The Anyone but Kentucky or Kansas Sweet 16 Thread

hawkeyebob62 said:
Didn't even think about the one-and-one vs. double bonus aspect. In 1981, DePaul died--literally--missing the front end of a one-and-one with six seconds left. But St. Joseph's coach played it brilliantly, eschewing the time out and, instead, going right down to score and leaving DePaul no time to set a defense OR get the ball back for a return score.
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Here's the highlights of DePaul-St Joes which includes the ending. The announcers were a little shocked! :)

 
Northside Hawk said:
Can't be 37 freaking years ago, is that possible. Skip Dillard, an 85% free throw shooter who's life would soon take a much darker turn, missed the front end. DePaul's defense was in total disarray, some in man, some in zone. St. Joe's made the layup and, according to legend, Mark Aguirre, with the ball in his hand, walked straight out of the arena back to the hotel. When he crossed a bridge in downtown Dayton, still in uniform, he punted the game ball into the river. Two more interesting points about this game and day.

It was in Dayton on the same floor where Ronnie Lester was first hurt his senior year.

It was one of at least four buzzer beaters in one afternoon. Future NBA star Rolando Blackmon (Kansas State) knocked out Oregon State at the buzzer in former Iowa coach Ralph Miller's last tournament appearance. Arkansas U S Reed knocked out defending champion Louisville with a shot from half court. And Danny Ainge of BYU knocked out Notre Dame with his epic full court dash to the rim and finish. Skip Bayless once called it the true birth of March Madness. It would get even madder for Iowa the next day when they played Wichita State in a game that's been mentioned before.
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Here's Rolando Blackmon!

 
Northside Hawk said:
Can't be 37 freaking years ago, is that possible. Skip Dillard, an 85% free throw shooter who's life would soon take a much darker turn, missed the front end. DePaul's defense was in total disarray, some in man, some in zone. St. Joe's made the layup and, according to legend, Mark Aguirre, with the ball in his hand, walked straight out of the arena back to the hotel. When he crossed a bridge in downtown Dayton, still in uniform, he punted the game ball into the river. Two more interesting points about this game and day.

It was in Dayton on the same floor where Ronnie Lester was first hurt his senior year.

It was one of at least four buzzer beaters in one afternoon. Future NBA star Rolando Blackmon (Kansas State) knocked out Oregon State at the buzzer in former Iowa coach Ralph Miller's last tournament appearance. Arkansas U S Reed knocked out defending champion Louisville with a shot from half court. And Danny Ainge of BYU knocked out Notre Dame with his epic full court dash to the rim and finish. Skip Bayless once called it the true birth of March Madness. It would get even madder for Iowa the next day when they played Wichita State in a game that's been mentioned before.
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And, here's Danny Ainge! Amazing these are all from 1981 tournament.

 
And those were all in one afternoon, folks.

Three items of note:

Those courts looked almost antiquidated without three point lines. Did we really play basketball before those lines and the rule were implemented? And free throw line jump balls instead of alternate posessions? Jiminy Christmas!

Clocks did not stop after made baskets. You had to call timeout in those situations. If there were less than five seconds left and the trailing team was out of timeouts they were helpless to stop the clock. The team with the lead didn't even need to inbound the ball. Under today's rules, Oregon State would have had two or three seconds to get off a desperation shot.

Many courts in the late seventies through early eighties had the rubber based courts, basketballs equivalent of artificial turf. It had less give, and it was the type of court Ronnie Lester originally got hurt on. Washington State, site of Iowa's 1982 NCAA games, also had one and Bobby Hansen and Mark Gannon both aggravated foot injuries on it. No way could Bohannan have played on one this year. To the best of my knowledge, no Division 1 team has a rubber based court today.
 
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Michigan is going to run roughshod over Loyola, then grind down KS for the title.

And my bracket will be vindicated!
 
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