Flashback 20 Years to the 1996 NCAA Tournament

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correct me if im wrong, but I remember they messed it all up and had Kentucky play umass in the final 4, knowing dam well it should've been the championship game.

they should've made UConn meet up with umass in the tourney too. not sure if the committee tried it but everybody wanted that rivalry to go down back in the day. UConn was prolly duckin.
 

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I thought Marcus Camby was the TRUTH as a kid

Probably the first athlete I ever stanned :heh:


I thought lou roe was gonna have a pretty good career too.

aye, yall remember when camby collapsed on his way to the locker room?


this video is so east coast 90s. :wow:

idk what happened to the modern day athlete, but they all come off like robots compared to athletes in the 90s.


sunset park was about to come out in theaters too.:ohlawd:
 

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'96 was a dope sports year period. Summer Olympics, (magnificent seven, Michael Johnson, Gail Devers , closing ceremony in Atlanta)
'96 Bulls
Hell, even the Stanley cup was lit (Colorado Vs Florida)

My Kings finally making the playoffs :bryan:


I can go on...
 

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they were good college players. :manny:

I don't judge runs of college teams based on how their NBA careers panned out.
Yea, that Miss St team had upset that loaded UK squad in the SEC tourney final, then beat a UConn team with Ray Allen that had only like 2 losses, they got on a ridiculous hot streak to end the year before losing to Cuse in the Final 4. Donte Jones was killing, I didn't think he would be a star or anything but I'm surprised he flamed out as quickly as he did.
 

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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.
Plus Wake Forest and UMass played each other in that 95-96 season and Camby outplayed Duncan head to head, Camby had a very good career but I was expecting him to be better than he turned out.
 
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