re: Chris Jackson vs. Gerald Glass

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Crimson Legend
Chris Jackson vs. Gerald Glass
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I used to love to watch Chris wave off teammates and break a 1-on-4 full court press all by himself. His ballhandling skills were amazing.

Absolutely. I loved watching him.

The problem was he was too good (and so was Shaq). Dale Brown could take the original Dream Team and lose to Canada, then turn around and take 5 nobodies to the Final Four. He was a character.

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Exactly. Although he did go 31-2 in March '81 going into the Indiana game in the Final Four. Unfortunately, Rudy Macklin broke his hand and was not effective at all, and we lost.
Now, the 1986 Final Four team did have a few big names - John Williams from L.A., Ricky Blanton, Don Redden, Anthony and Nikita Wilson. Unfortunately Pervis Ellison took over in the second half vs the Tigers in that FF game.

In 1987, Brown DID take an underrated team to the Elite Eight, where Bob Knight banged his fist on the scoring table and did not even get a WARNING, much less a technical - led directly to their one-point victory over the Tigers - who would have played in the Final Four right down the road in the Dome had we won.

1989-90-91 was a different story. We were STACKED but could only get as far as the Sweet 16.
Shaq, Stanley Roberts, Chris Jackson, Harold Boudreaux, Maurice Williamson, Vernel Singleton
wowwwww.