3/28/2012 6:03 AM
The Final Four returns to Nawlins this weekend..........some great match ups and this coming from a hoops non junkie. The Louisville vs Kentucky is worth the price of admission to it whole thing...........only way it could be more intense if it were UNC vs Duke. Clay's team OSU vs KU should be a another great game as well.
The first time the Final Four came to NO it was North Carolina vs Georgetown...........perhaps the greatest assembly of basketball talent EVER at the Final Four............Sam Perkins, James Worthy, patrick Ewing, Sleepy Floyd and some lowly freshman named Michael Jordan........who hit the winning jump shot.
Syracuse and Indiana faced off in 1987, the first Final Four with the 3 point shot..........Steve Alford lit up the Dome 7 three's but Keith Smart of Baton Rouge's McKinley High knocked down the game winner. The game included Sherman Douglas, Derrrick Coleman and Rony Seikaly..........a few more NBA ers
In 1993 the Fab Five came to the Big Easy and lost to UNC and Erick Montross and George Lynch.....the infamous time out Chris Webber called and he had none to call..............oops
And in 2003 Syracuse come backs with a current NBA star name Carmello Anthony...........he starred but a no name Hakim Warrick blocked a potential game winning 3 pointer with less than a second to play........KU went down in flames
These 4 teams have a total of UK (15) KU (14) OSU (11) Louisville (9) .......49 trips to the finals....let the games begin.