, they will always be mentioned historically as champions!
you have to remember they didnt have a shot clock in those days..thats how other teams kept it close against them..cause if the shot clock was around they might have won 2 or 3 titles..thats how villanova beat georgetown in 85..they held the ball for minutes at a time..
I would rather watch one of their games (vs. Louisville preferably) than any games for the rest of my life. WAYYYYYYY more fun to watch this vs how the game is played now
The Cougars believe the jersey number difference was to elevate their game on the road - jersey #34 to #35 or #22 to #23. Always play “one up” on the road.
i believe there was a uniform supplier in the area that manufactured the unis this way. My uniforms in high school were exactly like UH - our home jerseys had even #/road had odd#.
That was destiny; NC State had to win that game. It didn’t matter who they played that night they would have beaten the 72 win Bulls or Golden State’s record setting team. That’s the way the universe “God” had decided it was going to be. Many lives have been saved from cancer because Jimmy V and the Wolfpack won that game.
The reason for that is because the Cougars went a number higher (on their jerseys) on road games to play opposing teams much better. Olajuwon’s jersey went 34 to 35, Drexler’s jersey went from 22 to 23 and so on.
I remember when they were playing. I was out practicing their moves after watching the game. Real ballers
I don't think that there will ever be a college team today, like Phi Slama Jama.
People forget that Drexler was 6' 7" and had a forty inch vertical. Never saw a college team play this much above the rim.
Guy Lewis really blew that finals game.
Guy Lewis pretty much rolled the ball🏀on the court and said have fun guys. Smh
Literally no one forgot that!
Agreed. Lewis allowed his players to play with their talent every game until that one painful time when he forced them into the unfamiliar "stall ball"....they cracked because they didn't know that offense 😂. Seriously that was the saddest ending as a fan (I was 14 then) that I can ever remember, I'm 52 now and it still hurts me to this day....I can only imagine how the players on that team still have nightmares!
Lewis was outcoached in that final game against NC State. Hakeem was out of position.
If Clyde Drexler stayed for his senior year, the coogs would have won the national championship against Georgetown.
He left early because he thought the rockets would draft him with one of their 2 first round picks. It was a mistake because they passed him up.
Clyde the Glide! damn he was so explosive on the open floor
Never ever will be another Phi Slamma Jamma! Only Guy Lewis could stop them from winning at least 2 championships. But in fairness only Guy V was visionary enough to assemble a team like this. “Akeem” started fast breaks with block shots! My goodness. Wish there was just one Rob Williams highlight reel. I would watch it over and over. One of the best & least remember guards in NCAA history.
Likewise. I just spoke to Reid Getty's - but so far no luck.
Phi Slama Jama was like watching someone start up their muscle car, rev up the engine and peel out leaving everyone else in the dust!!
Had the shot clock and three pointer been around during Phi Slama Jama who knows!! Maybe three national championships in a row??
Hands down most fun to watch college basketball team in history. GO COOGS!!!
Had to have been 20 plus dunks in this game and over half of them on fast breaks'/!!! Very fun game to watch'/!!!
Great Team..!! Clyde the Glide & Hakeem the Dream.!! Should've won a few titles but ran into Jimmy V & the Wolfpack & Patrick Ewing a year later. College Ball was awesome back then. Great teams, players & coaches. Georgetown & Ewing , Wingate & Jackson. NC & Jordan, Worthy & Perkins. Ralph Sampson @ Virginia the Twin Towers of Kentucky Sam Bowie & Mel Turpin. 1984 NBA draft was Epic.! Olajuwon-Bowie-Jordan-Turpin-Charles Barkley-Sam Perkins-John Stockton -Kevin Willis & Alvin Robertson. A year later in 85 Ewing-Karl Malone & Chris Mullins came out.! Miss this era ...
Michael don’t forget Louisville w the McCray brothers and milt Wagner, St. John’s with Mark Jackson mullin and Walter Berry, Syracuse and pearl Washington. DePaul w Cummings and Aguirre. It was a great run from 81-84
Michael
So true, but the 1982 NBA Draft was epic too - James Worthy, Terry Cummings (who won rookie of the year), Dominique Wilkins, Clark Kellogg, Sleepy Floyd, Quintin Dailey (RIP), etc.
Mark Dudley
Had Terry Cummings been a freshman at DePaul (with Mark Aguirre and company) a year earlier then just maybe the Blue Demons would’ve beaten Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores in the 1979 NCAA semifinals.
I get a little teary eyed when I think about that era of college basketball. Hell always up to the late 90s was awesome. Also Memphis State had sum great squads also.
@@Biggdoom344you forgot St. John's Wille Glass, had hops.
Greatest nickname in sports, ever.
To this very day I don't see how in the hell the huge favorite Phi Slama Jama lost the 1983 National Championship to North Carolina St. I watch that game on TV, I was 11 years old. I'm still pissed about it.
9307 guy Lewis made some questionable coaching decisions
I cried so hard that game hurt me to my heart
Guy Lewis took the air out of the ball, tried to milk the clock
They were outcoached. Sorry Guy!
They weren't good on the free throw líne .
Super mix & archives. Le plaisir de revoir (souvenirs de Limoges) Michael Young the silent assassin.
Two athletes I remember the first time I saw them: Dan Marino and Hakeem Olajuwon!
Marino was pretty miserable his senior year in college. Maybe you didn't pick up on him till his Miami days.
