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Depaul Gary Garland baby sister was singer the late great, Whitney Houston!!

Gracias!👍

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While working at Crane in the fall of '74 I teamed up with Jim and Jack Trout in an intramural league on the base. We went undefeated. In the spring of '75 I played on an AAU team with Larry and we won the state championship. Great memories for sure.

Good game!! Thanks so much for sharing this.

If Clyde Austin don't miss the layup in the first half Then we win and still lose by 2: Mark Aguirre was all that in more . The number one player in the nation and is sophomore and junior year.!! He is HOF OF WORTHY NO DOUBTS

Basketball wasn’t just scoring and although Bird was one of the best shooters of all time with people all over him. But the reason I feel Bird was the best of all time is because of his hustle. That enabled him to get rebounds make great passes for assist etc. He was always moving without the ball. Total Basketball player

Aguirre, English & Dantley...they would jump so high & raise the ball up so high & with that momentum they'd softly flip the ball into the basket

Thanks for posting. Exciting game.

The opening tip-off is all we needed to see as evidence of how intellect superceded athleticism. With all things assumed as equal, of course; an athletic intellect remains supreme. That is Bird, btw. He was very athletic, despite the stereotypes.

Can't beat a packed gym on a cold Indiana night.

My GOAT! No arguments.

Dang, that's back when I played. LOL

Momma said it , no doubt. Period ✨✨✨

This is much easier to watch at .75 speed better still at .50 speed. Reminds me of our home movies projected onto our white living room wall in this time period.

Very sad that all 3 of these great announcers are now gone. ☹

I was at that game. People sat in the rafters, the gym was standing room only. Bird vs Butcher 😅🎉

RIP real basketball

Loved Ray Meyer and Al McGuire. Incredible coaches in an incredible era.

Had the pleasure of watching the 1979 season on my new cable tv in 79. There was a superstation out of Indianapolis that broadcast their season that year . The wildest game that year was Brad Heaton hitting a 50 footer at the buzzer to beat New Mexico St. Bird had fouled out and everybody thought their undefeated season was ending that day. People forget that Heaton, Nicks and Miley were great roll players and played a big part in them going to the championship game against MSU

"The nations leader scorer Butler is called for traveling." He didn't even take steps, he just moved his foot a bit.

Love hearing Al McGuires old school NYC accent. All of our fathers sounded just like Al growing up in Queens.

Bird was the most skilled player his size in history. I didn’t say the “best” player. Just had the best basketball IQ , shooting and passing skills ever. Combined with his toughness and leadership the man was on another level. Bobby Knight said Bird had the greatest hand eye coordination in basketball history. That’s THE Bobby Knight. High praise. Edit: love hearing Al McGuires old school NYC accent.

The foul on Schall at 10.27 was very iffy

Carl Nicks actually was drafted in the 1st round. After Bird left he averaged 26.8 a game his Senior season. Bird averaged 28.6 his Senior season.

Moncrief was Defensive Player of the year 2 years in a row. Top 8 in MVP balloting 5 years in a row. And HOF. He was a great player in his own right.

He sucked in this game

DePaul started that game like they weren't going to miss any shots.

When Depaul exactly had a basketball program!! LMAO.

Shows up in my recommended after Indiana State is ranked for the first time since 1979.

Best high-school basketball class of all time, class of 79. Wish RUclips had that game.

Check out the video at 42:27. Hastings pulls off the PERFECT euro step, they call travel and, to the announcers - and anyone at the time - it seemed like an obvious travel.

This was the tournament that transformed postseason college basketball from a curiosity into a national event. There was no "March Madness" before 1979. Only 40 teams were invited, and there was still a third-place game between the two semifinal losers. It was rare indeed that two superstars the magnitude of Bird and Magic would meet in an NCAA final, and while it certainly wasn't the greatest championship ever played, few games impacted college basketball the way that one did. This was also the last Final Four to be played in an on-campus arena--the University of Utah, although subsequent Final Fours have been held at a school's primary off-campus arena. Given the use of domed stadiums for most Final Fours now, this tournament will likely stand as the last on-campus Final Four.

Aguirre abd Bird were such great players, one at the start of his NCAA career, the other at the end, both deserving Hall players.

I remember watching this game . CHANNEL 2.......I WAS 13.....RIP COACH

Think about it, Bird played against an Arkansas team with Sidney Moncrief, Depaul with Mark Aguirre, and then a guy named Magic at Michigan State. What competition! Damn

Feb 6, 1979 Regular season game.

I realize that 1979 was not the apex of television transmission but this VCR tape translation is SOOOOOOO bad, I can’t even make out Bird, let alone numbers on jerseys. lol. The video should be titled, “a group of blurs vs. a group of blurs.”

Larry Bird is the best

Mrs. Bird was right...biased or not...there will never be another Larry Bird! The Greatest All Around player Ever!!!

Musta been when basketball was invented

Carl Nicks for ISU is out of control.

Great to see this game again. The finals between ISU and MSU is still the most watched game ever. It was a great time to be a basketball fan as Bird and Magic brought the same excitement to the NBA.

Notice the announcers only talk about the game.

I was fortunate enough to be able to see Larry play in Indianapolis against the Pacers twice. I was also able to see him play in Larry’s Game a fund raiser for the Boys Club. He was the hardest working and hardest playing man I have ever seen play the game. Diving for lose balls and sacrificing his body on many occasions. I will never forget the time he went for the ball against the Pacers in Boston and broke the bones around his eye. He went to the locker room and then came back out to play and win the game. He could do things that most guards couldn’t do when passing the ball. He will be what his mother said, the Greatest Player Ever to play in the NBA. I have seen great players who could do a lot of things good but Larry did everything great. There will never be another Larry Bird.

Gary is my favorite professional basketball game player but he should have played for the Golden State Warriors, California is the best

Neither are a pimple on WNCs ass!

So awesome. What a big time play! Great win, Hawks & Keaton. Keep it rolling!

Basketball back then was a beautiful game - not like today.

Mama 🐦s so right ✅️