Three future NBA All Stars here..Worthy, Perkins & Jordan....great team work here ..move the Ky D with the pass. UNC National Champs that year! Great University & head Coach ! Go Heels TCUNC76
@jamesflowers, there are Jordan high school highlights, but our local stations in Wilmington, NC have them. Michael exaggerates when he says he wasn't noticed in high school. One scout, Bob Gibbons, had him rated #1 in the country over the 3 7footers coming out that year, Patrick Ewing, Stuart Gray, and Greg Dreiling. But he was a consensus top 8-15 player coming out of high school. He was the best player in the McDonald's AA game in 81.
I told my dad during this game that MJ was gonna take the Bulls to 6 titles and end his career with the Wizards...... He just asked who was MJ and what the hell were the Wizards.
I’m always amazed watching these videos and notice the evolution of Jordan, both skill-wise, but also athletically. I know playing against zones limits this somewhat, but look at how he moves here and then watch him progress athletically over the next decade.
Thanks for Posting anything that early in Jordan's Career! So cool to look back seeing the Potential he had then. Even cooler that he Fullfilled his Potential and now looking back makes it even sweeter. This Flashback shows he had all the tools then, and was Coached by the right People and had a Great Family supporting'. I Subbed.
And they earned the title during the tournament that season! Alot of ppl seem to forget if it wasn't for James Worthy's late basket in final minute against James Madison, that seemingly invincible squad would have been a first round flameout! The Dukes more than gave Carolina a scare! That was their wakeup call
That's what astonished me about this game that Kentucky wouldn't even have someone come out and challenge such open shots. I lived in Wilmington for a long time and still live close by it and I'm sure that few would know that his senior year at Laney 1981 ended when New Hanover County high school eliminated Laney's state playoff chances when they beat them. New Hanover's stars then were Kenny Gatison and Clyde Simmons. Gatison went on to have a good college career at Old Dominion and Clyde Simmons graduated from Western Carolina to have a good career in the NFL.
Watching this is like when I watched Michael Jackson for the first time as lead singer of the Jackson Five on 1/30/1970 on the Andy Williams Show. It was the beginning of greatness and everyone knew it.
First college basketball game I ever watched in it's entirety! As much as I now despise Carolina, they were the best team in America then and they showed it fully in this particular game outclassing Kentucky it was a #1 beatdown of #2
All the talk was of Jordan, but Sam Perkins & Worthy helped UNC to have so many winds during those "Wrightsville Beach" days, while in college. Pulling for Wilmington teenager, Mike Jordan.
You don't even know who that is announcing...ha ha. It's the LATE GREAT Al McGuire, former coach of Marquette (1977 NCAA Championship) and he's been dead since 2001, so I doubt he's thinking about it at all. He was right about Michael not being the best freshmen in the nation, as Patrick Ewing was better. I know that UNC beat Georgetown in the championship game on his game winning shot, but the star of that game was none other than James Worthy.
multiple publications award player of the year honors. it's true that Ralph Sampson received most of them in 1983 & that michael jordan finished second in most of them that year, but it's also true that jordan was sporting news player of the year in 1983, so Domini is technically right.
Does anybody happen to have this game or the Rutgers game at MSG, also from this season, in full? The latter game was up in full on here at one point, but was deleted, unfortunately.
"A lot of people say that Michael Jordan is the best freshman ball player in the country...I don't believe it." Hahaha. I wonder how that guy feels about that comment now?
Aw Jordan was so young still, his body wasn't even developed good yet, I'd say Jordans most lethal jumping and jump shots was most lethal and explosive and unable to stop At the age of 22 25, just so incredible
Yeah his legs weren't used as much in college and he had a habit of pulling his hand back after the shot, he definetely brushed up on his form in the NBA, not to say he wasn't a good shooter in college.
The announcer is Al McGuire and he's dead. He's been dead for a dozen years. Anybody who ever knew him, watched him coach or listened to him call a game loved him. That's just Al being Al.
@CAM8689 It's possible, but he still wasn't at the level Worthy was at.His best quality was the intensity, which Worthy mentioned about in an interview a while back.
2:50 that was one of the best follow threws backthen in oldschool. Called the ugly but make em followthrews. But now today they ar better formed but never go in like wtf?
