The Worst Half of Basketball I've ever seen

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

This popped up in my recommended yesterday. Duke vs UNC final game of '79 season. Duke got the opening tip and scored in the first 20 seconds. Dean Smith then proceeded to hold the ball for over 13 minutes before a turnover after 198 passes and 108 dribbles. It was utterly repulsive Basketball if you dare to watch.



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Duke led 7-0 at the half.

 

[Zannman]

I remember Cincinnati doing that vs UK when I was a teenager. The final was 24-11 UK.

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

I remember that all too well. I really hated Tony Yates that day.

 

[CATALCOHOLIC]

This popped up in my recommended yesterday. Duke vs UNC final game of '79 season. Duke got the opening tip and scored in the first 20 seconds. Dean Smith then proceeded to hold the ball for over 13 minutes before a turnover after 198 passes and 108 dribbles. It was utterly repulsive Basketball if you dare to watch.



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Duke led 7-0 at the half.

The only good thing it brought about the shot clock. TV about died they couldn’t get in their commercials. Follow the money. Thanks Dean!!

 

[TheApostleSaulSmith]

Genuinely…how could you be a UNC fan and support that?? Such a hideous bastardization of basketball. I need a shower after watching that

 

[bbnkat02]

Shot clock was one of the best things to ever happen to the sport. And the fact that some high schools don't have it and some coaches still do his crap is disgusting.

In fact I'll go out on a limb and say without the shot clock, basketball wouldn't exist today.

 

[preacherfan]

Actually, it kinda surprises me that the "we don't care about anything but winning" crowd hasn't chimed in and said how much they admired Dean for being a winner.

 

[Anon979866]

I remember Cincinnati doing that vs UK when I was a teenager. The final was 24-11 UK.

Yes and I watched every second of that atrocity

 

[TheApostleSaulSmith]

And James Worthy was already committed and set to debut for UNC the next year. I wonder what he was thinking watching this. You’ve gotta be a little embarrassed right??

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

UNC getting away with this creating this monstrosity of basketball from the beginning was disgraceful

But it did force the Ncaa to enforce shot clock which improved the pace of the game

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

Shot clock was one of the best things to ever happen to the sport. And the fact that some high schools don't have it and some coaches still do his crap is disgusting.

In fact I'll go out on a limb and say without the shot clock, basketball wouldn't exist today.

Being born in 93 its hard to imagine the sport with no shot clock or 3. Complete different game and watching experience I guess

 

[TheApostleSaulSmith]

Actually, it kinda surprises me that the "we don't care about anything but winning" crowd hasn't chimed in and said how much they admired Dean for being a winner.

Dean was a winner in the same way Milli Vanilli were winners.
Like sure you technically “won” but your product was garbage, very few people in the know respect you, and your lasting legacy is a mostly negative one.

 

[CELTICAT]

Not to that extent obviously but Smith did similar things against UK and then Marquette in 77, and then against IU in 81. He refused to run offense against a zone defense.

 

[rick64]

Digger did that vs UK when he was at Notre Dame. Final score was like 24-18. Horrible to watch.

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

UNC and Smith had pulled this on Duke more than once. In 1966 he did this in the ACC tournament when Vic Bubas was coaching Duke resulting in 21-20 UNCheat win. Bubas was later commissioner of the Sun Belt when he successfully lobbied the NCAA to allow the conference to institute a 45 second shot clock which was later adopted nationally.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

Its like those UVA teams a few years ago. Yeah you win but you made the game completely unwatchable. Congrats

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

UNC and Smith had pulled this on Duke more than once. In 1966 he did this in the ACC tournament when Vic Bubas was coaching Duke resulting in 21-20 UNCheat win. Bubas was later commissioner of the Sun Belt when he successfully lobbied the NCAA to allow the conference to institute a 45 second shot clock which was later adopted nationally.

Thank you for Duke... ew

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

Digger did that vs UK when he was at Notre Dame. Final score was like 24-18. Horrible to watch.

I remember that abomination as well. It was 1981 with a score of 34-28.

 

[legalbeagle123]

Dean Smith was also the first one to oversee the sham academic classes.

 

[bbnkat02]

Being born in 93 its hard to imagine the sport with no shot clock or 3. Complete different game and watching experience I guess

Same but 83. It was introduced in 85/86 but I was too young to know. I've watched some old games without it and it's not a fun watch.

 

[bbnkat02]

Dean Smith was also the first one to oversee the sham academic classes.

And retired as soon as he beat Rupps wins record. Yeah, he's not well liked in the Commonwealth.

 

[rick64]

I remember that abomination as well. It was 1981 with a score of 34-28.

Kentucky vs. Notre Dame (December 29, 1981)

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

2nd half of 84 Georgetown game for me.

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

Kentucky vs. Notre Dame (December 29, 1981)

Amazing that UK had to shoot 76% from the floor and 8 of 10 at the line with an overtime to get to 34 in that one. It was 23-23 at the end of regulation. Digger truly sucked.

 

[Ednunn]

BIL doing internship in Baltimore. Unc playing MD. Announcer brought poetry bokk to read while Phil Ford ran 4 corners.

 

[LexingtonThoroughblade]

Shot clock was one of the best things to ever happen to the sport. And the fact that some high schools don't have it and some coaches still do his crap is disgusting.

In fact I'll go out on a limb and say without the shot clock, basketball wouldn't exist today.

The KHSAA is going to one next year. The hold up for a long time has been getting another person to run the clock and do it well, especially at the high school level. I'm hesitant to see how it goes because I went to about 5 high school games last year and all of them had multiple stoppages because of clock operator error. That could be compounded by a shot clock. Still, I welcome the change.

 

[preacherfan]

The KHSAA is going to one next year. The hold up for a long time has been getting another person to run the clock and do it well, especially at the high school level. I'm hesitant to see how it goes because I went to about 5 high school games last year and all of them had multiple stoppages because of clock operator error. That could be compounded by a shot clock. Still, I welcome the change.

UK was playing on the road this season and the other team had the shot clock incorrectly reset after a turnover twice. The turnovers happened in the back court but the other team was only given 20 seconds and NOBODY caught the error except for some posters on this site. We didn't know if the clock operator was confused and using the women's rule or if he/she just didn't know that the home team was entitled to the full shot clock.

My point is that clock operator error happens on the college level too.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

Genuinely…how could you be a UNC fan and support that?? Such a hideous bastardization of basketball. I need a shower after watching that

It’s gross.

 

[Jp1542]

I remember Cincinnati doing that vs UK when I was a teenager. The final was 24-11 UK.

That was the day that I became a hater of the UC basketball program.