1989 Michigan vs. North Carolina -- video available anywhere???
Greatest Michigan basketball game I ever saw -- 1989 final four vs. Illinois
Greatest Michigan basketball game I never saw -- 1989 regional semi-final vs. North Carolina
Have searched online for the game occasionally for years and haven't found it.
Plenty of links to Seton Hall, Illinois, and Virginia games on youtube.
March 14th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
March 14th, 2017 at 10:23 PM ^
swing and miss
March 14th, 2017 at 10:35 PM ^
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March 14th, 2017 at 11:39 PM ^
Seriously? You should be able to upload it to Youtube pretty easily if you open an account. Link it here (after the lengthy upload) and you get instant hits.
March 14th, 2017 at 10:23 PM ^
As do I.
In fact, the Michigan-related items are the only VHS copies of anything in any sport that I have kept over time, even though I did the transfers to digital media years ago and these are all now on DVDs. Priorities in the event of fire and all that.
March 14th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
Yes.
March 14th, 2017 at 10:52 PM ^
March 14th, 2017 at 11:08 PM ^
I have it on VHS too. That game was an inflection point in our NCAA tournament fortunes.
We had lost to UNC the last two years in a row in the NCAA's and it looked like it would be a third
But we matched them shot for shot and outlasted them at the end. As soon as we won that game and got over the hump, I knew we were going to make the Final Four.
We bombed Virginia and rode that momentum to the National Championship.
Those 15/16 seed Princeton games vs. 1/2 seeds in the '80s and '90s were always epic.
Nobody wanted to play them. They would always come so close and then fall just short at the end.
They finally were rewarded when they knocked off defending champ UCLA in one of those games.
March 14th, 2017 at 11:41 PM ^
I saw this game on a tiny black and white TV back in the day when that was all I could afford as a grad student and have not seen it since.
The link to the Virigina game the OP provided has a channel with a lot of Michigan games (football and basketball).
March 14th, 2017 at 11:49 PM ^
Damn was Michigan good...especially at things like defense and rebounding.
Hard to imagine Wagner, Wilson, and Donnal surviving against Vaught, Mills, and Hughes, but the game 30 years ago was played so much closer to the basket.
If 2017 Michigan shoots the lights out, they'd have a chance. Then again, the front line might pick up 10 fouls in the first half.
It would be awfully nice if Beilein could/would recruit a few interior players who could actually control the boards and the paint. No way that Sanderson can build them.
March 14th, 2017 at 11:58 PM ^
That one big dominant dude in the middle would open it up so much for the outside shooters. Wilson and Wagner have advantage down low too. They can hit from any range and have the length and speed to get to the rim on most bigger and slower guys. I wish they'd exploit this more. If those two would just do a screen game around the paint, there is always the potential to have a guy between his defender and the basket. If there isn't then there has to be an opening to get the ball into one of them with pretty good position close to the hoop. It's so simple if you can get (two) guys who know how to screen and roll without the ball.
March 14th, 2017 at 11:51 PM ^
March 14th, 2017 at 11:53 PM ^
I went to that game, too. Afterwards, we drove about two hours south until we found a hotel room.
March 14th, 2017 at 11:56 PM ^
I watched this game on-line a few months ago, so I know it's out there. I'll look for it.
In the meantime, here's a bonus - The One Shining Moment ending from the 1989 National Championship:
I actually like the original version of the song better than what they play now.
March 15th, 2017 at 12:21 AM ^
I just cannot imagine getting a fair shake from the refs against Duke or UNC. Ever.
March 15th, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^
UNC fans will say the same thing about the refs regardless of opponent. Coming from both fan bases, it would be interesting to see what kind of incompetance they could cook up in that battle.
Yeah that's understandable. I'd like to see the FT stats for UNC in their title games. Seems like they're way ahead before garbage time.
A lot of that is style of play. Pretty much every UNC team under Roy has been centered around post play so it makes sense. I've been hoping to see them play Michigan for a long time to see the juxtaposition between the two styles in one game.
need to upload that one.
I've been looking for it for months...ad now that someone in this thread has said that he ran across it somewhere...I'm looking for it again...
I also want to kinda sorta see the video at the beginning of the 92 tourney where Bill Walton picked Michigan to win the NC
We lost that game. We played UNC three years in a row in the tournament (1987-89) and only won the last time.
Not related to 1989, but I am still trying figure out how a team can score 115 points and still lose by 34 to LMU in 1990. Now that was a fun team and game to watch.
March 15th, 2017 at 11:29 AM ^
Hank Gathers' ghost was playing as a sixth man for Loyola Marymount.
I'm only half joking.
Never saw anything like that before or since.
March 15th, 2017 at 10:37 AM ^
March 15th, 2017 at 11:01 AM ^
The first two games of the tournament (UAB? and Xavier) were ugly wins. Take 'em and move on.
The game against UNC on Thursday night was the win that got the attention of the entire campus. Until the Dead showed up a week later, it was all anyone talked about - frats, hippies, prof's/TA's, North Campus, townies, Jake.
March 15th, 2017 at 11:32 AM ^
South Alabama. Tough intense game.
No TV then. I was listening to it on WJR in the parking lot of NCR's world headquarters in Dayton, OH instead of working. I had to keep hiding when somebody walked by.
March 15th, 2017 at 11:47 AM ^
A few years ago, I digitally transferred all six games of the 1989 NCAA tournament that UM played in from the old vhs format. If you inbox me your email, I will send to you.
March 15th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
Guess I don't know as much about the internets as I thought.
JudgeMart- Sorry but how do I inbox you? I would love a copy of this game. I am missing this game from the 1989 tournament and it has frustrated me that I can't find it anywhere. Thank you your time.
I think he means to just type your email in the message.
JudgeMart, I'd also love a copy of that game. My email is: [email protected].
Thanks in advance!
I uploaded my old VHS tape to Youtube this afternoon. Not sure about the quality since it's a 28 year old tape and I've never uploaded to youtube before, so if something is amiss, let me know.
You can search 1989 Sweet Sixteen Michigan North Carolina or click on the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taf5f-PCvmQ
Hope this helps!
March 15th, 2017 at 11:50 PM ^
For today, you are defintiely the coolest mgoposter around.
Quality looked pretty damn good for a 28 year old tape!
I've been looking for that game for forever.
Awesome stuff!