Indiana vs. UNC (1984 Sweet 16): Michael Jordan's final college game

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now for the presentation of the starting lineups our public address announcer marvin mann good evening ladies and gentlemen georgia tech welcomes you to the omni for tonight's ncaa east regional semi

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between the hoosiers of the

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university and the tar heels at the university of north carolina now let's know the starting lineups for indiana university onwards a 6-8 sophomore from new york ohio number 41 mike giaomi for north carolina and a forward 6-8 senior from East Meadow New York number 44 Matt Doherty from Indiana University and up a 6-5 freshman from Lawrenceville Illinois number 50 Marty Simmons from North Carolina and up a 6-up senior from Lawrenceville Illinois -10 from latham new york number 41 sam perkins for indiana university downtown a junior 7-2 from munich germany number 33 uber for north a 6-11 black mountain carolina north carolina number 42 brad daugherty for university from indiana at guard a 6-2 freshman from newcastle indiana number 12 steve alford for north carolina at guard a 6-2 freshman from queens new york number 30 kenny smith for indiana university at guard a junior 6'5 from maryville indiana number 11 dan dockage for north carolina and guard a 6'5 junior from wilmington north carolina number 23

michael

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and introducing the head coaches of indiana university in his 19th season bobby knight for the university of north carolina in its 23rd season dean smith the officials for this chad pack

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will be booker turner at center ron spitler of the big eight on the right and mike tanko of the southwestern conference on the left carolina del north indiana the the winner will face virginia for the eastern regional championship, top ranked north carolina against indiana sam perkins north carolina the last four years look at that 117 wins and sam has been in all but two of them, that It's the most wins any player has participated in since 1952.

We go back to the Kentucky days and Mike Teomi could be the key to this game. She's been in the doghouse. A Gary but Indiana has to have a great game with him from the baseline. Do you realize that during the entire tournament there will be no shot clock? Kenny. smith from queens, new york, the freshman, you can see how much his left wrist has been stuck, obviously, from man to man from indiana and it's jaomi in the passing game from perkins from north carolina, both teams use him,

michael

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and he starts caroline with two to nothing as acc tournament time has been averaging 22 points per game at the beginning of the year, it was only down to 15 and 16 points, but he wasn't looking for an early shot.

Alford, who must shoot well from outside for Indiana to have a chance. In three games they missed the shot, scored less than 50 field goals and the five-second count against Indiana. Gary Bobby Knight knew coming into this game that you can't hold the ball particularly well against North Carolina as they overplay all the passing lanes and he obviously had a good test right there in the first 40 seconds of this game. , two to nothing. North Carolina's record is 28 and two, which is the best record in

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basketball. It's in the file. John Jordan. Jordan is going to be very difficult for him. handle the quickness as far as good ball movement that time, Perkins and Jaomi, the guy who played so well in spurts that he had a six-game streak there when he led them in rebounding, got a rebound there, good defense that time, in Perkins was wide open. another turnover against indiana and bobby knight is not very happy with this start well, the key, the key for indiana is to try to get that ball in somewhere for ube blob before, with alford picking it up against sam, the three-time All -American and by marty simmons great block by marty simmons simmons is built like a tight end and will have to use all that ball indiana has yet to throw the basketball can't get close to that michael jordan everything seems to be a highlight film when he plays well Gary, the fans got an indication of what Kenny Smith means to the team, although he doesn't have that left hand at full capacity, he sets up the fast break transition game and here's the North Carolina trap.

North Carolina. with the striker and in the lead, womp receives a foul from Jordan, who put his hand in it. Michael Palm, that ball shows you what kind of hands he has on him. Jordan commits the foul by sending it over the free throw line. They said he was in active shooting. 62 now the block only lasted about 21 minutes in that game against Richmond and that can't happen tonight. If Indiana has any chance of winning this game, I'd agree with Gary, but I think he's very smart for Indiana to come in and try to put in a lot. of pressure on North Carolina returning to help, then you will be able to have the perimeter shots available in the first game for those of you who did not see the beginning of our broadcast, Virginia defeated Syracuse 63-55 and that is why you will wait for the winner of this game to see who goes to Seattle among the

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four also to Illinois in the Middle East defeating Maryland 72 to 70.

A shooter of 61 free throws but making two very well here is the main assistant Matt Dougherty, the senior that time, a bit of difficulty. but saved very well by Kenny Smith, Doherty walked with 17 43 to go in this first half of the game four to two in favor of North Carolina and within a foul away from the ball three seconds from what that they are going to sanction and Indiana will do it. has a chance to tie and North Carolina is going to pick up Guardion Simmons' records all over the court with Jordan Gotti so good at handling pressure that he sees the entire court.

There is a good example of Alfred getting the benefit of the bags every time North Carolina goes to do it. double up, there will be opportunities on the weak side to make those jumpers, but you have to hit him after a shaky start, Indiana has now beaten him, Jordan boy, now that's his favorite move. They called him for walking and many times. when a ref first sees it, they'll call it steps, but if you really look closely, it's not like he's that quick with it, the loss goes right back to Indiana. Here's the double team using poise, but now he's traveling with the ball.

And that's the third turnover against the Hoosiers. It's a tough break for Bobby Knight. He would like to have Mike on the baseline to receive the pass, not in front, to try to make the play, but he can't get there. with a pressure defense against two coaches who emphasize defense bobby gentleman dean smith right now making it difficult on both ends great job by the doctor it's time to stop jordan from coming back through the back door kenny smith as you mentioned billy doesn't affect that shooting hand that left hand is very involved, but we're looking at two of the best freshman guards to come along in a long time, kenny smith taking on austin six to four, north carolina with 16 and a half minutes left of the first half, excellent man. to-man defense at this point by north carolina watch how they extend their defense much further than indiana marty simmons a freshman takes it to gionee and he missed the easy shot and whoever they block again a tough one will be fouled rest for indiana they're a little impatient, maybe it's a sign of the fact that they're an extremely young, extremely young team, it's that they only have one senior, they've started up to four freshmen this year, Bobby Knight, possibly a year away from actually having a team. that figure could win it all well he's taking a chance on mike geome instead of todd meyer in the game so far jamie is having a tough time bobby probably won't stay with him much longer dougherty is very open inside sam perkins throws him out For Kenny Smith, I've almost had two in a row.

She's just there with the defensive backboard. A mentally very tough boy. He has a freshman. He has assumed the leadership of this club. that most schools jordan almost had the steal indiana will reset it at 15-43 marty simmons will be in bounds simmons started so fast for this indiana club he had a 30 point game against wisconsin remember the kentucky game he was our mvp gary In the last 10 games he averaged 10 fewer points per game than in his first 10. Now his own defense in North Carolina, that's his place, it's where he likes to shoot, but this time he can't find the mark.

North Carolina goes with its starting lineup. For a long time, they usually start substituting before this Perkins double team kicks it back to Sam. There is that half hook that is so difficult to defend in Dean Smith's opinion. He has been fantastic and now gives them an eight to four lead. geometry, like you said, he likes to shoot from there, now good move by Indiana, bringing him down to the baseline so he doesn't have to make the play, Michael Jordan, with his tongue hanging back to the end of the court, misses the shot, here he comes, but he may have caught up to Gary, but this is a beat that Bobby Knight really doesn't want.

You have to keep going and force it down a little bit, but you can see the pace getting pretty quick here and that would really favor North Carolina. He was second in the Big Ten and field goal percentage, is shooting around 60 percent all year and leads the nation in free throw percentage. Jordan and they pick up a free kick from Marty Simmons that should be a good basket, they took it off the basket with their hand and it won't count. the foul on Simmons is the first thing you notice Jordan was in the move of him going up, they caught him and he continued to the jumper.

We have a timeout 14 27 left in the first half, everything is tied at eight. Michael Jordan,

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basketball player of the year I asked him yesterday if he thought he was playing his best basketball, I think so, I think having shown from the beginning here, I felt like I had a little bit of pressure on me at the beginning of the year, but then once we got to conference play I started focusing on playing for myself and not for the fans and you know so far I've been playing well. I have been more consistent defensively and offensively I think I have been consistent.

