#1 Seed Michigan vs. #9 Seed UCLA - 1993 NCAA Tournament
Who remembers this one? Seemingly the most precarious position M was in leading up to the championship game - UCLA was up by 19 with 80 seconds left in 1st half.
But, in the end, it was a great comeback win - . Michigan wins by 2 in OT.
With the score tied 84-84, Jalen Rose attempted a 10-foot leaner from inside the lane just before the shot clock expired. The ball hit the backboard and glanced off the rim. Jimmy King was able to slice between two UCLA defenders to grab the rebound and put it back.
No sooner than the ball dropped through, uncertainty reigned. As the Wolverines attempted to run off the floor in celebration, UCLA Coach Jim Harrick stormed onto the court claiming the shot should not count. Harrick argued Rose's shot did not touch the rim before King grabbed the rebound. Officials took more than five minutes before finalizing their ruling, going back and forth between the two benches to explain the circumstances. Finally, the two points went up.
This youtube video appears to be a recording of the entire CBS TV broadcast - with commercials, halftime fluff, etc.
Enjoy.
Hell of a game. Anyone who remembers 1992-93 would remember that game in particular.
It certainly looked lost with 21:30 to play --- those were some huge points U-M scored right before the half to get some momentum and positivity going.
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You mention the end of OT, but the end of regulation was something as well.
Tyus Edney had a famous game-winning shot against Missouri in a 1 vs 8 game in the Round of 32 in 1995. That shot saved #1 UCLA, and they wound up winning the National Championship.
Two years earlier, he could have had the same thing in a 1 vs 8 game in the Round of 32 in 1993. That would have been an upset of a #1 seed. He passed the ball instead though. Turned it over, U-M ball, off to OT, where U-M eventually prevailed.
I think they were arguing that Jalen was still in possession of the ball when the shot clock went off, not that the ball didn't touch the rim. Regardless, it was a heady play by Jalen to basically shot put the ball at the basket to beat the clock.
Only a five minute review? In today's game that would've taken at least 10 minutes to sort out.
There was still 1 second on the shot clock when Jalen got the shot off. I think they were trying to argue that shot clock violation occured becuase the ball did not hit the rim until after the shot clock expired. But that's obviously that's not the correct rule, which is why King's put back still counted.
Man, that music is CLASSIC
And those commercials... I don't remember Hearts Afire and Evening Shade AT ALL. I was still a junior in HS (my sis was a freshman at UM), I guess I didn't watch that kind of sitcom back then.
Those two I remember. But that Shelley Long-Treat Williams vehicle "Good Advice" is an all-time deep sitcom pull. I don't think I ever saw an episode, and I watched a lot of TV back then.
And where is Lilly? And Flo? And Limu the Emu? And Jake from State Farm? And the little anthropomorphic Cologard box guy? It was practically the dark ages back in 1993!
Seriously, though, it’s kinda shocking/disturbing how profitable cell phone network providers and insurance companies and pharma have become over the past few decades that they can spend so much $ on saturation ad buys during major sporting event broadcasts.
March 29th, 2021 at 11:58 PM ^
LIKE A ROCK!
Every other commercial was for Chevy Trucks. Put me off Bob Seger for a minute.
Absolutely love this game. Ed O'Bannon had a great first half then didn't do anything after that. My favorite moment from the game is Howard's alley oop pass to Webber
March 29th, 2021 at 10:38 PM ^
O'Bannon was absolutely unconscious in the 1st half when they rested him.
Totally killed UCLAs momentum and let Michigan back in the game.
I remember that game well. I was a Junior in High School and almost gave up when they got down 19.
That was some BS at the end of the game.
Great find!
This was before the top seeds got favorable locations. The whole regional would actually take place in that region. We were the #1 seed in the West and our reward was to play in Tucson against a Pac-12 team. Nowadays that would never happen with the pod system. This game would be played much closer to Michigan.
The ending was the reverse of the UNC game in Hawaii. Then, King had missed but Jalen tipped it in to win. (Incredibly, that Hawaii classic had three of that year's Final Four teams in it - Michigan, UNC and Kansas.)
Harrick knew that ball hit the rim. You’d have to be completely blind to say otherwise
I remember that. He acted like an ass.
Harrick was later fired from UCLA for falsifying receipts on a recruiting trip, then was fired from Georgia (and received a show-cause penalty) for giving players A grades in phony classes that they never attended.
What I'm trying to say is that Jim Harrick acting like an ass is par for the course.
What I remember most about this game was how demonstrative Webber got the more they came back. He was not going to let them lose!
I remember it and was outraged. That was before the clock stopped on a made basket after a make. That game should have ended after the King putback, but the UCLA coach AND THE OFFICIALS’ apparent ignorance of the rules led to the ridiculous delay and gave UCLA a second to inbound the ball and get a shot off (which I recall hit the front rim).
Made the trip down to Tucson to see this one.
Second time I was able to see The Fab down there. Much better result than when they played U of A at McKale.