HEY YOU KNOW THATS OLD SCHOOL THE TVS BANNER AT THE SCORERS TABLE WHEN YOU SEE THAT BANNER YOU THINK UCLA JOHN WOODEN , NOTRE DAME, N.C. STATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND ALL THE GREAT TEAMS FROM 1970-1979 OH HOW CAN I FORGET MAGIC VS LARRY!!!!!
is this a regular season game in jordan's freshman year? coz in the same year they played georgetown in the finals, there is no 3 point line. what happened, do i miss something?
@Belburg didn't have to be even at that currently level he was probably already better playing with other all americans he just didn't have to go all out.
@wonderbread1 well he probably wasn't at the time...he wasn't near as good in college as the nba, he was awesome in college though but he was just amazing in the nba
@wonderbread1 That's Al McGuire, and that's not what he said. He said "I don't..." and you can't tell what he says after that. He could've gone on to talk about a completely different thing. By the way, Michael Jordan was probably not the best freshman ball player in the country. Patrick Ewing was.
"Here's Jordan...Yes" -Marv Albert. Never get tired of hearing that.
Growing up in our hometown he was simply Mike. Dean Smith is the one who started the Michael thing.
Little did they know, they were watching a legend in the making. Glad I got my MJ autograph before he left North Carolina.
It's crazy to see how much the game has changed.
Three future NBA All Stars here..Worthy, Perkins & Jordan....great team work here ..move the Ky D with the pass. UNC National Champs that year! Great University & head Coach ! Go Heels
TCUNC76
@jamesflowers, there are Jordan high school highlights, but our local stations in Wilmington, NC have them. Michael exaggerates when he says he wasn't noticed in high school. One scout, Bob Gibbons, had him rated #1 in the country over the 3 7footers coming out that year, Patrick Ewing, Stuart Gray, and Greg Dreiling. But he was a consensus top 8-15 player coming out of high school. He was the best player in the McDonald's AA game in 81.
Do you think you can share them?
I told my dad during this game that MJ was gonna take the Bulls to 6 titles and end his career with the Wizards...... He just asked who was MJ and what the hell were the Wizards.
U r so funny
How did Encyclopedia Brown know that JohnnyRingo was lying?
In 1981, the Washington team was known as the Bullets, not the Wizards.
@@ChicagoSteve which is probably why his Dad asked "what the hell are the wizards?".
They ain't respecting his midrange J at all. How things change
I never liked North Carolina but Michael Jordan is my favorite player of all time GO BIG BLUE!!!
As a TRUE FRESHMAN...it was becoming clear how great a player the then-Mike Jordan was.
I’m always amazed watching these videos and notice the evolution of Jordan, both skill-wise, but also athletically. I know playing against zones limits this somewhat, but look at how he moves here and then watch him progress athletically over the next decade.
Thanks for Posting anything that early in Jordan's Career! So cool to look back seeing the Potential he had then. Even cooler that he Fullfilled his Potential and now looking back makes it even sweeter. This Flashback shows he had all the tools then, and was Coached by the right People and had a Great Family supporting'. I Subbed.
So weird to hear Marv say "Mike Jordan"
And they earned the title during the tournament that season! Alot of ppl seem to forget if it wasn't for James Worthy's late basket in final minute against James Madison, that seemingly invincible squad would have been a first round flameout! The Dukes more than gave Carolina a scare! That was their wakeup call
52-50. James Madison cheerleaders on the floor thinking the game was going into overtime
It's so weird seeing Jordan left so wide open.. It MUST be his freshman year. lol
That's what astonished me about this game that Kentucky wouldn't even have someone come out and challenge such open shots. I lived in Wilmington for a long time and still live close by it and I'm sure that few would know that his senior year at Laney 1981 ended when New Hanover County high school eliminated Laney's state playoff chances when they beat them. New Hanover's stars then were Kenny Gatison and Clyde Simmons. Gatison went on to have a good college career at Old Dominion and Clyde Simmons graduated from Western Carolina to have a good career in the NFL.
Watching this is like when I watched Michael Jackson for the first time as lead singer of the Jackson Five on 1/30/1970 on the Andy Williams Show. It was the beginning of greatness and everyone knew it.