Michael Jordan, you'll see him playing for Bobby. gentleman on his Olympic team, of course, he played on that Pan American team that won the gold medal just like Sam Perkins. All the Pan American players have the opportunity to go to tryouts and that is part of the reward for having been part of the Pan American team and We will have those tryouts at Indiana University from eight to eight, our score and authority trying to get it into Perkins Indiana really backed everyone inside the foul line defensively. We have a change. 25 Steve Hale has registered in place of Dean Smith and Wolff in the ball game also inside for doherty is joe wolf very intelligent many jump shots from 16 18 feet available van perkins had it partially blocked and is joe wolfe with the rebound six foot ten greeting from outside he's the guy who started when smith was out the lineup and we're going to have a foul on joe wolfe good blocking by indiana now in their man to man defense he's considerably different from indy from north carolina in the fact that indiana packages everything almost like a zone with a lot of weak side outside, while north carolina goes ahead and spreads their defense 25 feet from the basket, michael jordan comes back, that's kenny smith sitting down, so we have hale and jordan at guards and we also came in and played with a severely damaged ankle with stu robinson number 22 for indiana fallen on hail got his way marty simmons forced it a little and that's four turnovers and bobby knight is Saying exactly what you said, slower, yeah, North Carolina is picking up the temple with their defense right now Gary is a little faster than Bobby Knight would like I'm sure, although he has a tie right now.

North Carolina, Robertson, low, good touch, pass that time from Jordan followed by Wolfe, no go and Jion is there. Now Joey is doing exactly what Bobby wanted, that's going to come in and make your presence felt. Simmons with the open shot. Indiana has its first lead. Good job on the baseline by Simmons. They have Jaomi and Simmons in the back line, which is very good. They can go ahead and get the ball down that way. The flop got a share. It is thanks to a but grape who approached and helped Stu Robinson, who had no defensive chance on that play.

Great help for Gary. Excellent job from Juve, which means someone is open. when you slide to have two men on michael jordan that means someone is open inside and that would be sam perkins north carolina now he's missed six in a row from the field and we're going to have a foul and he's going to continue jordan, no I don't. I think, Jordan rose to the top. Juve approached to try to get him out of the way. The fouls committed against Jordan. I don't think Dean Smith would agree with that. Herethere is the play. North Carolina runs this from behind. goal cut for jordan jordan is called for the foul, it is difficult to understand that jordan commits the foul and the substitution dave popson number 35 comes in a freshman wolfe will sit so what we have is Dougherty Hale Kenny Smith Thompson and Brad Dougherty in the lineup north carolina brings in a new team and falls back in a 2-3 zone now look for alfred here he has some good shooters on the court he has to be gaining some confidence billy playing so well early in the game north carolina picking the traps Outside of that zone there's a walk if you drag that foot, that'll be the fifth loss and Bobby Knight is going to make a change.

Dockage will enter the ball game. Simmons simply won't protect the ball. Gary and again for Indiana, not just them. to shoot well, but they have to protect that ball very well. Docus can do that, he will protect the ball well and see the court very well. 10-8 Indiana with leader Brad Dougherty and a range offering Steve Alford collapsing. commit a personal foul again, his first third team foul against the north carolina hoosiers he has done very well throughout this year going over defenses getting those backdoors launched, but the juve blop is doing a job so good at being in the middle that they can't make anything work that way, Brad Dougherty, who was still only 18 when he arrived in North Carolina.

He was 16 years old, born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and Dean says he is their most improved player this year. He is improving with each game. All he needed was playing time and the opportunity to play against better people. He can tie. Indiana is doing a better job rebounding. As for how wise and you could anticipate against North Carolina here at the beginning, they now block so well here's Robinson, look at that heavily taped left ankle, he's having some problems, that's a great team going through Indiana, five men have now scored for Indiana and the Hoosiers play 12. 9 leads and every time an underdog and an ncaa play can stay in the ball game, the pressure really goes to favor.

You can feel him tighten Ashley Pennsylvania's Harris Popson now with all these Dean Smith substitutes really making the defense work. He deflected the ball in the fourth loss against the Tar Heels. Robinson was hurt in that game against Richmond and they didn't know if he would play. He had a cast on his left ankle and now they counted to five again. Defense no. I think they're going to call Juve a flop for pushing inside going towards the ball, oh, a cheap ball, Bobby can't believe it, let's see him in the push, he's positioning himself, what's outside there, there's the screen , TRUE?

There he made a moving selection, but I think the five-second penalty preceded the foul. Gary, that's a tough break for Indiana. It is the second foul in the block that is thrown and there are five turnovers. Dean Smith is not the type of coach who holds out. With so much time, he doesn't like to be handed the ball, but he can't do much with very solid substitutes in case of a mistake, if he ever remembers that they turned the ball over a lot in the first half against Temple, also Gary. Kenny Smith has had some difficulty with that, he's had 16 turnovers in the last five games, he hasn't played as many minutes, there's that North Carolina zone defense that pairs up in an Alford 1-3-1, he doesn't like it.

They will give no shot. 40 to start the first half 12-9 indiana with a lead when north carolina enters the zone indiana really used their passing game very well that time had the right idea but the block couldn't handle the ball difficult pass to catch although you are gary so close to your teammate to throw the ball, it will be very difficult to handle it. North Carolina is second in the nation in field goal percentage and they are shooting just 31 in the first almost 10 minutes of this game. Michael Jordan has been away for a long time. During this period, Hopson came out now, Perkins went back to Danny Smith, they offered three or four rebounds that beat the big guys up front.

Indiana now turned the ball over on its final three possessions. Stu Robinson. You can see Indiana's young players gaining confidence. The longer they can stay in the game, obviously, the more confidence they will have and they now lead by five as we are 10 minutes from the end of the first half. Matt Dougherty from the outside, Brad is there and the sophomore follows him. Touch three points for Brad, that Dougherty shot wasn't even close to the rim. Gary Stewart Robinson with that injured ankle wanted to handle the ball and the pressure did well. I wonder why they kept Jordan out for so long.

Billy, well, sometimes they take it. came out too early in the ball game there's a foul in the curtains sam perkins running across that creek now buzz peterson going to register for north carolina let's go back to the foul let's see perkins crossing the lane pass by that's offered o docking stockings dockets good step, there is timeout 9 17 to go in this first half indiana came out very effectively in this game, they have hit six in a row to take this lead from 16 to 11, you can see how effective they have been in the tournament. I have won four national championships, two with Bobby Knight and two with Branch McCracken.

Jordan, by the way, came out at the 12 45 mark and we have 9 10 left. We'll keep you posted, we'll just see how long Dean Smith kicks him out of the championship. gary ball game it's amazing how dean smith plays so many in the first half to get to the second half a good rebound by block not holding on well good work of gordy going up brad dougherty got a part and the result is that the tar heels here's Perkins, he's not very good at stats but he's getting to the right places at the right time, that point he was making about Smith's team, he substitutes so much in the first half, he seems to be very patient with his team and He often gets himself into a position where they are behind and seems very calm about it, Buzz Peterson, who has been struggling to recover after re-injuring his knee a couple of weeks ago, Sam Perkins, that little hook for jump that you were talking about and he comes with four, he has uv flop right on his back, he is not in front at all, now north carolina seems like they want to get out of their zone now that they are back to the three point man to man advantage now for Indiana, eight and a half minutes left.

See in the first half, Jaomi goes towards Alford Jordy with 6-8, he has a lot of height over Alfred. Alfred is about 6-2 jumping on him now, that shows you how personal Matt Dougherty is at tackling Docky defensively like he's a kamikaze. there they both end and she only strikes after a shaky start. Jaomi now calmed down. No, that's why she was at the ball game. Bobby Knight knew he had to have a good game with Mike Giaomi, particularly shooting from that wing, out of Newark, Ohio. Jaomi, a second year student. at 6-8 and Brad Dougherty lost control, wait a minute, they say Indiana last touched him at the end of tonight's cbs sports ncaa basketball broadcast, billy packer and I will select the most valuable player of chevrolet from each team and chevrolet donates 1000 scholarship with a general scholarship fund from each school in North Carolina that does not have any backdoor opportunity which is one of their key offensive plays and the reason is because Indiana plays great defense on the weak side.

Here's Buzz Peterson, an excellent outside shooter from Asheville, North Carolina. now peterson is a guy throughout his career, never forget the lsu game a few years ago, when north carolina couldn't do anything against lsu in the meadows, peterson came in and had the big game last year, he put himself through knee surgery, hyper-extended that knee again this season, but now gets some playing time. Hale almost had to steal for North Carolina. Steve Hale, whose father was a coach, did Oral Roberts. Interestingly, Alford and Hale had their fathers coaching them. Interesting for Steve for his father tomorrow in Newcastle.

