Flashback 20 Years to the 1996 NCAA Tournament

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

good lord how much CBB has fallen off
since there is absolutely no buzz for this years tournament, look back 20 years ago, and how NCAAB was damn near up there with College Football and the NBA in popularity.
the abundance of talent and NBA prospects, the amount of great teams.. good lord

Players in that 1996 Tourney
Marcus Camby
Allen Iverson
Tim Duncan
that Kentucky team with like 8 NBA Players (Delk, Walker, Mercer, etc)
Randolph Childress
Mike Bibby
Miles Simon
Paul Pierce
Stephon Marbury

the teams
Kentucky - might be the best team of all time
Arizona - Jason Terry, Bibby, Miles Simon, Michael dikkerson
John Thompon's Georgetown squad with Iverson, Harrington ,Jerome Williams etc
Syracuse with Jon Wallace (Donovon McNabb as well lol)
Kansas squad with Paul Pierce, Raef Lafrentz, Pollard, Jacque Vaughn
Uconn with Ray Allen
G'Tech averaging 93 points per game with Marbury and Drew Barry
Cinanatti Bearcats with Danny Fortson had a elite 8 run
defending Champs UCLA with Charles O'Bannon, Toby Bailey losing to Princeton
UMASS with Marcus Camby
Carolina with Antawn Jamison and Shammond Williams
etc it goes on and on and on...

point of this thread is, if u were born after 1990, kill yourself

 

[Remote]

I thought Jamison would have a better career than Carter
Not that Jamison had a bad career, but still...those peak Carter years

 

[cornercommission2k12]

I thought Jamison would have a better career than Carter
Not that Jamison had a bad career, but still...those peak Carter years

I def thought Jamison would have a better career than carter

And I actually thought Marcus camby would have a better career than Duncan

 

[SchoolboyC]

They don't make players as good as Miles Simon anymore

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

They don't make players as good as Miles Simon anymore

top 10 college players of all time

 

[Trip]

 

[Trip]

Miss St went to the FInal 4 with Erick Dampier and Knicks great Donte Jones.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

That UCLA squad losing to Princeton was

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

They don't make players as good as Miles Simon anymore

Him, Bibby, and Jason Terry.....Talk about clutch.


Didn't they win it all that year? Or was it the following?


Let me google that.......Oh so it was Kentucky/Syracuse with Kentucky coming out on top.


I think Arizona won it the following year

 

[big bun]

Damn, that WAS 20 years ago. I'm

 

[MJ Truth]

I def thought Jamison would have a better career than carter

And I actually thought Marcus camby would have a better career than Duncan

Nobody will admit to it, particularly on a site like this, but A LOT of people thought Camby was better than Duncan as a prospect.

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Nobody will admit to it, particularly on a site like this, but A LOT of people thought Camby was better than Duncan as a prospect.

the hype around Randolph Childress was ridiculous too

 

[Remote]

Nobody will admit to it, particularly on a site like this, but A LOT of people thought Camby was better than Duncan as a prospect.

Well, both Camby and Duncan started college in the same year.
Camby left after 3 years; Duncan stayed all 4.

It would have been very interesting to see who would have been drafted first had Duncan elected to come out in 1996.
On paper they were close, but Camby took the Wooden Award and UMass was 35-2, so...

 

[MikelArteta]

Jamison finished with 20,000 points top 40 all time

I def thought Jamison would have a better career than carter

And I actually thought Marcus camby would have a better career than Duncan

 

[CKondomsuCK]

real talk this might be the worst college basketball season ever