03/25/1993 NCAA SE Regional Semifinal: #5 Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. #1 Kentucky Wildcats

[@highc6866]

If only Kentucky could play with this level of defensive intensity nowadays…

[@newalchemy9742]

Kentucky's first 3 games in the tournament that year were as blistering hot as any team starting out a tournament.

[@lildubuoy]

@16:54, Al McGuire says an off handed comment about the game of basketball that turns out to be eerily prophetic.....

[@Daniel-ru4wm]

This is a withering display of basketball talent at both ends! Listen to them!

[@juliansmith4352]

They met in the 1996 Midwest regional final in Minnesota was also won by Kentucky who went on to the college basketball national championship

[@kenwilliams5513]

Listen to them... Never gets old.

[@meharinationsportspodcast2582]

Kentucky was blistering hot from outside and Wake Forest looked flustered. Travis Ford and Jamal Mashburn were hitting everything from 3 point range, including the kitchen sink. Amazing performance from Kentucky.

[@phillipcollins1658]

One of the truly great teams. I know they lost to Michigan in the final four in ot but still....this squad was straight up killing teams all year. Many times up around 100 pts scored. They beat Tennessee earlier that year by like 65 points I think. Unreal.

[@williamelliott3035]

I remember watching this. It was a late evening game. Sad. I watched Rodney Rogers every Saturday on Raycom. I never thought they would get ran over like this.

[@tomace4898]

UK's average margin of victory in their first four 1993 tournament games was 31 points.

[@bensawesomemixchannel7220]

this was like nba jams on fire

[@Wridde23]

RIP to Charlie Harrison.

[@barryprice4202]

IU fan here. Wow, I did not know this. Very indeed RIP.

[@bshayc79]

Pitino's Bombinos babyyy. We bulldozed those boys in their own backyard. What a time to be alive lol

[@ChrisBrown-nj6gw]

One of the worst beatings I can remember in a Sweet 16 game.

[@newalchemy9742]

Marc Blucas checked in and I'm like "where do I know that guy from?" He was in a bunch of stuff like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Summer Catch, etc.

[@rosrebel]

Both ford and Padgett should have had an opportunity in the nba ..

[@CLM1987]

Padgett spent 8 seasons in the NBA, he was a first round pick in 1999 by the Utah Jazz

[@bubbawatson1852]

Ford was only 5,10. He had 10 on ball i.q. My favorite Ford play, was completely picking Hurley pocket. I watched Ford in high school, I never thought he was good enough for Kentucky. I was wrong. I felt like he was roger Hardin brother, they both could pass, Hardin way underrated on passing.

[@jamellshaw2167]

Damn did Wake Forest really want to play in this game I mean can we get some type of effort on defense

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

Jamell Shaw Kentucky was just that good in the tournament that year..until they got to the Final Four when Michigan slowed the tempo down most of the game.

[@clipsrus606]

@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 they did.., and Dale Brown gets hurt early in the game, and was out, and Mashburn fouled out, which was the biggest, and played O.T. without the 2 starters, their best defender, and a Sr, and their all around star, in the Jr., Mashburn.. Would been interesting to see what happened if Mash played O.T. Even Mich, couldn't slow him down. He had 17, 1st half pts!! Was a crazy fun team to watch! If they had a true threat down low, would been something.

[@walterlv01]

@@clipsrus606 Yup - Gimel Martinez ended up having to guard Chris Webber in the overtime period. Bless his heart but that was just not going to work.

[@vivahernando1]

Kentucky had some of the ugliest shorts consistently through the 90s starting with this season

[@bshayc79]

They were cool back then. Not so much nowadays lol