Go up for the indiana state high school championship, peterson is committing the foul and I'm very impressed that stu robinson is playing as well as he is with that ankle yesterday he moved very carefully, he looked good in warmups and there it was you know, indiana high school championship you have four teams left, the winner has to win two games in one day, so, a real bear, that's Sam Alford, who is Steve's father and now Todd Meyer and Juve will come He did a very creditable job in this first half. I'll sit with just two fouls, which is very important, and a chance to get some rest now that North Carolina has a lot of size on the boards in Indiana, so Meyer will have to do the job, although Bobby realizes this tough defense.

I need someone to sit down and rest because you are going to be very tired playing this type of game. There's Matt Dougherty with a steal that accounts for eight turnovers against Indiana. They're going to have a hard time replacing Matt Doherty after he graduates this year and he gets fouled while making a move, Denny Smith is coming in and Michael Jordan is still out of the game since we said he came out at the 12 45 mark and we're just There are seven minutes left in this first half. Well, you mentioned that Doherty is valuable. the only player in acc history along with walter davis who had a thousand points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists in his career, so you know a pretty complete talent and a good defensive player, which impresses you, billy, he is the third of all time in assist and he is not a guard user, he is a guard who does that, but he is the forward and excellent.

Indiana's defense is very well designed to play against a North Carolina team. They're really keeping it inside. Todd Meyer fouls Matt Doherty and Matt now. made two drives inside and committed two fouls, that's 16 fouls against Indiana Garde, going inside trying to hit that little jump shot and there was actually a lane here, they say it's a shooting foul, that's what worried me when I saw them. put the thing up, threw the ball to the side and actually passed it, that's not a foul shot, oh it shouldn't have been, Bobby Knight is up and will plead his case, of course, to no avail and gordie a good shot free.

The shooter who shot 77 will now try to get his second now only Harvard leads North Carolina and free throws as a team during the year, they shot 82 percent at 77. Second in field goal and free throw percentage 18-16, this could tie. Up, let's go Naomi with the rebound, that's four rebounds for Geomet. It's a tough man-to-man defense really spread out far. Docuto has handled it with some astuteness. There has been a change there with a good passing game from Indiana. I have to sell for this game Kenny Green is on Mars, I mean Kenny Smith is on Meyer, well now they're back because Perkins took him out of bounds.

Sam Perkins, who can run for a six-foot-nine guy with those long arms, plays like someone around seven-one. seven two someone is wide open has to be a good move by robinson north carolina got into a situation where they were double teaming two different groups of guys which left two indiana players wide open offered with six points which made him turns into a four point lead for indiana i'm really starting to wonder about michael jordan he's been out a long time jerry i think he's sick he's jumping on the bench like he's not dean smith looking at him right now he'll guide him to the bank. 20 to 18 indiana by two this is the semifinals of the east regional matt doherty and they are going to call him for traveling while he was skating down the court trying to get to a loose ball and gary caught the ball standing up and then went to the ground, you know, if I hadn't tried to advance the ball, it would have been fine now Jordan comes in, he left at the 12 45 mark and in the 5 27 stage of this first half he came in and was out for seven minutes and 18 seconds, yeah, Dean Smith He evidently feels that this game is going to be a struggle.

He wants a rested club and doesn't want anyone to get into foul trouble. Alford a bit of difficulty. Documents for Stu Robinson. He's really playing. A game comes and goes. the ball and alfred is in trouble and hits the open man there it is deflected jordan able to return it to steve hale four point lead for indiana smith penetrating and another foul every time they come in billy indiana has been committing well the fouls he has been committing penetration fouls, which isn't really a sign of a Bobby Knight team. They usually don't give you the penetration, which is 17 fouls, so they'll shoot free throws when Buzz Peterson comes back and was out briefly.

Hale Will. leave and they will bring in huvey blockback and what will be the mark of the second half, gary, you can be sure that north carolina will go with their starting lineup and keep them there. There have been so many different lineups, but that's how it has been. They've played all this year and for many years in fact, Kenny Smith with an 81 one-on-one free throw shooter in the ball game had a nice break, what Bobby doesn't want to happen is that he picks up that third missing before halftime, well, you can be sure that Carolinaof the North will enter Dougherty or Perkins, whoever is playing 22-20 in Indiana for two, here comes the team's double trap.

Robinson walked the ball and I thought Todd Meyer did it? it indiana shot 71 from the field that was stopped by perkins good job by todd maher we're going to have a timeout 4 48 to go in the first half indiana the young team that they are have not been in awe of north carolina for any stretch of the indiana imagination played really well one of the reasons is number 11 dan docky dockey statistically I really don't know what he's doing he only scored two points but he's kept the team really on track he's played really well distributing the basketball okay?

That's what happens to a lot of people who look at a stat sheet and say, "Gee, the guy only has two points, how can you keep talking about him?", but he's doing multiple things, he has three assists and that's important, but the best thing he does is go out and receive the ball when the guards get in trouble. He's getting the ball to the right people and keeps Indiana's offense moving and on defense he's in the right place at the right time every time. The team goes and Indiana made nine of its last 10 shots and Albert almost made 10 of 11.

The rebound, all-time leader Kenny Smith, fumbled because he can't use that left hand properly. Peterson, yeah, who's out? the ball game again jordan comes out of here it is an unusual shot for peterson who approaches the deep corner offered with four rebounds indiana for two good moves challenge him inside he is able to commit the foul but jordan comes out of there again billy like steve hale will come into action now like i said it looks like dean smith gary is playing this first half just to get to the second half majority committee personal foul his first indiana even though they are losing this ballgame they really have been his worst enemy they have committed eight turnovers even though they are losing they are winning I said winning oh winning okay he has played under control so far he has not gotten into the trouble of fouls he has six points good game there by robinson almost created another turnover 24-20 the hoosiers steve hale rebound meyer and almost miss what's going on he can't get his offense going at all with those type of shots north carolina was shooting 40 before that last attempt bob won the hook I wanted that hook I wanted that hook Gary had Perkins on him and he took it anyway he accelerated from far away to hit that one and Perkins comes back at the other end, that's why he's an American.

A man put it in his face and turned around and did the same thing. Sam averaged 17 and a half per game. Robinson continued to handle the pressure well. Klopp almost walked towards the slanted ball. eliminated by donkey, that was dockey, he's doing the little things out there again, yeah, crashing the boards, blop had an easy shot, perkins has now been switched to vee block, todd meyer looked good, didn't get the roll, perkins with the rebound and ube stayed out of Him, very wisely, you see the time left. There are three minutes left in this first half.

Hubei is getting a little tired at the moment. This is where you pick up a cheap foul from Perkins with Meyer on his hip and see the Dockies look at the foul but again help. inside gary let's go back to juve's circular right hook shot that was able to attract gary, you see perkins outplayed him, good block catch, look how he saw the ball in his hand, but he wanted the hook right here and took it without taking . that extra step that was well executed changed now Brad Dougherty will check that Jordan comes in Jordan hasn't seen as much playing time 26-22 Indiana with a lead Two shots for Sam Perkins 14 rebounds against Temple broke Billy Cunningham's long-time rebounding record Billy c had the record in north carolina, well, statistically there is something in the ncaa that you would like to see and you hate to see the asterisks, but obviously, when guys played in only three years in a college competition, other guys play four, it's not really fair to compare.

They are two great players, though, Dave Hopson will check in, Perkins will sit down while Dean continues to ferry people around. He did it against Temple, but the reason I thought he did it against Temple's Temple is a tired ballclub at the end and not a tired club but we're going to be at halftime now north carolina goes to their zone 1-3- 1 they have popson running on the baseline they told us from the north carolina bench the reason they haven't been playing george moore is that he chose they committed those two fouls and they just want to protect him for the second half, make sure that Don't commit the third.

