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Listen to the end of that You tube clip, and they discuss the same thing happening to Larry Bird,
but he says "I wish I could remember the opponent" then says Bird had "a million assists in that game".
However, I don't think Bird had many assists since like Curry, he was taken out of the game byt eh doubleteam.

Someone e mail him and tell him the opponent was BRADLEY....not the Bradley in Indiana, but the one in Peoria, IL!!
 
I was at that game, and I would doubt that Bird had more than a couple assists. He was hounded all game and barely touched the ball.
 
For years BU had a photo in its Media guide of Bird being face guarded by Carl Maniscalco and guarded from behind by Harold McMath.

I remember from that night one of Bird's two baskets being a break away dunk.

There is a passing mention of the night in Birds book... I think its called Drive. I dont believe he was real impressed by the tactic by Versace.

Interesting that the night we played at InState there was a huge blizzard and the electricity went out. Had to listen to the game with only candle light... we got beat maybe even worse there then at home.

Btw that season was Versaces first, we were real bad didnt make the Valley Tourney but won two games one versus a very good New Mexico State team at the end of the season.. of course the next year was magical with a Valley tourney win and the heartbreaking loss to Texas A & M.
 
But Bradley found the defensive tactic at least somewhat effective, as BU was close the whole way, unlike Loyola, who were 30 points behind early in the 2nd half and continued their failing defensive strategy designed only to help get the selfish coach a mention in the headlines.
 
tornado said:
But Bradley found the defensive tactic at least somewhat effective, as BU was close the whole way, unlike Loyola, who were 30 points behind early in the 2nd half and continued their failing defensive strategy designed only to help get the selfish coach a mention in the headlines.
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Would a shot clock have had an effect on the BU/Indy St game?
 
Maybe slightly, but probably not much more than it would have effected most pre-shot clock games. Neither team tried to stall or prolong possessions that I recall.
 
I was also at that game (hs freshman approx) and I remember thinking this won't work because they had another NBA talent on that team and I think he ate us up. Trivia question: remember the guys name? They also had a pretty tall center who had a good night. Bird couldn't have had too many assists because he was completely denied the ball and their point guard controlled things.
 
georgethedog said:
I was also at that game (hs freshman approx) and I remember thinking this won't work because they had another NBA talent on that team and I think he ate us up. Trivia question: remember the guys name? They also had a pretty tall center who had a good night. Bird couldn't have had too many assists because he was completely denied the ball and their point guard controlled things.
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Carl Nix.................. and didn't he score 33 that night?

I don't remember the center, though.
 
Who was the white guy who hit the half court shot in the NCAA that either won a game or took it to OT? I think he is the other who had a huge night.
 
The guard you are thinking of was Bobby Heaton. They had another guard named Steve Reed.

And I believe their center's name was Alex Gilbert. I think he was an uncle of Phillip Gilbert.
 
I can still see Bird just standing in the corner with Carl and Harold standing next to him. Nicks put on quite a show that night.
 
Chico said:
I can still see Bird just standing in the corner with Carl and Harold standing next to him. Nicks put on quite a show that night.
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If anyone is interested- someone on Ebay is selling a program from the Bradley-Indiana State game Feb. 25, 1978. This was not the game where Dick Verace devised the "Bird Cage" defense (that was 1979), but is the previous season, the last season Joe Stowell coached Bradley.
This game featured a matchup of the 2 top scorers in the MVC that year, Bird and Bradley's Roger Phegley, in the last regular-season game for both teams. Indiana State won this game 74-68.
Phegley averaged 27.6 ppg that season, his senior year, but was 2nd to Larry Bird's average of 30.0 ppg in his junior season with Indiana State in 1977-78.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1978-LARRY-BIRD...3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318
 
Braves4Life said:
Steph Curry's younger bro may be even better than him. After 6 games he's averaging 22 ppg. He brought his team a victory against Geo. Mason last night in OT ala older bro.......

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/gamecenter/recap/NCAAB_20081201_GEOMAS@LIB


Here's an article comparing the two brothers...................

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...f-stephen-is-the-better-curry-just-a-freshman
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Yikes - Just read the comparison article and noticed that Seth Curry is playing for none other that Richie McKay at Liberty. It always amazes me how coaches land other jobs after leaving higher profile jobs under scrutiny (ala - Sampson from Oklahoma to Indiana).
 
Don't forget, that Duane Broussard is now an assistant under Steve Alford at New Mexico.

But the curse still follows him....their players are playing poorly,
New Mexico has lost to two Valley teams already this year,
and their 3-4 start against a really soft, cupcake-filled schedule
has them sitting with an RPI of 313 and SOS of 313.
 
Da Coach said:
If anyone is interested- someone on Ebay is selling a program from the Bradley-Indiana State game Feb. 25, 1978. This was not the game where Dick Verace devised the "Bird Cage" defense (that was 1979), but is the previous season, the last season Joe Stowell coached Bradley.
This game featured a matchup of the 2 top scorers in the MVC that year, Bird and Bradley's Roger Phegley, in the last regular-season game for both teams. Indiana State won this game 74-68.
Phegley averaged 27.6 ppg that season, his senior year, but was 2nd to Larry Bird's average of 30.0 ppg in his junior season with Indiana State in 1977-78.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1978-LARRY-BIRD...3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318
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I love the picture of Alex Mazeika (spelling please) on the cover. That guy turned out to be a pretty good center his last year at BU. He was automatic with that turn-around jumper on the baseline. When Phegley got hurt they found out that Alex could score! That's back when Wichita State had a great center (about a 7 footer) and Alex kept scoring over him time and again; and the look on the face of the WS center was priceless! I cannot remember the name of that guy? He was really good but I think he passed away very early in life. That was very sad. Any of you old guys like me remember his name??? I think Elmore was either his first or last name...
 
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