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!!
As the years have gone by, I have come to appreciate more and more how top notch professional Cawood Ledford was. He was the very best radio game broadcaster. I got to meet him once, at the Kentucky State Fair, shortly after he announced the following basketball season would be his last. “I’ve done about all the damage I can do,” he said when someone asked why he was retiring. He was good natured and relaxed in the midst of all his greatness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
And yet, a 3-point line, oddly still around from the days when the Kentucky Colonels had planned to play some home games at Rupp Arena. But the ABA folded just before the arena was opened. I guess they left the line on in hopes that the NBA would adopt the 3, which it did, and that John Y. Brown would bring the Buffalo Braves to Louisville, and fulfill the old Colonels plan to play some games at Rupp, which he didn’t.
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 ...
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.
@@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" ...
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.
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.
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.
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!!
As the years have gone by, I have come to appreciate more and more how top notch professional Cawood Ledford was. He was the very best radio game broadcaster. I got to meet him once, at the Kentucky State Fair, shortly after he announced the following basketball season would be his last.
“I’ve done about all the damage I can do,” he said when someone asked why he was retiring. He was good natured and relaxed in the midst of all his greatness.
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.
It is so good hearing Cawood. And man was Rupp rockin.
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.
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.
Dwight‘s greatest win was recovering from homelessness in Dayton. He turned his life around.
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.
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.
What a great rivalry. So much history and tradition.
RIP Charles Hurt. He got us back in this game.
Love hearing Rupp loud like that! It just doesn’t happen anymore
So many games I listened to Caywood, what a legendary voice. And UK wasnt bad either! Ha
He called the Kentucky Colonels ABA games too.
Cawood was the best , made you feel like you were there listening to him on the radio
Grew up a Kentucky fan, listening to Cawood on the radio in central Illinois in the early 80s
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.
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
Great timevfor basketball. The game has changed so much and not for the better. The announcers actually spoke English.
I was at that game. I still have the game program.
We easterners got to hear Cawood when he called the NCAA Basketball Tournament for many years.
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.
“Macy, guarded by a Freshman.” Named Isaiah Thomas.
This is real basketball with no three pointers!!
Amen
And yet, a 3-point line, oddly still around from the days when the Kentucky Colonels had planned to play some home games at Rupp Arena. But the ABA folded just before the arena was opened. I guess they left the line on in hopes that the NBA would adopt the 3, which it did, and that John Y. Brown would bring the Buffalo Braves to Louisville, and fulfill the old Colonels plan to play some games at Rupp, which he didn’t.
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.
radio style announcer...we can see what's going on!
Dwight Anderson my all time favorite Cat
Thanks for sharing this game! Great memories.
You had some other great games - what happened to them?
Shidler's legendary HS coach Ron Felling later became a long time Knight assistant.
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 ...
The good old days
“The Golden Years”.
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.
Butch Carter too.
Grunwald blew out his knee and sadly was never the same player
@@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" ...
Kentucky had.
Bowie #2.
Macy.
@@bubbawatson1852 When I was a student at IU, we were all amazed by Dwight Anderson.
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.
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.
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 ...
You horny old lady !!!!!
Good ole days
U can tell Thomas hated that style of basketball
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 ...
Ray Tolbert fan since his time at Madison Heights.
Madison Heights grads were essential to IU winning NCAA titles.
@@brianarbenz7206 Bobby Wilkerson, off course.
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.
How can a shot count if you charge ?
Back when this game was played if the ball was out of the shooter hand before contact the basket was good and the defense player got one free throw
Sam bowie played 6yrs at Kentucky?
No. Five years. He missed two years.
Do you have the 1998 Duke game?
The 2018 Duke and UK game is a good one too featuring Zion
Do you have the 1984 Final Four game between Kentucky and Georgetown?
When Kentucky scored11 points in the second half.
Why did you take Ralph Hacker's color commentary out?
Louisville would have smoked either of these teams.
Both teams sucked