I'm only playing seven minutes in this half. I'm surprised that's the reason he's back now. because you could just as easily get the third in the last two minutes as they did before this moment, that theory doesn't hold up very well, does it? Alfred again has been where he's been hitting the defense and Dockage will be called for a Foul, he goes behind the hail, that was some good defense from Michael Jordan coming out. He has tremendous jumping ability. He came out and altered that Alfred shot. There's Michael Jordan's mother and father, of course, Michael from the Wilmington, North Carolina area, played at Laney. high school his mom has never missed a game every game he plays they drive from wilmington that's not an easy trip now jordan comes out again hobson comes out you're going to have to keep your eyes on the ground as they are taking people away to another one, Gary, I think just what we said is what happened there with two minutes left, you sure don't want Michael Jordan, who is a very active player, to commit another foul here on Dean Smith at halftime, Brent Mussberger, New York.

I'll update you on that victory in Illinois and also on the other action that's underway right now in that region of the Middle East. Bobby Knight told Steve Alford that he wants to either have a chance or not have a chance, let's see what 26-24 semi-lag will be. come on right now we shoot alford steve hale jumping there are the coach's two sons against each other well good, it was a shot then, uh, good move ten points for the seven foot two junior and Dougherty on the other end in the flop went up, did not commit the foul and intimidated the shot.

He altered the shot very well. Point advantage for Indiana. There are 26 minutes left in the first half and Docket's double dribble is controlled by double dribble. Nine turnovers again. Good defensive pressure from North Carolina. He now he is sitting. down, wolf, sit, perkins, it's a revolving door, like those special teams you have in football, everyone has a certain play waiting for them and that's the way Dean Smith has been orchestrating this first half. There are many things, but not as effective as they usually have been. even though Juve is failing and not in the game at the moment, a minute nine into the first half, four point lead for Indiana and Smith, he finds those open spaces, he found the spot and Dougherty found a good job for him. cross the lane with Dougherty.

Kenny Smith had six points, not a lot of walkovers in the ncaa tournament, right? It was a game in which North Carolina was heavily favored and they have been behind almost the entire first half after coming out early with a lead of four to nothing, now 39 seconds away, and Indiana is looking for one. very good shot or no shot at all until the buzzer rings, a beautiful pass and Kenny Smith fouls him and that's what Dockets does, as well as anyone on that Indiana team. A great job pushing him through the defense. He's doing all the things that Bobby Knight teaches. and that's why he's there on that court, here you see, he gets the pressure bouncing up until now, which is why a lot of teams, when they go against North Carolina's pressure defense, try to throw it over the top instead of staying with the ball and push it.

Marty Simmons will come in under the defense and Bobby Knight has to be happy with Dockage, who will sit next to him, here we go Robinson on the line, free throw shooter 79, started 15 games, you know, Bobby this year has been a starter in 18 different lineups. When you have a young team, he had a hard time getting consistency and that's one of the things he said that really hurt him about coaching his team is that they won certain games that he didn't think they would win and they lost some games that he thought they would win. He said that it really bothers him because he is supposed to have and has a good handle on his waffles.

He has been a little bit. He doesn't feel that they play as well defensively as he would like. He doesn't know if They are quite tough, but here tonight they have been tough, they have a four point lead, let's see if North Carolina tries to try to pass a Londoner, beats Perkins inside, faces Courtney Woody and Joel Wolfe follows Wolfe by having a good game. Here in the first half, Wolf at 6-10 feels like he will be a forward rather than a center. Oh, he's done it five times this year, which has to give Indiana a real boost.

Eight points per offer. Let's watch it again when the doorbell rings. at the end of this first half gary at the end of the first home steve alford gets used to this which is almost an nba triple corner right on the money big basket for that ball jumping club a surprising first half indiana leads carolina del north 32-28 cbs sports coverage of the ncaa basketball championship will continue after this commercial message and a few words from your local station. Gary Bender, along with Billy Packer and the leading scorers of this first half of the game, see the flop and Perkins tied for scoring honors with 10 each. the first half steve alford shot very effectively hitting four of seven smith was six smith by the way billy had only one turnover in the first half despite that very recorded risk he had six in the first half against temple and dean smith let's see if his strategy pays to keep michael jordan out of that first half for all but eight minutes bobby knight has to be happy with the start of his young ballclub stu robinson will start the second half a little short and wide on that throw and you think that Leicester's Dean Smith's foul trouble will stick with his starting lineup for a long time here Jordan has broken it Alford on the robbery ahead of Robinson Good job by Indiana trying to force the ball in It's not there Stu Robinson I doubt he even would play or would be able to play effectively has eight points 34-28 indiana Matt Dougherty Matt did not make that shot in the first half now he came to make this one in the first half he was up by three and seemed positive in that he shot, although Gary did not press not at all the four-point lead for the Hoosiers, the third-ranked Illinois Big Ten who won tonight, defeating Maryland in that Mideast Regional, are already trying to force the records to go to the bottom. baseline, now five seconds, I call you very rarely.

I see a five second call on that part of the court so what Bobby Knight is yelling here is that no one came to help Dockitch with the ball. It's the third time Indiana has had the five-second call recorded against them. That's ten turnovers for the game let's see if the fatigue factor is going to come into play north carolina free substituted soul there is a foul that time inside it should be offensive interference jordan was up interfered with the ball a basket Dougherty will It doesn't count now, Bobby Knight is going absolutely crazy with the records right now and the reason is that Dockett's job is to make sure Michael Jordan doesn't crash the offensive backboard.

Michael went flying out there and even though he took aim, Bobby Knight wants to keep him away. On the board, he hasn't had much to be mad about about the dock because the Donkeys played very well in the first half with a four-point lead for the Hoosiers and he lives up to the occasion when Michael Jordan slightly blocked the ball . He still hit her. redhead with twelve the foul against North Carolina is Brad Dougherty Brad Dougherty setting a moving screen 42 already with his second personal foul Dean Smith working a little as a referee in his 23rd year was an Olympic coach in 1976.

He took with him, some players from Bobby Knight, Buckner, and maybe he would have taken Benson too if he hadn't gotten hurt, well, Bobby will take a couple of his players. Perkins and Jordan, there's probably a glob that was a tough pass. Perkins and Jordan, a double team quilt, taomi bats. is out of bounds, he's trying to get the call to go another direction and North Carolina is really trying to force the temple and there's a young girl who has a passing interest in this game, Nancy Knight, who's right next to him. side is Van Arsdale's mother, Hilda Van Arsdale.

Remember Dick and Tom, the Indiana All-Americans playing Jordan giving him the jump shot and Indiana really packing that defense, Jordan has the jump shot, not a bad rule, although defensively you have to give something up against him, Dockitch I wasn't going to allow it. he comes in michael jordan now with six points a four point lead again for indiana engaging the slow block i can't hold on you know i talked to bobby about the block of thejuve you know we have said how difficult it is for him to catch the ball but he said that if everyone had good hands we would all be short stops, there is the pass to Jordan inside and Jordan now sits a lot in this first half making his presence felt in the second half, that's something characteristic of the Illinois game and I think he Gary lost a little bit of concentration because he could imagine having an easy score he just didn't catch the ball.

The dock at the other end committed the foul. His third Dean Smith wanted two shots on that play. He won't get it, like I said, he's trying to get it done. Take something away from Jordan, since he can't take everything away from him. He has been in a great position to stop these backdoor cuts. Look how it opens there. He really did a good job. I thought it was a bad decision. Now Bobby is going to take him. out with four fouls, he hasn't made the move yet, you see how much that hurts Bobby Knight, he knows that Dockage has been the key to his game so far, he's not going to make any changes, at least not right now, Let's see if they go. inside for michael jordan in a post smith a finished space did a good job brad doerty had a road bump in jiomi uh donerty hurt his hand i think oh these hand problems with that hand billy that's the same hand he hurt he has the palm where he has some tendons, he didn't tape them or not, I don't know if Dean Smith has seen them yet, yes, he has Wolf coming in, he had taken the tape off, he played with it last week in Charlotte and it may have aggravated that. injury, yes, it is exactly the place, it is the tendon actually in the palm of the hand.

He had taped his two fingers together to alleviate some of the difficulty and now, without the tape on, he may have re-injured himself and that's where that depth helps. north carolina is redshirting warren martin another seven foot shot they had good defense that time by indiana perkins from the outside and that will be a foul against jordan and that's their third doctor, he was the guy who had the position again, well what's your job to keep Michael Jordan off the boards and you're going to do a good job. Watch him go for the block, don't worry about the rebound, just go for the block and there's Jordan closing in behind him, still with a four-point lead on Indiana Jordan with three fouls. good pass by robinson kicked that time by perkins out of bounds indiana turned the ball the last three times down the court they would like to shoot this time now they have some ice on doherty's hand there but it doesn't look like they are setting him up to cover it up and come back to this North Carolina team.

