Great time to be a fan, not only of UK but college basketball in general. The game has changed so much. Not only the introduction of the 3 point line in college several years later, but the way the game was refereed. So much tighter were the calls and less physical play allowed. Also, the hand had to be on top of the ball.. Great rivalry indeed!!

Reminds me of so many nights listening to Kentucky Basketball and Cawood on the radio with my Dad - sprawled out on the living room carpet close to the stereo system.

Players showing effort all the way through on both teams. Refreshing to see. Cawood was a legend. Pure class.

A lot UK fans don't remember how incredibly athletic and incredibly talented Dwight Anderson was. He single handed brought UK back from like 7 or 8 points down with almost no time left in the game with some incredible plays to beat Kansas. He was some kind of basketball player.

It is so good hearing Cawood. And man was Rupp rockin.

This rivalry needs brought back ASAP. So many classic memories, '75 Elite Eight, Christian Watford's shot, Mike Davis's "chicken dance", and many more. What a shame they don't play anymore.

Trifecta of perfection here; UK Basketball, Calling by Cawood, and featuring Isiah Thomas.

Love hearing Rupp loud like that! It just doesn’t happen anymore

What a great rivalry. So much history and tradition.

Pretty amazing video quality for the '79-'80 season.

Cawood Ledford and Joe Tait (Cleveland Cavaliers) are the greatest basketball radio broadcasters that I've ever heard.

I attended that game. I played in high school with Chuck Franz who played for Indiana that year. We went to watch him play. I grew up in Indiana and moved to Kentucky later in life so I was a fan of both programs.

So many games I listened to Caywood, what a legendary voice. And UK wasnt bad either! Ha

@bl3313

3 жыл бұрын

He called the Kentucky Colonels ABA games too.

When you see this you know your watched in classic. The Defense something you just don’t see anymore. It’s really a shame that Sam Bowie had trouble with his feet when he got to the NBA.

Grew up a Kentucky fan, listening to Cawood on the radio in central Illinois in the early 80s

What’s interesting is before the Big East really grew. The NYC area was ACC country because so many players went there. But I loved when these Big Ten games would be nationally televised. I enjoyed seeing players from Midwestern inner cities like Chicago, Dayton, Fort Wayne and Detroit. Very exciting!

When basketball was an enjoyment to watch

I was at that game. I still have the game program.

Dwight Anderson my all time favorite Cat

This is real basketball with no three pointers!!

@robbratcher4675

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

We easterners got to hear Cawood when he called the NCAA Basketball Tournament for many years.

@brianarbenz7206

4 жыл бұрын

Cawood Ledford was the finest game broadcaster ever. I was lucky to meet him once and found he was as nice a person as he was a great at his profession.

Shidler's legendary HS coach Ron Felling later became a long time Knight assistant.

@douglascarlson9006

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and Felling won an out-of-court settlement against Knight ... Knight overheard him telling another person on the phone that "we have some problems here" ... Knight promptly slugged him, broke a couple ribs ...

19:07 Cawood’s signature “It’s there.”

Back when rankings seldom changed in the top 20 during the year, now they change every weekend.

The good old days

“The Golden Years”.

Thanks for sharing this game! Great memories. You had some other great games - what happened to them?

“Macy, guarded by a Freshman.” Named Isaiah Thomas.

Good ole days

I'm AMAZED by that Randy Whitman, number 24 on the Indiana team. I LOVE looking at his body, his legs, his thighs, his upper body. If dudes filled out those little shorts and let their thighs show like they did in those days, I'd watch a lot more basketball. Whitman is so beautiful, so amazing, and I was mesmerized by him while watching this video. It's too bad they don't wear uniforms like that any more. Now the basketball players look so silly in those things that look like dresses that they wear. They're certainly not shorts. Actually, I'm young enough to be the daughter of these players. But they're young in this video, and if that Randy Whitman dude put a move on me, I'd be a happy girl! I'm not much interested in watching the basketball of today; it bores me. But I sure enjoy watching these guys running around in those tight shorts that accentuate their great bodies.

@sarahconnors7481

7 жыл бұрын

Actually, they ALL look hot, both on the Kentucky team and on the Indiana team. But there's something about that Whitman that particularly mesmerizes me. Maybe it's that easy way that he moves. I'd love to have known him. I mean I'd love to have known him back THEN. I'm 20, about the same age as these guys are in this video.

@douglascarlson9006

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! ... If you liked the way Randy Wittman looked in his uniform, you're gonna love the "Hollywood Kid" from UCLA, Greg Lee, 1973, 1974 ...

@ronaldclatterbuck5953

2 жыл бұрын

You horny old lady !!!!!

radio style announcer...we can see what's going on!

Do you have the 1984 Final Four game between Kentucky and Georgetown?

@JamesBrown-bz2xv

4 жыл бұрын

When Kentucky scored11 points in the second half.

Ray Tolbert fan since his time at Madison Heights.

@brianarbenz7206

4 жыл бұрын

Madison Heights grads were essential to IU winning NCAA titles.

@douglascarlson9006

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianarbenz7206 Bobby Wilkerson, off course.

Do you have the 1998 Duke game?

@gcuddy7991

4 жыл бұрын

The 2018 Duke and UK game is a good one too featuring Zion

U can tell Thomas hated that style of basketball

@douglascarlson9006

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe, but I'll bet he sure loved winning it all in '81 ... Just before the NCAA tourney began in '81, Thomas said "we're still 1,2 maybe 3 players away from being a championship caliber team ...

After 1978, many of Joe Hall's teams lacked good chemistry. Some players had their own agendas. Some had little white powder. Things really fell apart.

Sam bowie played 6yrs at Kentucky?

@KenBoogie

8 жыл бұрын

No. Five years. He missed two years.

God entered into my body, like a body. my same size. worlds only holy ghost filled christian!

IU actually had four guys in this game who played in the NBA: 1) Thomas 2) Woodson 3) Wittman 4) Tolbert Of course, Landon Turner suffered a paralyzing injury in a car accident, otherwise he too would have played in the NBA ... and Grunwald's career was also disabled by an injury ... At that time, Grunwald was arguably THE best player to ever come out of the state of ILLinois - a four-time first team all-stater and two-time first team All American.

@geezusgeezus4413

3 жыл бұрын

Butch Carter too.

@007ndc

2 жыл бұрын

Grunwald blew out his knee and sadly was never the same player

@douglascarlson9006

2 жыл бұрын

@@007ndc Yup, we never saw him at his peak ...I worked downtown Chicago back in the early 80s ... Ran into him at a bar one night ... we talked for a couple hours, real nice guy ... he said Isiah Thomas was really only 5:10" ...

@bubbawatson1852

5 ай бұрын

Kentucky had. Bowie #2. Macy.

@douglascarlson9006

5 ай бұрын

@@bubbawatson1852 When I was a student at IU, we were all amazed by Dwight Anderson.

Why did you take Ralph Hacker's color commentary out?

Louisville would have smoked either of these teams.

Both teams sucked