12/08/1999 Great Eight: #7 North Carolina Tar Heels vs. #1 Cincinnati Bearcats

[@RICO_FITNESS]

Man, what a throwback! Great find!

[@inmengrisby4591]

Ed Cota was the truth back in the day.

[@dcampbell8779]

Wow, watching that is bittersweet. Knowing what happened to Kenyon Martin at the end of the year and seeing the national championship go away when he broke his ankle. What a team they had. Too bad the current Bearcats, stuck in the AAC, will probably never have a season or center like that again. :- (

[@danielwade1978]

So true. These were the days, my friend.

[@MrPocketfullOfSteel]

@@danielwade1978 *WORD*

[@inmengrisby4591]

I remember watching this game in Chicago. Its amazing watching Logan and Martin on the floor at the same time.

[@dlamerc4232]

+Inmen Grisby I was in college at the time and remember going to the Temple game that year vs Pepe Sanchez. Such a shame what ended up happening in Memphis.

[@inmengrisby4591]

+D lamerc Unfortunately I was in Memphis when Kenyon broke his leg as well. The walk back to the hotel after the game was one of the loneliest walks ever.

[@dlamerc4232]

+Inmen Grisby Worst day ever. I always hated the Mich St team that won the title that year thinking about what could have been,

[@bradlewis6514]

@@dlamerc4232 Cincinnati would have won the national championship in '00 hands down! Martin's broken leg was the single most influential injury in the history of March Madness! Has no peer! Bearcats were the only team that would have handled the Spartans

[@MrPocketfullOfSteel]

@@inmengrisby4591 It was the *ONLY* time in my life.....that in watching a sporting event....that I actually felt physically sick and had to sit on the toilet. TRUTH.

[@christopherosby1]

It feels good to look back and see myself at 19 years old again......I'm the kid standing behind Dick Vitale in the grey blazer 🤣🤣🤣

[@jdog34505]

That 1999-00 Bearcats squad was damn good! should've won a national championship

[@mikestew76]

Yea we should've... Bob Huggins is missed in the city...

[@jdog34505]

but we got Cronin

[@mikestew76]

Jonathan Watson Mick's cool, and he's got his guys playing some good ball.. But he doesn't recruit like Bob

[@jdog34505]

true Bob got us Kenyon Martin nuff said lol

[@mikestew76]

Jonathan Watson Enough said... From 1990 through 2002, we should've won atleast two championships.....

[@paulb10486]

Some of those box scores on the ticker during this game made my night. Nowitzki with a career-high 31 points!

[@MrPocketfullOfSteel]

IMO the National Champions of college hoops that season. End of discussion. :-I

[@thacozzman89]

The UC games that I currently have are two games from the 1993 NCAA Tournament against Virginia and North Carolina and against Temple from that same season (which I've already uploaded). I will upload the 1993 games soon.

[@dlamerc4232]

These videos are great keep posting.

[@inmengrisby4591]

Its too bad Kenny Satterfield didn't stay in school longer he would have been great.

[@damienkirksey7026]

You can say the same thing about Demarr Johnson

[@Lorenshyne]

Can someone tell me why Cota and Forte two big time talents had to endure all their careers overseas? what was the knock on em?

[@djayb2259]

Forte could not transition to the PG position for Boston in the pros, his shot never took the next NBA range step and he was overwhelmed by the quickness of the NBA. Cota, IMO, would have been drafted after his junior year and maybe stuck on a roster as a solid backup. The knock was his outside shooting, which improved overseas, and his on ball defense. He could not rely on his court awareness and in-between game. Two of my all-time Tar Heels for sure.

[@bradlewis6514]

@@djayb2259 And I also believe Forte could have used another year at Carolina! He was nowhere near pro-ready at that time! Being co ACC player of the year as a sophomore made his head swell! In Cota's case he was as good as they came at the college level ball handling and assist wise but his height was a setback

[@bradlewis6514]

@@djayb2259 those were to add to what you stated! I agreed with you

[@ericMsmith1000]

One of my favorite Cincy teams,,

[@e84fresh]

There’s no fuckin way North Carolina was beatin this Cincinnati team

[@dlamerc4232]

This team was so good.