He was really rolling and the injuries started to surface again. Stu Robinson committed the foul and there's the ice you were talking about and I think Doherty. I realized that an injury can also keep you out for a while. North Carolina. Billy. What did they do when he first 21 games? Everything was going and then Smith got hurt. He was already hurt. this ball game doesn't give you any easy baskets there are records with four fouls and this time we are going to have a foul on geomet it seems like perkins wants that ball in he has been so consistent in every ncaa game he has played he is in double figures jaomi now with three personal fouls that send Perkins to the line.

If there's one thing Sam has been criticized for, it's that he's so consistent, so quiet, so smooth that you don't recognize what he's doing. How effective he is, two points all-time, only Phil Ford has scored more. and the all-time leading rebounder now that he's played this is his 15th career ncaa game he scored in double figures in each of course double figures in this one we've already taken a quick look at the record who's playing with that quarter Bobby's lack has kept him there and he has been just as effective when he had less than four starters, two men down on the field.

Alfred still doesn't see him break the pressure. Good job Robinson. He has enough quickness to overcome the pressure that Indiana has had. Four consecutive possessions without shooting is important and it is a very young team, they have to get a good selection of shots here. There are 15.45 left in this game. Smith is trying to take advantage of Alford's charge. Good job, an offer he might have. got a bad shot there oovay gives it back to stu robinson and anderson indiana sophomore can't hit matt doherty on michael jordan oh that's cool followed by joe wolfe gets there they were crashing the boards and then the crowd He really started to get into the ball. the game now has a chance to tie it is carolina perkins stu robinson good play by stu robins who can escape robinson in the ball game so instead of tying the north carolina trails by four and you realize that Dean Smith doesn't go to that bench much.

In this half there is Dockage holding inside and he made Jordan change the shot from him and here comes Robinson again. He now remembers that Donkey only played with four fouls. He's doing a great job, although this Indiana club is really brave taking on the number one team in the country, Alfred, with 10. points and you can see how excited he is 40 to 34. Indiana with the lead and North Carolina takes the number one in the country and they may have this one down to the wire, shaping up now that Perkins gets fouled and will continue. stu robinson both teams are starting to gasp for some air right now that's second in stew here's steve hale 25 comes in matt Dougherty will sit down after hitting that last shot he fell and raised his fist in the air normally he's a very player impassive well, sam perkins is going in that line, he is now the second scorer of all time behind phil floyd in north carolina they were both four-year players 40-34 two shots for sam perkins perkins with 13. and you can see his shots free throws, he's been under center, yeah, he led the conference in free throws in the ACC this year, which is incredible for a big man to do this, okay, as big a shooter as there is in the country, North Carolina has reduced it to Four left 14-14 in this game Indiana still with the lead Dean Smith Trailey's team is 28-2 and we don't know if Brad Doherty will be able to return to the ball game.

They're bandaging those fingers, those are the exact precautions. They've been drinking since he hurt his hand the first time, he didn't come out with that tape, he hurt it again and it's going to be very painful, plus, that's his shooting hand and the key, I think for Indiana, is to keep to Dockitch in the game that Gary has. the four files has been very important in their passing game hitting the open man and doing a good job on jordan defensively a four point lead for the hoosiers now we are in 14 minutes left in this game the winner will face virginia for the regional championship east Saturday Bobby Knight knows he can't put the ball in the freezer here but they're there a pass delay type game here's Geome he's got Joel Wolfe on him and he's going to have to get rid of that steal by hale oh , kept that play alive very beautiful steve hale his first two points that's the type of game that has provided the steal here and there the basket his best game was against Arkansas he had 15 points this year and stretched Gary now You have to say that Dean Smith replaces the guys with a new baseball bat on the field, while the Indiana kids have to start getting a little tired again from moving the ball. you have real problems we have two of the best free throw shooters in the country in perkins and alfred alford leads the nation in free throw percentage over 90 for the year as matt doherty will return to the tar heel lineup and replace kenny smith, so you have hale and jordan in the backcourt, now Dougherty is going to take over and mark the record.

Albert takes little time at that free throw line. It is very interesting to study the good free throw shooter that some of them will make. remember kyle macey, he stays up to his socks like alford does there, but steve releases the ball faster, but it goes in anyway, he's sure to be a great free throw shooter, four point lead again for indiana 1307 and north carolina . The fans got a little uncomfortable trying to get records for that fifth foul and got their hands on Perkins, but somehow Perkins gets a ball that was a bad throw by Sam Perkins, Indiana still really touts him defensively, Michael Jordan is above everyone, except Jaomi. with another rebound he has seven of them alfred is going to challenge he is going to go yes sir and hale has committed the foul let's see if they count the basket you have a referee he has not indicated yet no one has indicated a referee wants the basket to count the guy on the right wants this guy on the right wants the basket to count there has been no signal yet, let's see this booker turner is a referee, he is the man in charge in the middle, the tallest of the three was going to mean a good basket, let's see spitler and mike tanco along with brooker turner are going to give him the basket and dean doesn't agree with the great play, you can see that the tracking official was going to call it a good basket, no doubt, he should have counted on the possibility of a play of three points offered. with 14 of them, hale committed his second personal foul and mr automatic on the line again, now gary again, we point out that the underdog clubs start to play loose as they advance and for the favorite teams it becomes a time when they start to press a little. a little on his shots this is the biggest lead of the game for indiana at the mark of 12-26 they have assumed this position again the records will not give jordan that weak side lob matt doherty big jumper brad doherty is preparing to enter the game of ball five points for Matt Dougherty Steve Hale gave the signal that he is tired and hasn't been in so long and shows you how difficult it has been to chase this Indiana team by hitting defensively to offer it again Alford is making the shots, but Dockets he's turning the ball over perfectly 17 points for auburn he's above his seasonal average he had a 30 point game earlier this year and a three pointer everyone is looking for a slightly better shot wolfe gets fouled the foul to continue giaomi good pass inside from north carolina now has four fouls, well what Bobby Knight is looking at right now, Gary is coming down around the eight minute mark and starts trying to use the delay game a little bit.

Todd Meyer is coming back, they're going to get Jiomi out of there and save. him, they don't want to have two guys with four thousand in there and Todd Meyer is looking for Jaomi and Jaomi has done a hand job here tonight and you see Dockitch leaning over Robinson Ben and trying to gasp for that air wolf that makes the big shots his brother of course a good player at the university of north carolina by the way todd meyer who registered he and joe wolf are best friends they are both from the wisconsin area they did not play against each other at oshkosh high school the other from kohler wisconsin six point lead for indiana with 11 and a half minutes left uh i haven't touched it in a while perkins trying to help at the moment he helps someone who saw yuba have a chance for an easy shot indiana really control the ball very well, They are in no hurry at the moment, they have a six point lead as we approach 11 minutes to go.

North Carolina has been in that final four countless times, but never when it lost the acc seven tournament. times dean smith has been there oh good help from robinson. I'm amazed at how well he's playing after looking at that ankle, his left foot yesterday, he was barely able to put his shoe on Indiana in their controlled offense right now and all year in the big ten Indiana has done a great job playing this offensive because they have a good free throw team there is a dock again matt doherty escaped he missed the wolf shot with the rebound and it is having a hard time passing jordan good collection even if sam perkins bobby knight has to call a time out his club is tired now same 16 points for sam perkins 47-43 indiana look at the job alford jordan has done, as we said, he played only eight minutes in that first half, so his stats aren't that impressive Bobby Knight saying they didn't need that last shot in suspension, it's probably true and since the Russian Hale is often eliminated, he did it.

