Originally posted by keysersosay#1:
occurred 40 years ago TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was watching this in the frat house and literally JUMPED out of my chair when Sweet D his that 35 footer.
Man what a moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
" UNBELIEVABLE "!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember it well because we had to go to school that saturday to make up a snow day, and we fortunately got released at lunchtime....I was walking home from school, and stopped by an old store where several oldtimers generally gathered every day....The owner of the store had the game on the radio, and I listened to those last 17 seconds at the store before litterally running home to catch the overtime victory by Carolina.....It's funny that a lot of folks think that shot by Walter Davis won the game, rather than tie it....Of course, the Tarheels were not going to be denied in overtime after that epic and historic comeback.....Ahhhh.....The memories!.....I too may have went outside after the game to shoot some basketball myself because as a teenager back then: It was just too hard to sit still after that game was over...lol!
Still remember Woody shouting over the radio......"UNBELIEVABLE", right before I sprinted to the house to catch the ending!
Agree that it's a basketball memory that will likely never be matched because as mentioned above:There was no 3 point shot, or shot clock back then.....Still hard to believe that the Tarheels were losing by 8pts with 17 seconds left in regulation,,,,
Also, remember Walter Davis saying later that he tried that same shot the next day in practice, and shot an air ball....Still amazing!