@@ckobo84 but his jr. year was amazing.
Sweet video. Love how your clips always have such rare highlights. Thanks for the upload.
Amazing every time!
Drexler was the MAN
Still watching in 2019. What a great team 😀😃🙀😃😀😃🙀😃😀
Phi Slama Jama, the good ole days.
Best team to never win a championship. I cried like a little girl in both '83 and '84.
me too. I LOVED phi slama jama. Guy V Lewis recruited my dad to play at UH (he went elsewhere) but I got to meet him when I was young. I would have killed to have been able to play on that team. all-time favorite team
I remember;
Tks. much.
Hands down the best team to never win NCAA Championship.
So true!
They r definitely Top 2 or 3! Not many whatsoever on their level! The only others I'd put up there are '93 Michigan and '85 Georgetown! No particular order, but they'd be my three! Honorable Mention - '00 Cincinnati due to Kenyon Martin's broken leg
Outside of those maybe '08 Memphis
And Syracuse in the mid-too late 80’s
Guy Lewis threw the games.
Phi Slama Jama is tied with Loyola Marymount when Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble played together as the most exciting teams to watch in college basketball history. Maybe in basketball period
The best team in sports history to never win a championship. Even though they were never certified, they will always be mentioned historically as champions!
It was a sin there wasn't a shot clock in play for 83 Houston and 85 Georgetown'/!!!
I miss the SWC.
Houston Cougars Phi Slama Jama is one of the best team that didn't win the National Championship.
+72 Yea that's too bad but at least Clyde and Hakeem got to win an NBA ring together.
They are hands down the most talented College Basketball Team of All Time. Only Fab Five comes close.
0:09 I love the music🎵
How did these guys not win 1 or 2 national championships? How?
you have to remember they didnt have a shot clock in those days..thats how other teams kept it close against them..cause if the shot clock was around they might have won 2 or 3 titles..thats how villanova beat georgetown in 85..they held the ball for minutes at a time..
Thomas Baker Guy v Lewis lol
I appreciate Guy Lewis doing so much to help integrate the sport, but man he blew some big games.
Trumps fault
The coach, Guy Lewis.
I would rather watch one of their games (vs. Louisville preferably) than any games for the rest of my life. WAYYYYYYY more fun to watch this vs how the game is played now
There's just something about wearing that #23....Akeem is a blocking beast....OH EM GEE !!!!
Drexler and his teammates wore a jersey number higher on road games to send a clear message - we play one up on the road.
80s were a golden age of college hoops.
Michael Young
Rob Williams
Benny Anders
They all played professionally in the Philippines.
The only bad part about this era is they didn't have HD recordings. These guys could play.
Some of these dunks are ridiculous esp for back then.
Clyde Drexler looks like he was jumping higher back then compared to his NBA days.
Where can hear the rap song, "Phi Slama Jama", by DJ Captain Jack?
Teams today wouldn't know what to do against a team like that
Drexler goes back and forth between numbers 22/23 same with Akeem 34/35 ?
Very nice brother, i never notice that before !!!
@@antoniomontana9517 That's what UH did back then. Home jerseys in white had the lower jersey number and the road/away jersey had the higher number.
The Cougars believe the jersey number difference was to elevate their game on the road - jersey #34 to #35 or #22 to #23. Always play “one up” on the road.
i believe there was a uniform supplier in the area that manufactured the unis this way. My uniforms in high school were exactly like UH - our home jerseys had even #/road had odd#.
dam how do you only have 20k subs? You deserve more;)
+Maerick Lim i'm agree :D
Fun timez😎
The only reason that they didn't win a championship
Guy Lewis wanted a race horse team to play slow it down ball.
NC State
That was destiny; NC State had to win that game. It didn’t matter who they played that night they would have beaten the 72 win Bulls or Golden State’s record setting team. That’s the way the universe “God” had decided it was going to be. Many lives have been saved from cancer because Jimmy V and the Wolfpack won that game.
You're right. Houston had the 17-2 run to start the 2nd half and THEIR OWN COACH STOPPED THEIR MOMENTUM. Smh
@@mongoslade277 It's because they were TIRED after that run because of the altitude they were playing in.
@@jacobvalverde3266 Houston wasn't complaining about being "tired" when they scored 94 points with 13 dunks against Louisville
you and Kblaze should collaborate
It wasn't just about Drexler and Akeem, Young and Winslow were vicious dunkers too.
Benny Anders Mr. Six man could dunk also
UH National Championship
Was this the most athletic 🏀 college team ever?!
At 1.10 that is Karl Malone getting dunked on!
👍👍
I saw Benny Anders play in one game. He was fantastic but he faded into obscurity. I heard that he got into some sort of trouble.
Benny Anders was my favorite on those teams. He caught a gun charge at a pickup game on the UofH campus. They had to dismiss him after that
Olajuwan 35? The number on his jersey is not his usual 34.
The reason for that is because the Cougars went a number higher (on their jerseys) on road games to play opposing teams much better. Olajuwon’s jersey went 34 to 35, Drexler’s jersey went from 22 to 23 and so on.
Serais t'il possible de connaitre la première track svp ?
+Alex Roy th-cam.com/video/qN3-K6W2UuU/w-d-xo.html&nohtml5=False
Phi slama jama vs the fab 5 I wonder would win that game
If only they worked on free throws a bit more 😂
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