1981 NCAA Game - VCU vs. Tennessee - Thanks to Mistachill!

duncanlamb · Dec 15, 2011

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VCU vs. # 15 University of Tennessee in 1981 brought to you by Mistachill!

This is rare footage for you to see players such as Kenny Stancell, Danny Kotak, Edmund Sherrod, Monty Knight!
Tennessee had Dale Ellis, a great all-american front court player at the time. According to the commentary, VCU had the longest winning streak in the nation (16 games) coming into this game. In they had won this game, they would have faced UVA with Sampson, Lamp and Raker.

Now we all get to see the classic hey day rams teams and compare them to the new teams under Grant and Smart.

Boy, I forgot how the lack of a 3 pt line made a difference in the style of play.

Again, Natty, XJohnx, Marcus Nation, and Matt Nation, Please put a sticky on this! Don't let it get lost in the list of threads....this is too valuable to lose a source of reference for VCU fans.

VRam · Dec 15, 2011

Re: 1981 NCAA Game - VCU vs. Tennessee - Thanks to Mistachil

I was at that game. I remember we held the ball for about 4 minutes at the end, Kottak got pushed out of bounds and they gave the ball to Tennessee. Lost at the buzzer in OT. Devastating. It was close, even though they completely shut Stancell down.

artRAMinMN · Dec 15, 2011

Re: 1981 NCAA Game - VCU vs. Tennessee - Thanks to Mistachil

This, along with the Memphis State and JD interview videos are very cool, and I agree that it's great for fans to see this stuff for perspective, so thanks for pointing them out (although, as you say, 'chill gets credit for their availability in the first place)

... but all in separate threads that you want all stickied on the main BBall forum? That's kinda nuts.

It would make for a big cluster of unchanging sticky threads at the top of the page, which would mean fewer contemporary threads on the front page, plus it would create a more static first impression if the first thing folks see is the same top threads, visit after visit. I could get behind a single sticky thread (or even a sub-forum) meant to be more of a historical catch-all/scrapbook, or maybe even a narrow-subject historical sticky thread of the week (as long as it was kept fresh on a regular basis), but not a bunch of individual hey-look-what-I-found type threads... I mean, consider how many videos, articles, and subjects could accumulate... do we arbitrarily stop at these 3 videos? If not, how much?

Even as unsticky threads, having all 3 separate is a little annoying, imo... why not combine the 3 under the subject of the J.D.-Era? ...not to mention the fact that the stuff is already out there and available to find with just some simple searching
</morning grumpy>

VRam · Dec 15, 2011

Re: 1981 NCAA Game - VCU vs. Tennessee - Thanks to Mistachil

I just watched the whole game. We lost again. :lol:

Officiating was terrible. Howard Wood should have fouled out in the first half alone. Tennessee with 3 fouls in the second half. What a joke.

Mistachill · Dec 15, 2011

Re: 1981 NCAA Game - VCU vs. Tennessee - Thanks to Mistachil

Don't forget, no shot clock either.

duncanlamb said:
Boy, I forgot how the lack of a 3 pt line made a difference in the style of play.

RamBo · Dec 15, 2011

Re: 1981 NCAA Game - VCU vs. Tennessee - Thanks to Mistachil

Billy Packer was even dumber then, then he is now- if that is even possible. Don't you love the Sunbelt Conference talk..... with "The University of South Alabama at Birmingham?" What a freakin' moron. Some things never change i guess. If it isn't Wake, or the ACC, then it don't mean jack.

northernvatiger · Dec 15, 2011