First college basketball game I ever watched in it's entirety! As much as I now despise Carolina, they were the best team in America then and they showed it fully in this particular game outclassing Kentucky it was a #1 beatdown of #2
the game has changed completely
All the talk was of Jordan, but Sam Perkins & Worthy helped UNC to have so many winds during those "Wrightsville Beach" days, while in college. Pulling for Wilmington teenager, Mike Jordan.
This video is from 1981 but looks better than some of the newer videos I see on youtube. Thanks for uploading.
Haha, "Mike Jordan"
"Heres Jordan!.....Yes"
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Lebron at this same age 🤣
@@ddp5406 yeah because 80s college ball is the same as 2000s nba lol
@@lucaslarson430 nope, goin straight to the league averaging 20 5 and 5 as a teenager is profoundly different
@wonderbread1 That "guy" is HOF coach Al McGuire who passed away about 10 years ago.
Worthy ! That's my man along with Michael Cooper 80's Lakers baby!
Mike has huge hands!
that elbow jump shot was open all game. Jordan can shot fine there! and this was two days before the day i was born! so great game!
Jordan was better than atleast half of the nba players when he was just a FRESHMAN in COLLEGE!if not more,if not all of em actually!
Michael Jordan is gonna be a bust in the nba trust me
ya he is trash, I heard about a freshman named shakul uneil and i heard he's going places
yeah, he's going to be trash. He won't even be a starter...
lmao
"Mike Jordan" looks solid though.... LOL
Fax
You don't even know who that is announcing...ha ha. It's the LATE GREAT Al McGuire, former coach of Marquette (1977 NCAA Championship) and he's been dead since 2001, so I doubt he's thinking about it at all. He was right about Michael not being the best freshmen in the nation, as Patrick Ewing was better. I know that UNC beat Georgetown in the championship game on his game winning shot, but the star of that game was none other than James Worthy.
Marv Albert and Al McGuire talking about Mike Jordan. Love it!
@Belburg with MJ there hardly anything to be worried about
you guys hear the announcer say I don't think he's the best rookie this year... haha.
I did... fucking funny... hahaha
He said I don't think he's the best Froshman
Which is understandable since Patrick Ewing was dominating at Georgetown as a freshman that year as well.
Coach Al Mcguire. He loved Greg Dreiling
"A lot of people say he's the number one ball player in the country, I don't believe it"
Good thing he didn't bet on that.
he said *number 1 freshman ball player in the country, i dont believe it
lol he averaged a triple double his senior year in high school and was a mcdonalds all american, he was in the conversation im sure
GOAT
multiple publications award player of the year honors. it's true that Ralph Sampson received most of them in 1983 & that michael jordan finished second in most of them that year, but it's also true that jordan was sporting news player of the year in 1983, so Domini is technically right.
Yeah, he ended up being the greatest player in the game, LOL, but back then at UNC, he was another very good player in the making.
Does anybody happen to have this game or the Rutgers game at MSG, also from this season, in full? The latter game was up in full on here at one point, but was deleted, unfortunately.
No the phrase was to keep scoring 20 a game was Dean Smith, and in the 84 olympics the joke was that Bob Knight kept him from scoring 15 a game.
"A lot of people say that Michael Jordan is the best freshman ball player in the country...I don't believe it." Hahaha. I wonder how that guy feels about that comment now?
A small technicality, though.The ones that counted (Naismith, Wooden) were won by Sampson.
Wow! No dribbling, just passing.
Aw Jordan was so young still, his body wasn't even developed good yet, I'd say Jordans most lethal jumping and jump shots was most lethal and explosive and unable to stop At the age of 22 25, just so incredible
Yeah his legs weren't used as much in college and he had a habit of pulling his hand back after the shot, he definetely brushed up on his form in the NBA, not to say he wasn't a good shooter in college.
The announcer is Al McGuire and he's dead. He's been dead for a dozen years. Anybody who ever knew him, watched him coach or listened to him call a game loved him. That's just Al being Al.
Did Marv Albert like follow Jordan everywhere he went. He seems like the soundtrack to Jordan’s games.
He was still Mike back then.
I meant 81-82...
@wonderbread1 So Jordan was the best incoming high school senior this year? Who were up there with him?
@CAM8689 It's possible, but he still wasn't at the level Worthy was at.His best quality was the intensity, which Worthy mentioned about in an interview a while back.
Mike Jordan. "Mike."