[@thanestephen9546]

Do you have anymore UC games aside from this and the Temple game? Thanks! Go Cats!!

[@rafalojc]

What should've been. There should be an asterisk on the banner hanging at MSU.

[@inmengrisby4591]

Pete Mikeal was the truth.

[@brentonhickman2739]

It Mickeal lol but he was a great jc transfer.

[@bradlewis6514]

@@brentonhickman2739 Yes he was but he was even more productive with a healthy Kenyon

[@bradlewis6514]

@@brentonhickman2739 Martin made everybody's game better around him

[@carlofitcare]

duke cinci 1998 great alaska shootout?

[@brentonhickman2739]

That was the Melvin Levitt ending

[@inmengrisby4591]

Joe Forte that cat could ball

[@mandrellrob7141]

I was a top recruit to come to cinci out of high school to play with this team. But poor sat scores sent me to juco :(

[@Hollywoodysa]

mandrell Rob what JuCo you went to?

[@MrPocketfullOfSteel]

You can tell within the first TWO minutes and through the second half.....That the refs.....must have got "the phone call or message" at half time. It's so simple to witness it, now.

[@inmengrisby4591]

Ryan Fletcher I always liked that guy good glue guy

[@inmengrisby4591]

LMAO Mick looks so tiny standin next to Huggins.

[@tonymoody5050]

Inmen Grisby

[@arthurfonzarelli9331]

Huggins has the worst luck of any coach I've ever seen in any sport at any level. The freak buzzer beaters, the player injuries, and guys not living up to their potential is almost unbelievable. Ironically the 93 and 94 teams that went to the final 4 and elite 8 were less talented overall than his later teams.

[@jordanhutton5787]

His 97,98 and 99 teams should've yielded at least 1 national championship. If not two!

[@nintendonerdsvideos4727]

unc had no business in this tourney, the great eight is for the teams in the final 8 last season

[@inmengrisby4591]

Fun fact this team lost to Bill Self and Tulsa in the NCAA Tournament.

[@danspille6508]

Not this team.

[@argoprojects]

@@danspille6508 Yep, this team. But Kenyon got hurt and didn't play.

[@bradlewis6514]

And only because of Martin's injury impact, going from the #1 overall seed easily down to the 2 line!

[@thacozzman89]

No I don't have that game...smh

[@mattstrathearn9224]

There is no way this is an ncaa tournament game. Cincinnati lost in the second round like always, vs Tulsa. Tournament games are not played in December either. Btw I'm a UC fan. This was just an early non conference game.

[@johnmagee3292]

+Matt Strathearn You do realize we lost because Kenyon was injured. But I agree with you that this games meant nothing in the grand scheme of things. I may never get over that injury and lost season!

[@mattstrathearn9159]

+Doug Dehne The "elite 8" used to be called the "Great .8" Folks over 30 are going to interpret the title to mean the ncaa tournament. I don't remember the name of this tournament, but I remember this game.

[@mattstrathearn9159]

+john magee Yes I remember. Kenyon was amazing and is probably my favorite college basketball player ever.

[@mattstrathearn9159]

+Matt Strathearn also check out the UC Depaul game from 2000. Martin led the team back from a 10 point deficit with 3:45 left in the game. He scored the last 12 points, blocked some shots, and just muscled his team back for the victory. Amazing performance, and Dickie V goes nuts.

[@mattstrathearn9224]

+Doug Dehne Wow somebody is salty. We are all Bearcat fans, right? I admit I didn't notice the date at first. Try not to get your panties in a bunch over something so trivial. I've been a Bearcat fan since 1992 when Nick Van Exel played there, so I'm definitely not trying to minimize the accomplishments of this team. Good job insulting somebody you don't know. You sure are a tough guy on the internet. I bet I've forgotten more about the game of basketball than you will ever know.

[@dlamerc4232]

Go Cats

[@inmengrisby4591]

IMO UC got robbed from #1 seed

[@bradlewis6514]

That was due to Martin's injury and it's impact!

[@austindean4824]

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[@inmengrisby4591]

Heels played better in 2nd half.

[@Lorenshyne]

With all due respect to these ogs - first two minutes and we have to witness 4 airballs. The game evolved so much playas nodaways are more polished.

[@christopherharris6176]

Them UNC jersey are ugly