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WHO'S THE BEST? THE HOOP HISTORIANS SPEAK OUT
In December of 2003 the Hoop Historians were surveyed about some of their favorite players, coaches and games from past NCAA Tournaments. Here is a recap of the results. If you have some choices of your own, click on the link on the bottom of the page to send us your picks. We'll add the most popular and most interesting selections.
Best Team of All-Time
1968 UCLA, 1976 Indiana; 1990 UNLV; 1967 UCLA; 1972 UCLA; 1960
Ohio State.
Best All-Time Player
Here's our starting five: Lew Alcindor, UCLA; Bill Walton,
UCLA; Larry Bird, Indiana State; Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati; Peter Maravich,
LSU. No problem scoring with this group!
Best Big Game Coach
John Wooden, Bobby Knight; Mike Krzyzewski, Jimmy Valvano, Dean
Smith. Don't forget Keystone College's own Dennis Mishko -- a fellow Hoop
Historian!
Best Final Four City
San Antonio (weather, hospitality
among the best); New Orleans (a city that never
sleeps); Indianapolis (they do it right);
Seattle (they are still taking about fresh salmon
on the arena floor); San Diego (for you vintage
followers).
Most Memorable Game
Title Games: Villanova-Georgetown, 1985
(greatest game ever?); NC State-Houston, 1983 (Win
one for Jimmy V); North Carolina-Michigan, 1993
(one too many timeouts); North Carolina-Georgetown, 1982
(Michael Jordan wins it); Michigan State-Indiana State,
1979 (Bird vs. Magic); UCLA-Kentucky, 1975
(John Wooden's last game); Loyola-Cincinnati, 1963
(now that's vintage!) Non-Title Games:
Duke-Kentucky, 1992 (Christian Laettner shot);
Loyola Marymount-Michigan, 1990 (149-115 Final);
UCLA-Louisville, 1975 (greatest semi-final of all-time?);
Duke-UNLV, 1991 (did that really happen?)
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Best Final Four
Memories (ones we can print!)
The Great Alaskan Shootout Parties each year; Sneaking
into the arena with the Georgia Tech Band (Hoop Historians would never do that,
would they?) Post-Game celebration in Steve Lavin's room after UCLA's 1995
title; the early ESPN parties; Sitting in second row at the Superdome;
One-on-One conversations with legends John Wooden and Ray Meyer; The World
Famous 32 ounce Prime Rib at Saint Elmo's Steakhouse; Thousands of Kentucky fans
selling tickets outside RCA Dome; Opening Day baseball games in Kansas City and
Atlanta; Singing "The Ballad of the Alamo" in San Antonio; The desert
table at the Adidas Party in Indianapolis; Bobby Knight not
getting on an elevator with two pregnant women; Bowling in Saint Louis at the
Professional Bowling Hall of Fame; Budweiser party in Indianapolis -- the room
was a quorum of Hoop Historians!