Why does everyone Forget about the 1989

[wlvrnstlr4life]

Wasn't it 3 Big10 teams in the final four that year? Michigan, Illinois and Indiana
Whenever I think of that year, the 1st thing that comes to mind is the Higgins put back and not the Robinson free throws in the final.

 

[Spartanmack]

That could be; I would only play PIG or HORSE with the guy when he convinced me he was clean and in re-hab.

Say what you will about his life choices, but when he wasn't using he could drain from pretty much anywhere on the court.

I was unaware - I think he played rugby at Marquette if I'm not mistaken so he was probably a decent athlete. I worked with a girl who knew him in college - she said he partied like an animal and did crazy shit all the time. made it sound like his characters were a more tame version of himself.

 

[Spartanmack]

You think he pushed off ? Did you watch ? He never puts his hands the Illinois players back. I know your not as blind as my eyes !!!! Great position !! Michigan did a excellent job breaking the press that third time they played them !!!

I'm joking Bob - I alluded to that in post 30.

neither post was serious - except the part about illinois being the best team in the country that year. that part I believe is true.

 

[thewolverines24]

Higgins wasn't even close to pushing off or being over the back. If you think he was, then you suck at basketball and you're one of the chumps who calls over the back in pick up games because you have a vertical of four inches.

 

[biggunsbob]

I remember hearing they didn't like each other much.

I agree with Frieder - he deserves some of the credit for building that team. It shouldn't be a huge surprise that they were successful in '89 even with a late coaching change. They lost a tough sweet 16 game the year before as a three seed and were basically the same team ex-Gary Grant who was the leader and supposedly best player (although I think as a junior Rice was already better) but they were still pretty stacked with talent. Frieder got them another 3 seed coming out of a pretty stacked Big Ten - IU was really good that year and Illinois was the best team in the country most of the year.

I think the best think Fisher did was basically let the kids play - he seemed like more of a cheer leader than a tactician even then before we knew he wasn't that good of a coach.

side note on Frieder - the guy was a genius and somewhat of a savant. He was banned from Las Vegas casinos because he was a very talented card counter.

I think they gave Bill a ring . Thought I heard that on a big ten show.

 

[Spartanmack]

Higgins wasn't even close to pushing off or being over the back. If you think he was, then you suck at basketball and you're one of the chumps who calls over the back in pick up games because you have a vertical of four inches.

how do you drive thewolverines24 crazy? put him in a round room and tell him there's a nickel in the corner.

since i was just joking, how high is my vertical jump?

 

[biggunsbob]

Wasn't it 3 Big10 teams in the final four that year? Michigan, Illinois and Indiana
Whenever I think of that year, the 1st thing that comes to mind is the Higgins put back and not the Robinson free throws in the final.

1989
Duke vs Seton Hall Duke was up 18 in the first half and ended up losing 95-78 I think . Morton went off in both games.

Michigan 83-81 over Illinois..

Michigan 80-79 winner in ot!!!!!!

Damn it feel like yesterday I was watching that game in 1989 Vegas on my 13 inch tv off of spencer and flamingo street :/

 

[Spartanmack]

when I lived in Australia for 5 months in 2002 I was watching Aussie pro basketball and saw Andrew Gaze was playing for the Melbourne Tigers - he has or had virtually every scoring record for that league. He averaged 44 ppg one season.

I was just reading up on him - I had no idea he was an almost 24 year old "freshman" and there was some controversy because the Tigers became a professional team in 1988 and apparently they had deposited $25k into the Gaze Family Trust for university and other expenses for Andrew for the time he played for the team and was going to Uni in Australia. Apparently that was a bit controversial but I don't remember hearing about any of it before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gaze

 

[tinselwolverine]

I was unaware - I think he played rugby at Marquette if I'm not mistaken so he was probably a decent athlete.

Well, you were a pretty good pickup hoops player yourself back in the day, and not everybody knows that either.

Chris liked the shooting matches more than the team game contests for obvious reasons, although he would play some half court every now and then.