Gary pushed and is making everything go down 14 points for Juve. He blocks the West German 80 by playing spy on him. the ball as he has played all year 49-43 the hoosiers now with nine and a half minutes left jordan oh perkins once twice there is a dock again keeping jordan off the board you talk about a brave performance kenny smith brad dowerty will come in marty simmons He will sign up for the first break of the action here playing all this time with four fouls on him, there's Perkins going for the loose ball, Stu Robinson blocked very well by Matt Dougherty and a shot that Indiana probably didn't really need now with nine minutes left. for the end. in the game you really get the feeling that dawkins is controlling the ball game and with his offense he is passing stu robinson with a good fight, he pretended to raise his tail and released the ball and now it is 51-43 12 points for robinson, carolina from North. like they're getting a little tired jerry hanbeen chasing the defense so much they are breathing hard on the offense something to see dean smith and bobby knight matching wits in this game indiana don't expect it to be so tough greetings from the outside, good job by steve hale perkins surrounded by three players indiana continues to shoot well 62 they had 61 in the first half now what they are doing so well now they are not turning the ball over there is a blop that wants that hook and perkins fouls him that is approaching North Carolina returns with a few more substitutes, three Of them to be exact, Peterson Smith and Brad Dougherty, Steve Hale, Michael Jordan will be leaving again, as will Sam Perkins.

Here two All-Americans now sit with eight minutes left in the game and then you have to look towards North Carolina and wonder where the points are going to come from, you have Peterson who will take a shot, Kenny Smith who will penetrate, another one on top of that , you don't have great scorers out there, that's short. They're getting a little too tired, you can't blame anyone for being tired in this game, they've been a tenacious defense, that's the first miss from the line for Indiana, they're nine of 10, but they're shooting over 71 percent in Shot. year anyway, that's long, push, marty simmons got away with it, alford wants the shot from him, he made it, he got fouled and that's a great play. matt doherty makes the giant disgusting play team smith and bobby knight look at bobby sitting there looking like he's behind they've sneaked into each other three times this is the fourth dean smith won two regulations bobby knight won the national championship in philadelphia has a shot at the ncaa game right here is Bobby Knight liked it and then he's going to move on down offered missed a free throw that's history right there 53-45 Matt Dougherty playing with that heavily bandaged right hand here's Matt getting ready for Jordan Perkins to get back there with seven and a half left because Peterson misses Robinson with a rebound and Indiana can now just kind of let the air out, it was a calculated gamble by Dean Smith to take out his two All-Americans, but he had no one on the court there , Philadelphia was going to make the good shot.

Rd Simmons, Joe Wolfe will have a hard time keeping him. They are in a late game now they will have to get out of there and it gives the doctors a big game by marty simmons bobby gentlemen this could be a cinderella story if this young team can hold on they lead by 10 7 minutes 10 seconds To start, this is in the category of a wonder, over 16,000 are watching this game from Omni and Indiana leading the top ranked team and one of the reasons is that Steve Alford 8 of 12 from the field 19 points on the other end of the Dean bench.

Smith Billy, you're wondering how to keep Michael Jordan out of there in that first half. He played only eight minutes if he could return to Honey. Well, Dean Smith takes a man down when he commits two fouls. You can see that he is very, very worried at this point. In the ball game, Indiana has played an impeccable ball game by protecting the ball and getting it to the right man at the right time. Alford has been making his shots. He has been putting the ball in. Bobby Caballero's genius will be our US Olympic coach. .USA and we're in good hands with that guy 55 45 10 point lead for indiana indiana shot 67 carolina 38. perkins and got fouled and that will be offered if you're from indiana you don't want to present now or even give up the shot without opposition for a couple of reasons why you don't want to stop that clock and nothing that keeps the clock moving in their favor not only that now they are shooting free throws that is the team's seventh foul against indiana and perkins as we said just an excellent shooter free throws has 16 points again, something like a quiet 16.

With the exception of the first minute of the game, North Carolina only had one chance to tie it and they were unable to do so. Matt Dougherty will come in for Brad Dougherty, obviously, he'll go with a smaller team on defense now to chase a little bit. perkins is perfect from the line seven of seven the way indiana holds the ball they are going to be able to rest a little on offense the whole chase will have to be done by north carolina there is robinson remember when dawkins picked up that fourth foul he stayed in the long game here is the zone pressure now by North Carolina well broken by Stu Robinson and then they return to man to man and the big weapon now becomes Steve Alford's free kick because he will have the ball inside.

You can see his hands a lot, you can see the time that there are six and a half files left again seeing the entire floor, earlier in the game he could have entered inside the block, but he doesn't have to do it now because the objective now is only to protect the ball marty simmons To allow for good work hitting the open man, don't let a player get close to you until you get a double team, we get close to six minutes, as you can see, Robinson gets out of trouble, it's a well-coached team in a game delayed with a lot of time. people say you know going to delay will only do it if you have a team that knows how to handle it.

Indiana certainly saw them this year go against Iowa at home and go about 10 minutes, there's going to be a foul. Matt Doherty, remember now that Simmons and Alford, both freshmen, played under these pressure conditions, of course, I guess you have a whole year now, you shouldn't play like a freshman, well, with this guy too of leadership, you know, sometimes you just start playing around. loose, one on one, remember Marty Simmons, you're talking about a freshman with the confidence to play against Kentucky and have the ability to go ahead and have the biggest game so far this year.

Jordan is there to get some water. Since Brad Dougherty is going to come in and Kenny Smith is going to check it out, they want him here to have a chance to rebound this free throw and, on the offensive end, Simmons has had bigger games than he had at Kentucky in terms of numbers, but that It was his best performance. as we've seen in circumstances, he struggled after that, he's not shooting as well from the free throw line 67 and now he gets that Indiana, as the team is 10 of 14, 10 or 13 from the free throw line in the end. that last possession, Billy killed a minute, a second and made both free throws, that's how they did it, they'll use that clock and wait until they get to five and again you'll go down this side and it's the records that really did the job. michael jordan jordan has to look to make some shots the last time these two clubs met it was for the national championship in 81 and indiana won, here comes an offer that is remarkable, simply remarkable, about michael jordan, this game i think is history , Gary offered himself with 21 points.

Biggest lead of the game for the Hoosiers. Jordan can't get it. Matt Dougherty follows. He can't get it and Indiana tries to save him, but the wrong team has him as far as they are concerned and that will be out of line. indiana gary tonight indiana is his weak side defense here we see he offers to go down on the fast break and he just beats hale and takes it michael jordan comes over he tries to hit him he hits the backboard and it's no use but the key thing he's done indiana is eliminated north carolina's inside game backdoor balloons have none sam perkins and marty simmons will be penalized for the foul simmons committed his second personal pot last year north carolina was upset by georgia in the regional game what do you watch that clock is now five minutes left in 12 and bobby knight on his late game it would be a miracle for north carolina to pull this game the crowd sitting here billy really are stunned aren't they? no reaction right on the first The Virginia Syracuse game was a slight surprise, nothing like this in proportion, but certainly a surprise, everyone thought maybe it would be Virginia and North Carolina, the acc plane for this eastern regional championship, Stanford still making free throws, but now it's a North Carolina thing. somehow they get the ball back some indiana defensively they've been too good with it perkins nine of nine from the line 19 short hockey points for the rebound there's the steal jordan backs it up to greet kenny smith to georgia that might start something robinson just He kept going and got into some traffic, not what he wanted.

Bobby Knight told him to slow down. Buzz Peterson is going to enter the ball game. He's just been trying to get new people in the game on the court. Timeout of less than 5 4 55 left a nine point lead for Indiana 59.50 there is a lot of pressure and a lot of pressure on the coach's wives. Well, Nancy is smiling right now. She has to feel very good about this ball game and the way her team and her husband are handling the game. Here's Bobby, he's sweating through that shirt. I mentioned that Dean Smith is in the hall of fame and Bobby is sure to get there.

There are only three types in the game's history. Well, two guys who won gold, the NCAA championship and the nit. pete newell is one of them, he's here tonight, bobby gets that chance this summer, jordan fouled marty simmons and michael jordan, that's his fourth foul, simmons goes to the line, simmons hit two of them just now , although it's not, if you look at percentage-wise, one of the guys in Indiana and one and a half from the line, well, you know, those two escapes, Off's and Robinson's, will really be the big difference here because North Carolina, if they commit a foul. with this kind of margin you're not making some of the mistakes indiana still had a pretty good and comfortable market now that leaves the door open for north carolina to lose the front part of that one and one nine point spread with 445 left here it is perkins and there are the files keep Jordan off the board again, Matt Dougherty, although he gets the roll and they are now down to seven, seven points for Matt Doherty, Marty Simmons was offered and Simmons will go to the line again.

