This was kind of the red-headed stepchild of that Elite Eight weekend. The other three games were Duke-Kentucky, North Carolina-UConn, and Utah-Arizona, all of which were ranked in the Top 8 that season. These were the two unheralded teams that people didn't know much about and it turned into one of the most exciting games of what was a fantastic tournament.

@fiesta061000

2 жыл бұрын

There were some good games in the 1998 Tournament..I'm not a UK fan..I didn't like Kentucky winning it all, but UK made the plays when they needed to..Stanford almost beat UK in the Final Four Semis..College basketball was great in the 1990s ⁉📘🏀🔷💺🏟

Lee was unbelievable in this game. I had taped this on vhs and watched it 1,000 times and I’m not even a fan of either team.

@joedellaselva1251

3 жыл бұрын

He was also a punk with his antics.

@mariofour135

3 жыл бұрын

@@joedellaselva1251 The choke sign?

@joedellaselva1251

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariofour135 Actually it was his trash whispering from behind 8:19. I remember it well Low class.....(like Tiger Woods ;)

@mariofour135

3 жыл бұрын

@@joedellaselva1251 I don‘t know man. You don‘t know what was said in the 39:55 minutes before that. I find that hard to judge from the outside.

As a URI alum, this was one of the hardest pills to swallow. The Rams will likely never have this opportunity again.

In 1983, Jim Harrick’s Pepperdine Waves were ahead by 6 points with 1 minute left, but NC State rallied to send to a 2nd overtime and went to win it and the National Championship as well. In 1998, the same fate happened for Jim Harrick with Rhode Island Rams against the Stanford Cardinal with a chance to go to the Final Four. Hey, Jim Harrick won a National Championship in 1995 with UCLA.

Thank you Arthur for the amazing memory

Mike Montgomery was seriously underrated!

@CC-rb1yf

3 жыл бұрын

Such as when Stanford choked in 2000 and 2004 in 2nd round as a #1 seed and also failed to reach Final 4 as a #1 seed in 2001? Or after needing a comeback vs **#8** rhode island blowing a lead vs Kentucky the next game?

@alienspace3960

7 ай бұрын

@@CC-rb1yf he also choked in 1989 lost to Siena in first round as a #3 seed

Since it is nearing tournament time I thought of this one and wanted to see the steal on the press near the end. Good job of not fouling and baiting RI guard into dribbling, and then the clean steal. Won the game for Stanford. There should be a better quality video of the full game for this one.

@threadbarephoenix9904

4 ай бұрын

let's be honest, LIVE FEEDS weren't better than this in the 90s. Watching it in comparison with how clean even an episode of WWF would air two or three years later is embarrassing. Then again, seeing such sloppy and disjointed play from both teams in a tournament game is also embarrassing.

My mom order the hotel tickets for the final four. They had to cancel it

@tanyat33100

3 жыл бұрын

My dad and I did, too. This was only time I cried over a game I wasn't playing in. I hate Mad Dog Madsen and Arthur Lee. Strange that Lee's chokings incidents aren't on any of these KZread videos! He should've gotten a Tech, Rhody shoots free throws and then gets the ball back. Rhody wins. That game was RIGGED!!!

@joedellaselva1251

3 жыл бұрын

@@tanyat33100 You have an excellent memory Tanya! I despised Arthur Lee after that game and his antics..........to this day.

I remember watching this game and even though im a umass fan i rooted hard for Rhode Island (team Atlantic 10) Rhode island should have won

How many times did Montgomery beat Harrick when both were in the Pac-10? Especially sweet for then-Stanford official & St. Louis native Cheryl Levick

@ItsKarl

4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

One of the biggest elite eight chokes in history. lol

@walterlv01

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much. Honestly it was painful to watch then and still is today, even though I didn't have a rooting interest in the game. Rhode Island just completely and totally crumbled in the final minute. They did everything wrong that they could possibly have done wrong.

@zaynes5094

3 жыл бұрын

@@walterlv01 And Stanford (my great grandmother, on my father’s side, alma mater where she graduated with a 4.0 gpa way back in 1936 to be a teacher), who did all the stuff right.

Mobley was fouled.

@newalchemy9742

3 жыл бұрын

I remember this game like it was yesterday. Lee's fluke 3, losing the ball on the way up and getting the and-1, and then fouls Mobley to take the lead. It was like the refs were zoning out that last stretch of the game.

@omizzy20

2 жыл бұрын

They chocked

THREE

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Second

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