Usually he just hung out inside under the hoop as much as he could - on D he would obviously guard the guy on the other team that didn't want to move that much either.

Farley was, not surprisingly, pretty good at using his body to get position underneath to board.

He never called a foul on anybody - instead, he just put it in his pocket as a pass to be more physical on D himself.

 

[Spartanmack]

Well, you were a pretty good pickup hoops player yourself back in the day, and not everybody knows that either.

Chris liked the shooting matches more than the team game contests for obvious reasons, although he would play some half court every now and then.

Usually he just hung out inside under the hoop as much as he could - on D he would obviously guard the guy on the other team that didn't want to move that much either.

Farley was, not surprisingly, pretty good at using his body to get position underneath to board.

He never called a foul on anybody - instead, he just put it in his pocket as a pass to be more physical on D himself.

I suppose, but if I was famous for something else, people might not be surprised to hear that I didn't suck at basketball. Plus, isn't the 4th or 5th thing John Daly is famous for the fact that he was a great athlete - supposedly a great basketball and baseball player in high school? Maybe that's not the best comparison - there's definitely a difference between being famous for something and also great at something else and being famous for something and being decent at something else.

As for the foul thing - I moved to Chicago after college and I remember being surprised by how many fouls people called in pick up games. Maybe it's a Michigan thing but you would get ridiculed for calling the stuff that got routinely called all the time.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I suppose, but if I was famous for something else, people might not be surprised to hear that I didn't suck at basketball. Plus, isn't the 4th or 5th thing John Daly is famous for the fact that he was a great athlete - supposedly a great basketball and baseball player in high school? Maybe that's not the best comparison - there's definitely a difference between being famous for something and also great at something else and being famous for something and being decent at something else.

As for the foul thing - I moved to Chicago after college and I remember being surprised by how many fouls people called in pick up games. Maybe it's a Michigan thing but you would get ridiculed for calling the stuff that got routinely called all the time.

Bing Crosby was an okay amateur golfer, and golfing was the love of his life - he literally collapsed dead walking off of a golf course.

He used to famously joke "I'm a golfer who sings for a living."

@5:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxP_91QfhZs&index=11&list=PL503E5573AD6F60B4

 

[Spartanmack]

Bing Crosby was an okay amateur golfer, and golfing was the love of his life - he literally collapsed dead walking off of a golf course.

He used to famously joke "I'm a golfer who sings for a living."

"I'm a hockey player playing golf today." - Happy Gilmore

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

1989
Duke vs Seton Hall Duke was up 18 in the first half and ended up losing 95-78 I think . Morton went off in both games.

Michigan 83-81 over Illinois..

Michigan 80-79 winner in ot!!!!!!

Damn it feel like yesterday I was watching that game in 1989 Vegas on my 13 inch tv off of spencer and flamingo street :/

I just looked at the bracket. Seton Hall took out Indiana. We absolutely crushed Virginia 102-65 in the regional final.

 

[TheVictors]

Funny thing because yesterday during a conference call, someone asked who had who winning the Tourney as small talk to wind things down.

A woman in NY who works for us said ..."I always root for Seton Hall, are they even in the tournament?" (she went to Skidmore in NY, raised with silver spoons poking out everywhere).

my reply was, "speaking of Seton Hall ....."


for some reason it was top of mind for me!

 

[biggunsbob]

I just looked at the bracket. Seton Hall took out Indiana. We absolutely crushed Virginia 102-65 in the regional final.

I think you are talking about the regional semifinals.I was talking about the final four. Final four a which was duke, Seton hall, Michigan and Illinois. Yeah Seton hall crushed Indiana in that region.

 

[biggunsbob]

Funny thing because yesterday during a conference call, someone asked who had who winning the Tourney as small talk to wind things down.

A woman in NY who works for us said ..."I always root for Seton Hall, are they even in the tournament?" (she went to Skidmore in NY, raised with silver spoons poking out everywhere).

my reply was, "speaking of Seton Hall ....."


for some reason it was top of mind for me!

Nice !!!