Steve Hale commits the foul well, that wasn't a foul meant to stop the clock and uh, it was Hale was going for the steal thought he had a pretty good double team on the other end of the court Indiana is doing a great job breaking the double team three fouls on Steve Hale now Simmons missed the front of one a while ago he has another and one and missed another can reduce it to five on this trip down the court michael jordan wants that ball in from the field when he gets that one he went to heaven now michael jordan can't afford another foul and simmons will go to the line again and smith fouls this time and marty simmons imagines what's going through his mind.

He's missed now the front two ones and ones, they're down to 414. North Carolina committed a pretty good run here gary without using much time off the clock simmons 204 at night that's what the student is going to do now freshman starting to feel the pressure michael jordan definitely wants that ball jordan again the all american try to win it and dockage fouled out of the game, that's a tough break for indiana. Michael Jordan really wants that ball, now Bobby will have to make two changes if he still wants to get Simmons out of there while Dockage fouls. has been the glue tonight on this indiana team he has france he needs ball handlers so he has france to participate in a ball game with a little experience that he had not yet been in tonight Dockage leaves with statistics that They don't tell you how well he played, he had four points, three assists and three rebounds and that's who Bobby will go with France.

He has to have another ball handler in the game. A guy with some experience. That's Jaomi, who will enter. They will also eliminate Simmons after missing three, one and. Some in front of them and Chuck Franz number 23, the only senior on this Indiana team, will come in and Bobby Knight is now going to call to find out what he is going to do. He's only talking to three players. He said this game was history for a few minutes. He makes sure you did what you said, often wrong, but never doubt, that's for sure, Jordan is just trying to bring North Carolina back from 59-55.

The score is Alford, there are four minutes left and now Indiana has not been able to get the ball. He offers his hands, you realize they've had other people on the line, that's the guy they can still afford to send to the free throw line shooting 91 that was deflected Robinson recovers it Franz gets fouled by Perkins Now Franz hasn't been in the ball game until this very moment the last possession just came in the ball game but he is a good free thrower, he is a good free throw shooter and they are going to ask him to do a lot here shooting 79, full of 16,000 here for the semi final game in the east region, the winner will play virginia on saturday here on cbs docket, sitting there on the bench with your head buried in a towel, don't you want to see the three games in a row that Indiana failed in a one ? and one missed four in a row now it's amazing that a really good free throw team can't get one to land left jordan has robinson on him can put him in steve hale back to perkins hard shot two points game five Seconds they just put it in for throw France and break it again, but Alford recovers anda block and a foul by Steve Halen offer pain.

He's hurt. It was a shaky pass from Indiana Alfred. It's also his right hand that was like a block. football by hale is his right hand man gary alford is the man you want to go to the line but you can see him shaking. I'm surprised Bobby Knight doesn't call him to ask how he's doing to make sure he's giving 100 percent. a brave player and will want to go to the line jordan almost makes a steal there is the side body block look how he fell with his right hand after a 10 point lead is now down to two and alford at the free throw line what comeback, this has been for north carolina.

I ruled them out at about the eight minute mark, the seven minute mark, but the lack of four forward ends from the one and one really gave this north carolina team a chance, but alford has now brought that to a abrupt hole sir indiana basketball back to a three point lead and a four point lead 3 12 to go looking for north carolina to enter jordan with robinson and robinson a little too small to handle michael jordan oh he wants shoot Smith and that will be out of North Carolina, yes really North Carolina wasted a possession in my opinion Gary here they should have gone in for Michael Jordan to set him up.

Hail returns for North Carolina playing with four personal fouls. Both he and Jordan have four. Oh, Chiomi almost gave it back to Alfred. Good job, she went to France and will return to him. You see, there are 2 48 left in this game and Jordan has four fouls. He gets the jump. He is to the north. carolina goes to north carolina in alternative hell gary this possession to me is critical for north carolina and the fact that they have to pass the ball low to michael jordan on 17 turnovers against indiana there he is he is down with the friends from robinson they come to help sam perkins to smith jordan will try to reduce it to two but he will not go perkinsazaris now due to blocking the juve block commits his third only the first foul of the second half he has not done much in the second offensive half because Indiana He's been mainly playing his aerial game away from the ball, he had to stay close and he already had Bobby Knight talk to Alfred.

Can you imagine three more years those two will connect in Indiana? We have a partner. called delray brooks entering to be in that defensive zone that will be something worth seeing perkins has missed only one free throw in ten attempts, there are two free throws that have been missed jordan missed ron and perkins leaves the front of the hoop indiana by four 2 23 a they're going to make sure that alfred doesn't get the ball he just gets fouled by matt doherty now gionee statistically for the year on shots 71 percent a good free throw shooter has a good touch gary hadn't had to go to the line but if you're north carolina you have to keep the ball out of steve halford's hands because when he goes down that line it's automatic you know who is supporting jaomi very hard right now marty simmons naomi with four points that moves jaomi it has been worth it, you have I have to feel sorry for Marty Simmons, but that can happen to you, oh yeah, it starts to snowball on you, you miss the first and the one and we all long for it and it's out of the picture, but now it's back to be a four. -point lead for indiana, one thing indiana hasn't been able to do in this sequence is run at any time off the clock, basically, they've had, you know, 15 seconds of possession yelling at perkins while he had the ball, jordan trying to take away robinson.

Because of his speed he wants it, right? Oh what a play, now you're wondering where he was in the first half and here he goes, Michael Jordan, remember, he has four fouls, he has 13 points and a foul on Hale and Hale has fouled either one of them would have fouled They're playing with four, they had better greet an offer beyond the ball Gary then found him You don't want to put him on the line They had him on a double team He had lost his dribble Look at this individual effort from Jordan He carries the ball He slides down it keeps him alive crosses between his legs comes back in hangs and throws it off the glass some movement offered goes to the free throw line hale is Joel Wolfe, fouled out, will come for North Carolina.

Now North Carolina has Kenny Smith in a ball game. They have Jordan in the ball game because of his defensive quickness, but by losing Steve Hale they lose their other guard and can go out and press. Indiana led 59-47 with five and a half minutes left in this game since then North Carolina has outscored it 13-3 and it all started with the missed free throws, that's right, is it automatic or automatic? 24 points you can put. he came back on top by four with 159 to go and when you start talking about candidates for the olympic team that weren't on the pan american team, how about steve auburn matt dowerty franz perkins michael jordan again altered that shot, it wasn't a good blocked shot?

He came out and offered to try to commit the foul. He does. What a great move by Steve Office. He had Wolfe behind him and realized he was running and stopped and let Wolfe pass him behind. Smart move. I think what's remarkable about that Billy. Do you want the pressure? He wants those free throws. You'll see right here. The balloon keeps him alive. Alford reaches for the ball and leaves right now. Here he realizes where Wolf is. Watch him get under. Well, he plays smart, but I think again. Know? he's just putting all the pressure on himself and he wants it right now he's seven of eight from the line look at that follow through through north carolina trying to get michael jordan trying to put in too much individual effort off the dribble and so they're double teaming him I'm surprised he didn't score 27 points for Alfred nine of 10 from the line six point lead in the 42nd minute Wolf almost shot him Matt Dougherty doesn't close out Perkins with a rebound Sam doesn't want his career to end Here and he follows and North Carolina calls timeout.

They will have a waiting time. Indiana has all three. Excellent time out there, Gary because every second is very crucial now. If you're North Carolina, what you need to do is. double team alfred so he doesn't receive the pass inbounds trying to keep the ball out of his hands having someone else go to the foul line dean smith has been at the helm of this north carolina team for 23 years and billy now He's putting all that knowledge, all that experience, all that energy into somehow putting out this game, well, he's had such an incredible career, you know, you start listing his accomplishments, you almost know it if you read them in the book. press guide and you don't want to start. talking about it because you can never finish, there are so many outstanding things that he has done, he set the all-time record now with 25 winning seasons, surpassing John Wooden in 20 seasons, he has 18 consecutive years, it is just phenomenal what he has done, but He has His hands full right now.