52:17 LOL
"Go sit your ass down right now Bobby".
March 29th, 2021 at 10:17 PM ^
Gumbel, Nance and Raftery in 1993... still at it 28 years later
March 30th, 2021 at 12:32 AM ^
Weird to see Nantz and Raftery in the studio and then Gumbel calling the game.
I was in a hotel in Bloomington, IN for that one. Almost got thrown out for running up and down the halls yelling.
March 30th, 2021 at 11:39 AM ^
And that was before the game started.
I remember that vividly. It was terrfying.
Not that replay is always a good thing, but the days before it were insane for arguments about things that were obvious if you just looked at the video.
Wow -- a blast from the past. I remember that I had to be at a work dinner so listened on the radio on the way there. I have vivid memory of getting pissed that we were behind by double digits as I had imbibed a sense that the Fab Five were so good that they should beat anyone handily if they put their minds to it (with the possible exception of the 3-4 bluebloods with similar talent).
UCLA wasn't as talented as Michigan, but Edney, O'Bannon, Butler etc were good players and I feel like I've seen enough college basketball since to realize that it's a game of runs and that the best teams don't always dominate.
Having watched the video, I can’t imagine what Harrick is arguing at the end. That shot didn’t just glance off the rim, it bounced straight up. The shot clock didn’t go off until the ball was hitting the glass, so that shot was clearly off in time. He just behaved really petulantly with no justification, even in the handshake line after the game.
I remember his quotes afterwards. He was arguing that since the ball didn’t hit the rim before the shotclock expired, it should have been a violation, which IS NOT THE RULE AND LITERALLY EVERYONE WHO’S WATCHED ONE GAME OF BASKETBALL KNOWS THIS!
The fact that the refs placated this for five minutes was perverse!
Well, if my memory of Jim Harrick is correct, he wasn't exactly one for "rules."
I was at that game. I swear that the put back by Jackson was from the left of the side of the board. It was right in front of me. How could that be? Age?
Interesting that you mention that game. It was the first time that M beat UCLA under any circumstance -- there had been six losses to the Bruins before that game. In fact, the two teams have played each other four times in the Big Dance and that was the only M win. After those first six losses, the two teams are even 6-6. So time to break that tie!
As the basketball historian in the crowd, given my advanced age, I won't soon forget the 1963-64 and 1964-65 seasons, with Cazzie, Bill, Ollie, and the crowd. They were hoping to play UCLA in the 64 finals but lost to Duke in the semis. So that was background for the 65 final when M was ranked #1 and UCLA #2. M's chance to shine with its first national championship. Was not to be. That has hurt those of us Blue-bloods who are still in this world ever since then! Time for payback (even if you didn't know it)! Go Blue!
Epic game and video. The Fab 5 were really special. Thanks.
Wild to see Gumbel calling the game with Nantz & Rafferty in studio.
Essentially a road game for a 1 seed.
Harrick is the worst.
I watched this at a McDonald's because it was a Sunday afternoon game and my friends and I had to collaborate on a lie about where we were going to church. So we could all skip and watch the game.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:03 PM ^
Spring of senior year. I can honestly say I watched every second but I don’t remember much.
March 29th, 2021 at 10:58 PM ^
I was in grad school at the time and recall the game vividly. My girlfriend was in Indy and had tickets for the NCAA games there - she, her dad, one of her brothers and I saw the IU game.
Afterwards, I headed back to A2 listening to this game on the radio. It was around halftime and I stopped in Anderson, just north of Indy, to gas up, grab some food and essentially kill time so that I could listen to as much of the 2nd half in case I lost the radio feed. I was sick listening to the first half as UCLA seemed to make every shot.
Whatever fast food place I walked in was packed with IU fans who had also stopped. All they talked about was their win and how Michigan was going to be upset. For the 2nd half, I never lost the radio signal and remember pounding the steering wheel as Michigan came back, tied it, went into OT, and then waited for the final end in OT as the announcers were trying to describe the delay! I never saw a play, but was drained from listening. What a game! What a comeback!
March 29th, 2021 at 11:42 PM ^
I just watched the second half. Wow, this was almost a horrible collapse. We had come back from that huge deficit to take an 8-point lead with under four minutes left, only to go in clock-killing mode and do nothing (one possession ended with Juwan (!) hoisting a three to beat the shot clock) and UCLA came back to tie it with 6 seconds left. Then we turned it over and UCLA nearly had a layup at the buzzer, but Jimmy King stole the pass underneath the basket. Holy cow.
I remember the 1965 national championship game which Michigan lost to UCLA 91-80. M defeated Dayton (98-71), Vanderbilt (87-85) and Princeton (with Bill Bradley) (93-76) on the way to the final.
UCLA was led by Gail Goodrich who averaged 24.8 points per game for the year. He scored 42 points in the final game.
Michigan featured Cazzie Russell (25.7), Bill Buntin (20.1), Oliver Darden (13.0) and Larry Tregoning (11.1).