Great doc, but I'm getting majorly bummed. Majorly. Phi Slama Jama was always some sweet sorrow ,but this doc is really articulating the hurt. I'm glad I wasn't old enough to remember personally. So rough.
For me personally that NC State game is still the most devastating loss ever as a fan of Houston sports.
Not to me UH had just run the #2 team in the nation off the court and were 8pt favorites to win it all. They had won 25 in a row and had been the #1 team in the nation since January. The Oilers in 92 had been an inconstant mess all year and it was just their way to blow it when it counted. You know they went to the playoffs 7 straight years and never won more than a game in any of those playoffs. PSJ was the most dominate team in college basketball for 3 months.
Brother, today's Houston fan will not know of this infamy you speak about. That memory was erased form history
I am old enough. I remember them manhandling Louisville in the semis, thought to be their only real threat. It still hurts to see that bad three-pointer turned into a game-winning dunk. One thing the documentary doesn't get into is Clyde's decision to go to the NBA. As I recall, he asked Coach Lewis to move him from SF to SG, the position he knew he'd have to play in the NBA. When the coach didn't agree, Clyde decided to enter the draft. In retrospect, it seems silly that the coach wouldn't move a guy to SG who ended up being one of the 10 best SGs the NBA has ever seen. Even worse, had Coach Lewis agreed to the move, we would've had Drexler still on the team in the next year's final against Patrick Ewing's Georgetown bunch. That might have tipped the scales in our favor and given both Clyde and Dream an NCAA title.
this is why the rockets love run and gun so much. They just evolved dunking to 3's. I do believe like Guy Lewis thought the most dunks wins games. Today Morey thinks the most 3's made wins the game.
Are you sure? I couldnt find it on the WatchESPN app (other than to watch it live when they re-air it)
