2002 sitting in Rupp arena watching IU come back on #1` Duke. It didn't look possible from my seat>>>> The Kent ST. game afterwards was great too.
Most memorable IU game you have ever watched
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first half 3 pt shooting vs Kent State was unreal. You knew we were going to the FF not long after the game started.
what gets lost in the telling, was that IU was headed for a serious butt whipping..
the Ruskies had too much for IU that day.
no doubt Bobby realized it too.
Was present at some great ones: UNLV and Syracuse in '87. Also at home vs PU and Illini that year. '88 at home vs #2 Boilers. '86 vs Illini and PU were great games too. IU held PU to 1 point over last 5 of regulation and the 5 minute OT. '01 vs Illini at the United Center.
On TV, at UM in '87, '89, '93 and of course '13 all come to mind. The '86 game at Illinois was incredibly intense the whole way. '80 Conference winner vs OSU in OT on final day of the season. LSU '87, Marquette '76, Alabama '76 were in doubt the entire way. Heart attack city!!
Too many excruciating losses too.
On TV, at UM in '87, '89, '93 and of course '13 all come to mind. The '86 game at Illinois was incredibly intense the whole way. '80 Conference winner vs OSU in OT on final day of the season. LSU '87, Marquette '76, Alabama '76 were in doubt the entire way. Heart attack city!!
Too many excruciating losses too.
I went back and looked at various articles the day after the Soviet game...NY Times, LA Times...all had storied titled "Knight pulls team from court" which actually was not accurate. But even today, that's how this night is remembered by many.
yep we were getting hammered by 20+ pts when this happened. Was a bit of a rebuilding season for IU and caught the Soviets at the top of their game.
All I have to add is: Downing was fouled and Walton should have been the one to foul out!!!!!
That was the Soviet Olympic Team that included Lithuania at the time.
watched some video of this game....skinny young kids playing against men. Had to be a shock for Jay Edwards, first game on the Hall court and getting pushed around by some big thick 25 yr old man named Sergi or Valerie.
didn't all Soviet teams include Lithuania? bwg
i'd forgotten it was the Olympic team.
can't recall the makeup, but they generally had a beast at center.
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i'll bet Fife still thinks of those final seconds, that missed FT, that IU rebound, as one of his reprieves in life.
Trump still considers it the greatest team ever in the entire history of basketball.
just kidding everybody, no hate mail please.
The Soviet game wasn't on TV? Pal and I were asked a couple of questions by a guy with a tape recorder on the way out. No idea what outlet but they knew we were down close enough to hear the chatter.
The game was forfeited by BK and IU and Burr and staff left the floor with the ball. Crabb told everyone that concludes today's contest and to drive safely. Nobody pulled any team off the floor. Recently a player who was there but not near the table and a former sports talk guy in Indy misremembered it so I get that people think what they think.
If you can find a recording of it, Todd Jadlow was on an Indy radio show and told the story of exactly what transpired. I know there are some misunderstandings out there, but Jadlow’s re-telling was the accurate view of what happened. A very peculiar ending.
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Exactly...including a former player (Jadlow) who recently got it wrong, although in his defense the radio twit misrepresented the question badly. Dakich like with most things... has told the story both ways
