03/27/1993 NCAA Midwest Regional Final: #2 Kansas Jayhawks vs. #1 Indiana Hoosiers

[@derekmathews1557]

Two great HOF coaches! Two great teams, and programs. This was Kus trip to the final four. I don’t remember if we beat Carolina or not.

[@twoquickii1330]

Growing up, I remember this was the first Regional Final I watched with my Dad. He had taken me to several KU games during the regular season. I was so exicted. Especially with 10 minutes remaining... and my Dad said "we are playing a Bob Knight team, an Indiana team...I don't care how good we look now, we are lucky to be hanging around!" I am glad KU and IU are doing a series again!

[@mightymacdiesal12]

The way college basketball use to be. Before AAU, when it truly was a team game.

[@TheRoadTripChannel]

Wasn't the Saint Louis Arena also known as the Ralston Purina Company CheckerDome (i.e. CheckerBoard Square)???

[@meharinationsportspodcast2582]

If Alan Henderson doesn't injure his knee, they beat Kansas and maybe win another National Championship.

[@barryprice4202]

Yep! 6’9” 11pts/8rebs and a block a game but most importantly here in this game post defense and positioning. IU would have squeeked by Ku for the revenge and set up the greatest final four of all time East #1 UNC vs Midwest #1 Indiana Southeast #1 Kentucky vs West #1 Michigan. A Final Four I felt would produce four different champions had it been played four different times.

[@msa4998]

We love you Coach. Miss you so much.

[@laurencelikestopgun]

Is fun looking at those old commercials

[@ChiefBlue4298]

I feel the same way, it’s nostalgic

[@huskerfan50]

Who was the MVP of this regional?

[@allengreene9954]

The last great team for Bobby Knight at IU.

[@PowidzMalwa]

Agreed. This team along with 92 you felt was a definite threat to win it all. No other Indiana team felt like that after 93.

[@tuowl0564]

I pretty much agree. Although, Indiana did take out my Owls in 1994 when we had arguably Chaney's most talented team (Aaron Mckie and Eddie Jones duo). The Hoosiers would then get upset by Curly and Boston College. I vividly remember the BC game.

[@greatone33j]

@@PowidzMalwa they might have won it all if Henderson didn't get hurt.

[@gregpettis1113]

Damon Bailey and calbert cheany were my favorite players

[@natealwine213]

I would have loved to seen Alan Henderson in this game. Such a great team.

[@Energyfl00d]

As an IU fan this was a rough one to watch. The end of a heralded class that had talent to win back to back but didn’t.

[@jayc6802]

But they lost to a very good team. That's the mystique of the NCAA tournament with it being 1 and done.

[@chrispote422]

If Alan Henderson was 100 percent healthy the outcome would have been different.

[@msa4998]

No disrespect to Kansas … a great program … they really controlled the game and did a nice job on Calbert. I think if Alan was healthy, then we may have seen a different outcome. Way too many frontcourt easy baskets that Alan would have affected.

[@johnwaffle7917]

Alan Henderson not being healthy hurt IU in the post and Kansas rightly took advantage. With Henderson, IU wins this one.

[@Enigma71559]

It seems Roy's KU teams rarely had a point guard that could shoot. They were almost always playmaker/defenders. In games when Adonis was hitting hitting 3s, KU was really tough to beat. Jacque Vaughn came next and was pretty much the same way. Then Aaron Miles. When their point guard was scoring, the opponent was usually in for a long day.

[@sisigs4820]

What about Kirk Heinrich?

[@Enigma71559]

@@sisigs4820 Heinrich wasn't the true point. Aaron Miles was on those teams. Kirk could and did play the point on occasion but he was a 2 guard.

[@sisigs4820]

@@Enigma71559 he made the NBA tho

[@MrBmick79]

Aaron Miles is one of my favorite pg's of all time. Those games against TJ Ford were clinics.

[@bbryant9455]

​@@MrBmick79no doubt. I remember him. Number 11. Wayne simien was nice too. Big 12 basketball is like SEC football. Pro talent quality every night.

[@necroitistherisen2557]

it was over when:.... KU went up 7 to 5 in the first half

[@rosrebel]

Interesting how Matt never never made the nba ..

[@msa4998]

Really nice college player but like a lot of Coach’s players, the NBA is a completely different game. The NBA is really an individual style game and that is the antithesis of what basketball really is and certainly not what Coach was about.

[@MrBmick79]

the NBA to NCAA is akin to WWE wrestling to NCAA wrestling@@msa4998

[@MrBmick79]

was he in that movie Blue Chips?

[@msa4998]

@@MrBmick79 yes … Ricky Roe

[@randydubin7118]

IU got hosed by the refs in this game. Truly, unequivocally hosed. Simple as that.

[@mattneal5257]

Hahahahhaahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha Hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaaha

[@vivahernando1]

Roy kinda owned Knight

[@youtuber3328]

to be COMPLETELY honest i really really HATE iu and i EQUALLY really LOVE the goats bill russell and wilt chamberlain