Well, this was 1981-2, when he was a true freshman at UNC.
"Mike Jordan" lol
2:50 that was one of the best follow threws backthen in oldschool. Called the ugly but make em followthrews. But now today they ar better formed but never go in like wtf?
Yeah
The College freshman year of Air Jordan.
You can buy tickets to these games for low $50 yearly membership to the YMCA
Too bad they didnt show any dunks my Worthy here. He had a couple of monster dunks in this game.
Is that Marv Albert I hear?
Yes...Marv Albert Along with Al McGuire!
Jordan's jumpshot is so different from college
Who is Mike Jordan.
some people do
HEY YOU KNOW THATS OLD SCHOOL THE TVS BANNER AT THE SCORERS TABLE WHEN YOU SEE THAT BANNER YOU THINK UCLA JOHN WOODEN , NOTRE DAME, N.C. STATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND ALL THE GREAT TEAMS FROM 1970-1979 OH HOW CAN I FORGET MAGIC VS LARRY!!!!!
Yeah, you are right. But who has six (NBA) championships! Not to mention the countless MVP trophies. What, WHAT!
is this a regular season game in jordan's freshman year? coz in the same year they played georgetown in the finals, there is no 3 point line. what happened, do i miss something?
@wonderbread1
Well the announcer Al McGuire died 10 years ago.
Why are there 4 people lined up one side for his free throw shot. Was that more common back then? And is that still legal now?
Woah look how far the 3 point line is. Is that right???
Hmm wonder how this guy Mike Jordan career turned out 😏
@wonderbread1
Well he died in 2000, the announcer.
Jordan didn't make it on the high school basketball team at all this is a different Jordan
Mike Jordan.... who'd have thunk it..
BEST COLLEGE SQUAD EVER...!!!
LOL, had they knew who MJ was at the time, they would NEVER leave him ungarded!
"ANOTHER SHOT FOR 'MIKE' JORDAN." This was before "michael" LOL
@Belburg didn't have to be even at that currently level he was probably already better playing with other all americans he just didn't have to go all out.
wiggins looks alot like a freshman jordan
Is that Mike Jordan dude related to Michael Jordan? They look like they could be brothers.
@wonderbread1 Why? Nothing he did after his freshman year affects how good he was during his freshman year.
@CAM8689 Possibly, but this wasn't the same all-world Jordan people would come to fear and revere.
y is there a three point line in this video< but not in the 82 championship game
@wonderbread1 well he probably wasn't at the time...he wasn't near as good in college as the nba, he was awesome in college though but he was just amazing in the nba
how come the three point line is so far back
@wonderbread1 That's Al McGuire, and that's not what he said. He said "I don't..." and you can't tell what he says after that. He could've gone on to talk about a completely different thing. By the way, Michael Jordan was probably not the best freshman ball player in the country. Patrick Ewing was.
Was the purpose of that zone to give Jordan as many WIDE OPEN jump shots as possible? Cuz I'm pretty sure that's what it did.
I'm confused.. in 82 ncaa finals there was no 3 point arc. How come there is here?
They are playing on the (then) New Jersey Nets basketball court. The 3 pt line is the NBA 3 pt line.
because he's just a normal saiyan in college. he became super saiyan in the nba! .... oooops wrong video
the tar heel coaching staff made michael jordan a lot better player.
@Belburg didn't have to be Michael even then was probably the 2nd best talent on the floor period behind Big Game James.
was defence invented back then?
defence???
What kind of shifty defense is this?
Is that marv albert speaking?
The only and only Marv Albert from 1981
lol they're just gonna watch him shoot all day, huh?
they are playing defense weird lol
Marv Albert?
UNC was lucky that Bowie wasn't there.....might have changed things.
Patrick Ewing was the better college player, Jordan thrived more in the NBA..not to take anything from Ewing, but let's be real.
The ceiling is the roof.go.tarheels.
@wonderbread1 Probably the same. He may have not been the best freshman ball player that season...
Ha Ha...Joe B Hall be like...what the hell is that?
@wonderbread1 You realize you are operating on 30 years of awareness of him right? This guy probably only had at most a year.
Haha. Great point.
Did they refer to him as Mike Jordan? Why does that sound so weird?
This is from late 1981...and he was a true freshman at the time.