3/5 - 8:00PM - CBS - Duke (27-3, 13-2) at Carolina (23-6, 13-2)

• Classyposter58

  

  Classyposter58;700179 wrote:Gotta go with Carolina in this one. Not only is the whole revenge factor and home crowd advantage on their side but Barnes has been tearing it up down the stretch out in the 3 spot and Henson has turned into a double double machine downlow. The reason they've picked it up offensively is because of their PG Marshall and that's why I have them winning this game. Seems like a safe bet to me

  
  Bumpin my own post
• wes_mantooth

  

  ccrunner609;700776 wrote:Duke lost this game tonight because they play soft D. Giving up 51 in the first half is fucking ridiculous. They didnt get in the face of anyone tonight.
  
  When they decided to tighten up the D, they didnt score so they dont come back.

  
  I think they lost because they do what they do.....chuck up threes even when they are not hitting.
• Prescott

  To my knowledge, this will be the first (non-NCAA Tournament) prime time game ever broadcast on national television.

  Not so fast, my friend.
  
  The Game of the Century in college basketball was a historical NCAA game between the University of Houston Cougars and the UCLA Bruins played on January 20, 1968 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. It was the first NCAA regular season game broadcast nationwide in prime time. It established college basketball as a sports commodity on television and paved the way for the modern "March Madness" television coverage.....
  
  .....Previously, only NCAA post-season games were broadcast on national television. The "Game of the Century" proved that a national audience would watch college basketball games during the regular season. In 1969, NBC became the first major network to broadcast the championship game, at a cost of more than $500,000. In 2008, the current NCAA deal with CBS to televise the entire tournament is worth $545 million per year......
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_the_Century_%28college_basketball%29
  
  http://blogs.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2008/01/the_game_of_the_century_looking_back_40_years_1.html
• killer_ewok

  

  It was the 1st regular season NCAA basketball game shown in primetime on CBS. At least that's what Jim Nantz said last night.
• Ironman92

  

  My initial post about Duke not being able to play good enough defense and UNC winning 80-71 was pretty darn tight.
• Prescott

  An Epic Game was played in the Astrodome in 1968.
  
  It wasn't a playoff game. It wasn't for any kind of championship, really. But in the end, it was the Game of the Century.
  
  Why? Well, you have to understand the hype behind the game:
  
  * UCLA had a 47-game winning streak going into this matchup; UH had gone undefeated since losing to UCLA in the 1967 NCAA semifinals
  
  * UH was ranked No. 2 behind UCLA
  
  * This was college basketball's first nationally televised regular season game.
  
  * The game featured two superstars of the court: UH's Elvin Hayes and UCLA's Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
  
  For the 52,693 that crowded the Astrodome that Saturday night on Jan. 20, 1968, it was a night to remember -- even if you were sitting in the nosebleed section.
  
  Elvin Hayes scored 39 points to lead Houston over UCLA. UCLA avenged that defeat with a 101-69 victory over Houston in the national semi-finals.
• reclegend22

  

  prescott wrote:An Epic Game was played in the Astrodome in 1968.
  
  It wasn't a playoff game. It wasn't for any kind of championship, really. But in the end, it was the Game of the Century.
  
  Why? Well, you have to understand the hype behind the game:
  
  * UCLA had a 47-game winning streak going into this matchup; UH had gone undefeated since losing to UCLA in the 1967 NCAA semifinals
  
  * UH was ranked No. 2 behind UCLA
  
  * This was college basketball's first nationally televised regular season game.
  
  * The game featured two superstars of the court: UH's Elvin Hayes and UCLA's Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
  
  For the 52,693 that crowded the Astrodome that Saturday night on Jan. 20, 1968, it was a night to remember -- even if you were sitting in the nosebleed section.
  
  Elvin Hayes scored 39 points to lead Houston over UCLA. UCLA avenged that defeat with a 101-69 victory over Houston in the national semi-finals.

  Who are you, Guy Lewis? Thanks for the basketball update.
• Prescott

  Who are you, Guy Lewis?

  I am a basketball historian.
• swamisez

  

  Game went as many expected. Carolina rode emotionally charged atmosphere to a decisive victory I personally predicted 11 point victory with Carolina scoring 85 points. They nearly got there.
  
  The acc title game should both make it will be a more indicative estimate of where both teams are. Semi-neutral floor (usually 65-35 UNC fans in gboro) think that game will be one played in the mod 70's and a three- five point game. Hopefully we get this third matchup.
  
  Carolina won't average 136 ppp on a neutral floor and duke won't shoot under 20% from three. Should result in a unbelievably tight contest.
• reclegend22

  

  I would argue that the Game of the Century didn't happen in 1968. And that it didn't even involve a team that plays west of the Mississippi River.
  
  I would argue that it all happened at the 1992 East Regional Final.
• Prescott

  I would argue that it all happened at the 1992 East Regional Final.

  The current game of the century proved that televising non-tournament games was This game was awatershed moment in college basketball history.