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Iowa/South Carolina game transcended college basketball
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:16 am
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:16 am
Reminded me of the early '90s, when college basketball was part of popular culture and not just a seasonal sport.
Iowa/South Carolina was a perfect combination of ebony vs. ivory and great white hope, a lot like Michigan/Duke from the early 90s.
It's hard for anyone under 40 to understand how much cultural significance there was with Duke and Michigan. That's back when white people were more likely to be freaked out by black people (more shock value), and Michigan freaked a lot of white people out. Then you had Duke and Christian Laettner couldn't have looked anymore like the perfect preppy doosh Duke player.
I think that the Iowa/South Carolina game had some of those same qualities, but I also think that it was a perfect storm.
Something like that might not happen for another 30 years. Players in the men's game don't stay in the same place long enough to learn who they are and it's hard to become a household name if you're literally on campus for 8 months before jumping to the NBA.
Iowa/South Carolina was a perfect combination of ebony vs. ivory and great white hope, a lot like Michigan/Duke from the early 90s.
It's hard for anyone under 40 to understand how much cultural significance there was with Duke and Michigan. That's back when white people were more likely to be freaked out by black people (more shock value), and Michigan freaked a lot of white people out. Then you had Duke and Christian Laettner couldn't have looked anymore like the perfect preppy doosh Duke player.
I think that the Iowa/South Carolina game had some of those same qualities, but I also think that it was a perfect storm.
Something like that might not happen for another 30 years. Players in the men's game don't stay in the same place long enough to learn who they are and it's hard to become a household name if you're literally on campus for 8 months before jumping to the NBA.
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Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:18 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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Something like that might not happen for another 30 years
I wish you wouldn't post again for another 30 years.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:18 am to Violent Hip Swivel
For frick sake, this is awful
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:19 am to Violent Hip Swivel
quote:Tell me I’m not the only one who misread this title at first?
Iowa/South Carolina game trans college basketball
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:20 am to Violent Hip Swivel
Historic game.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 1:39 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Posted on 4/8/24 at 3:04 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Posted on 4/8/24 at 4:04 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Women's basketball board.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:18 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Hate to burst the OP's precious bubble, but most of the white country was rooting against Puke back then, regardless of the other team's color. They were just too easy to hate. Oh, and it was a seasonal sport then, too. Are you like 20-something?
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:40 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I agree. At least 3 guys played significant minutes in what used to be a game played only by women.
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