You said something about Dean Smith. I thought it was very interesting. Today we will come here. He said he never misses anything, every little detail, everything and his equipment, from brochures to which hotel they stay at and which basket. They shoot but right now they have a minute and a half minute 31 to be exact to reach they are down by four they give you an example in 18 years that has been in the last 18 years that has been in the final 16 10 times won the national championship, of course, once, 10 consecutive years in the ncaa, 14 of the last 18 years, been in the ncaa, 18 consecutive years in the postseason, the guy on the other end is not bad, nor is Bobby Knight, the pressure, Alford beats the double team What does he want. he fouls, yeah, he sure beats the double team Simmons is on.

That's interesting, isn't they bringing Simmons in as bad as he's been shooting free throws? It offers to really understand how to beat that double team in the 16th minute. 66. -62 has come out due to a lack of ball play that is five now, not only has it come out from a defensive point of view and North Cohen does not have its weapon in the other end, so Jordan and Hale fouled out in the last 30 seconds. Jordan leaves the ball game with 13 points and that first half, even though Gary only played eight minutes, that's what I'm saying, I still wonder about that strategy.

Indiana's last seven points came from the free throw line and here comes Stu Robinson again and it's been him. You've been wisely staying off that foul line during this delay here, he's dropping back at the top of the key, you don't want to go down to that foul line and get tight, he's two for two tonight from the line with 12 points now. robertson why are you going to move on to that robinson line from madison heights high school with duncan and morgan all those outstanding players that have come out of there ray tolbert bobby wilkerson had a player in the state of illinois this year duncan has to save him but now?

Where are you going? Well, it was some good pressure from Indiana back there to use some of the time. Now we are less than a minute and where is the shot coming from? Kenny Smith, who is going to try, does not block the rule. there with a great rebound and Indiana now in great position as Matt Dougherty fouls out with 44 seconds left, it's four for Dougherty and the Indiana bench now feels death in six minutes. I said it was over and North John made a good run on him. You got a little nervous there on the left, well they just didn't have enough as it looks now, up to 44 seconds.

Stranger things have happened. Daryl Thomas, a freshman who started several games, didn't play and Michael Jordan, the player of the year and how disappointed he must be and you know how interesting that's going through his head right now is whether he's going to stay another year in the university. I'm sure he anticipated that he wanted to get back to the final four. Robinson has achieved two of his last four of the lives Kenny Smith and another timeout of North Carolina which is the last they have no timeouts left 37 seconds left in the game Indiana by four over the highest ranked team in the national basketball championship of the omni 16,723 are here as is sam perkins Right now, 37 seconds away from his career ending here in North Carolina, he and Matt Dougherty would like to somehow take this game out of Perkins with 24 points and they have to commit a foul on Indiana almost instantly.

They really do. They have a fog. and they have to make sure they don't foul steve alford, they've seen him on the line enough, alford will then rebound the ball, robinson sees it, commits the foul and that's who committed the foul. one of the three seniors and you see Bobby Knight using Juve Blob to drop on the defensive end of the court but not on the offensive and you know when you look at Robinson Gary compared to what he was in practice with that badly sprained ankle, it's It's amazing that he's here playing and it doesn't even seem like he's had any problems.

They had a cast on their ankle. They took it off so he could play tonight, but you're right, it didn't look like it was going to be a factor at all. In this game and in the Richmond game when he got hurt going over, I think it was Mike Giaomi. You thought he had been out for about a week on his left ankle. He has 14 points, four or six from the line. North Carolina still has a chance to be down by four with 30 seconds teddy smith perkins left the two-point game geomayne wisely came to china what we have here a referee now let's see if any time passes on the clock the referee the referee who was behind called the finished foul Here on Wolf, a two-shot file with Dubai Blob going to the line now that the foul was committed before the foul on the bench against France.

I'm surprised Dean Smith isn't going to ask for some time on the clock, he probably wouldn't get it. but he would rather have probably blocked at the free throw line that France has, like you said, a wolf with two foul shots committing intentional foul calls. The blobs hit all the big guys tonight and the key is that he puts it in the triple. mark and even if he misses this north carolina needs two more possessions north carolina goes to overtime they have many of their people already fouled out of this game he hits the pair back to a four point lead indiana calls for a timeout they have two left, well he had two and Indiana came on the field, but Jaomi made a very smart pass to Chuck France.

Hi Gary, we talked to the top of the show. Both coaches believe the key is for your team to play. the peak of his potential and if you're from Indiana you probably have to believe that that happened tonight, that's what Bobby said, he says we don't really prepare much for what the other team is doing, but we do want to live up to our Potential, they have done it and some really Billy Indiana, a team that down the stretch was really going through some tough times. They were defeated by Illinois. They remember the championship perfectly. They finished the year with a victory over Ohio State.

They didn't play all that. Indeed against Richmond they got off to a good start and then had to struggle a bit to be honest. I'm really surprised they could last a game against North Carolina. I think in the first half they gained a lot of confidence with North Carolina and I don't want toTake nothing away from Dean Smith because that's the way he always plays, substitutes frequently, plays the first half to get to the second half, but tonight with Michael Jordan sitting so long and not being effective. In the first half he gave Indiana a lot of confidence. the peak of this transmission that we said in Canada could be a year away I wonder.

Now, Bobby Knight will be the first to tell you that he can't wait for next year with Delray. Brooks comes in, as you mentioned, losing just one player from this club, that means Chuck Grant now what Bobby Knight doesn't want here, he doesn't want a foul committed by one of his players, they're going to force North Carolina to bring that ball. they get up and give up the layup they are not going to go ahead and commit a three point opportunity indiana's last 11 points come from the free throw line they lead by four see north carolina trying to use the whole court very dangerous game peterson in short, it's over, giaomi again, it's a two point game and here's the army's open door, he has to catch it, it was a very smart foul, two shots, still five seconds on the clock, all jaomi has What to do here is score one.

Gary's free throw, that's twice in the drive-in situation, they took the ball to half court and I guess now Billy, as we evaluate what's happening here with five seconds left, this is a surprise to the older before Well, if Jaomi fouled, Indiana could afford to let North finish down the court. North Carolina has no more timeouts. You have five seconds to have time to put the ball into the field and therefore the game would end. The key is here. Can you Jiomi? makes a free throw, there's Matt Dougherty and look at the emotion, well he's got tears in his eyes and it should be his last game for North Carolina, well you know, only one team doesn't end up with tears in their eyes in this tournament they've been to . final four twice just let's look at this ball game being offered once another timeout, I think Bobby Knight wants to make sure he knows what the situation is, let North Carolina do what they want because they may have five seconds to get the ball out of bounds. the favorite hoosiers defeated this north carolina team well indiana state must be in your ear right now the big red how about steve offer that by watching this game and then having to carry his team tomorrow to move on and play for the state high school championship?

Bobby Knight I like this timeout. You just want to be absolutely sure that they had all contingencies covered. That they wouldn't commit those mistakes you're talking about. Give them a three-point play. It was a great victory for this man who has had so much. many of them Panamanian gold medal two national champions the nit won the commissioner's conference you wonder where he would put this victory with all those he has two now there is a victory although he really wants it with all his might, he wants that gold in Los Angeles and he takes him one at a time like andre there's bill guthrie along with i don't know what he's doing on the ground he better get off the ground sam perkins might as well be now the best thing to do joey missed the shot don't worry about it just get it off the board somewhere, hit it through a four-point lead intercepted by Stu Robinson and Indiana won it.

Well, Bobby Knight left these players here, let them celebrate, and went straight to the locker room the first time I noticed Gary. The omnidirectional court is red and white. I guess they felt at home because it was a great performance with a lot of pressure that they wanted at the free throw line. His final 13 points came from the free throw line. Here's a tape replay. and dean smith's heartbreak, he thought, and many people did the same, that this could have been his best baseball club, but they won't have a chance to make the final four, so indiana will face virginia on saturday for the eastern regional championship and the right to go to seattle among the final four, let's think about that matchup, two teams that were not expected to get here, but two teams that have been big names in college basketball for the last few years.

Everyone here said that virginia was a shoe in ralph sampson and they never got that perfect ring and in the end everyone says that this is a year that they will have to sit back and relax and wait until next year.there are young people left and two cinderellas they have a chance to pass seattle walford in this game he scored 27 points 19 of them in the second half matt doherty showing you the losing side it's tough he had a great career it all ended there for matt and the rest of the north carolina seniors, including sam perkins and cece so the final score here from the omni in atlanta in the semifinal indiana defeated north carolina 72-68 and indiana advances against virginia as a winner to advance to the final four