Game Warm Up from 1975. Why don’t team today, warm up with school color ball & these drills.

[@MultiEviscerator]

That was the most enjoyable warmup I have ever sen for any team, HS, College, or pro. Thanks for posting it!

[@JParkerAdair]

Then you’ve never seen the Globetrotters.

[@SorleyKringle]

Love that. People will come early to watch warmups. I saw a high school team like that in the 70’s. Players were loose and and ready to play.

[@donaldleider7382]

Fantastic and entertaining warm-up drills with a Globetrotter flair. Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld on this team, the Bernie and Ernie show!

[@chrisnobbe9600]

I wonder if the band was actually playing Globetrotters music or if that was dubbed into the video. It is likely dubbed as the music is never interrupted yet the shots of the drills seem that they were not that quick and seamless to go from camera to camera in that era.

[@pamgi01]

Thanks at first glance I thought that was Bernard King I was about to look it up. I enjoyed him in the 80's as a GSW .

[@michaelrussell4894]

Hand-eye coordination drills with a flair.

[@jordanalia4595]

Nowadays these guys get away with traveling, palming and carries and the kids think it’s “skills’ 😅

[@citysosandme]

@@jordanalia4595😂Players are more skilled they ever have been

[@joel23344]

Very entertaining! Thank you for posting.

[@tonycobb4562]

The warm ups are just as entertaining as the game.

[@annedeegan9764]

My h.s. Coach went to Tennessee and we did some of these in warmups in late 60’s. We weren’t great but the crowd liked it.

[@DanielBarberMusic]

Bet that was a heckuva lot more fun that ours!

[@lsmftymf]

Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld.

[@written12]

Two New York boys. It must have been a bit of culture shock for them at first. And both of them- Ernie, especially, I think- sounded like New Yorkers.

[@tonymullins8437]

Takes me back to my childhood in Roane County. Man, I really wish we still played in Stokely, never forget seeing my first game there.

[@cameronreaves2751]

Wow i never knew where benard king played in college

[@trav8028]

Never knew them guys was teammates at Tenn... & I didn’t know Ernie was from NY. I knew Bernard was

[@gturcott1]

@@cameronreaves2751absolute superstar

[@makkam999]

I like how the dunks are still high, but not super hard, guess im so used to guys trying to bring down the rim its cool to see something vintage.

[@ScottRossProductions]

they aren't dunking. it was a technical foul. if you dunked in pregame back then...

[@arniet5257]

@@ScottRossProductions True back in 75 you weren't allowed to dunk in the college game

[@ScottRossProductions]

@@arniet5257 I couldn't remember when they allowed it. We could in the 80s. You couldn't dunk in HS in the 70s at all. I was listening to a Georgia game in the late 90s. My college was playing them and opened the game with two technical free throws due to Georgia dunking in pre-game. Had to laugh...

[@get30inc]

The dunk was brought back in the 76-77 season.

[@charliekennedy2545]

My how things have changed lol. Great vid from the good years

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Yeah, no traveling allowed, no shot clock....real team basketball!

[@gturcott1]

This is so great, I'd love to learn more about the whole warm up, and the great Tennessee teams of this era with Bernie and Ernie!

[@ryankelly1826]

That was wild to watch, wish they still put on a show like that tiday

[@projoebiochem]

Love the Tartan floor. Several high schools at the time had gone to those, so I played on lots of floors like that. Seems that knee injuries piled up, so they lost favor.

[@nathangordon8740]

Same here. University of Houston had tartan and I twisted the old ankle there and took weeks to recover. Didn’t keep Birdsong from getting his 30 though!

[@projoebiochem]

They had good grip, and relative to the wood floors at the time that were mostly put down directly on concrete, they were springy. First time I dunked was off of a tartan floor. But they also tended to grab, and sometime knee ligaments couldn't take it.

[@kenwilliams5513]

As a UK fan have always loved the floor at Stokely and at LSU. It was widely used by colleges across the US.

[@marshallr4797]

We had that in our new middle school gym. Fall of ‘74.

[@jrowdygi1837]

Too hard.

[@desertline6272]

How Is beautiful the court without 3 point line 🤩

[@Austin-kz5lj]

Three point line wasn’t made until the eighty’s

[@TheCondescendingRedditor]

@Austin-kz5ljthanks Mr obvious

[@Jaysterninety1]

The courts now look so much better

[@marxtheidoloftheidle5591]

@@Jaysterninety1the current game is inferior in both aesthetic as well as quality of play.

[@Whatdoyouthink276]

@@marxtheidoloftheidle5591bs, 1960-1970s was the plumber area of bums

[@joecoolmccall]

The band knew what was up. The Globetrotters theme really set the mood- not gonna lie.

[@js290]

Sweet Georgia Brown

[@shermhart7617]

Love the vols

[@michaeltaylors2456]

When basketball was beautiful

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

Love it!

[@mcfrisko834]

I guarantee there’s a kid on the sidelines who was being inspired watching this. Future legends 🔥

[@wilrobles9824]

That was the coolest warm-up that I have ever seen.

[@billwang4181]

I was a student at LSU during the Maravich era, and he would put on a pre-game skills show that was very impressive. When Tennessee came to town, they countered with a little guard who could do a few tricks. Difference was, that Pete used all the skills during the game. I don't know if Tennessee's little dribbler actually played more than a minute or two. Tennessee had some great guards, though. They ran a box and one and held Pete to about half his average. However, the games were dire--Mears played a very conservative defensive style. There was no shot clock or 3-point line in those days.

[@DanielBarberMusic]

Must've been incredible to see Pete in person. I think he's the most talented player we've still ever seen. Could do anything with the ball in the midst of any situation and it's been estimated he'd have averaged.. AVERAGED in the 50s if he gotten 3 points for his 3-point distance shots. And he was a helluva passer, too.

[@written12]

Stylish and fun

[@drewhunkins7192]

This is great. I also miss how they used to darken the entire audience and the heavy lights would only be on the court. That's been done away with.

[@USCHO67]

Last I knew it's still done that way in the Battle 4 Atlantis, but other than that, I think you're right. Part of the ubiquity of the police state, I suspect.

[@drewhunkins7192]

​yes, great points

[@rob8872]

Great stuff!

[@wildforthecats661]

I also see Stu Aberdeen, assistant coach, who later coached at Marshall.

[@thebakery3509]

Watching this on in edible has me in tears 😂😂😂

[@brendanpowers7945]

No dunks allowed back then! I remember playing high school and if you dunked it was technical foul to start the game.

[@urjustoffendedtooeasily194]

That’s so gay

[@tperk]

The Stokely Center! Folding wooden seats were hard to sit on so standing was mandatory anyway 😅

[@brad9092]

The Vol band playing Mountain Dew. Oh yeah. Then sweet Georgia brown...

[@dwitt4574]

Love the pants on coach

[@CachuchasOSFNYCHHSK]

amazing.

[@ww2remembered983]

It was all about the fun back then. Now, it's all about the money.

[@urjustoffendedtooeasily194]

Literally has nothing to do with the post, college and nba players now are more skilled than ever. They would make these guys look like 4th graders.

[@ww2remembered983]

@@urjustoffendedtooeasily194 You are just to offended too easily.

[@ChadProcuro]

Another example of how money sucks the fun out of things Basketball is a game first and and sport second. It’s entertainment primarily and not a way of life. Fun is more important than excellence. In games at least.

[@danrose3233]

But did they beat UK?

[@14ls98]

The Ernie and Bernie Show

[@barrierjohn6528]

Is that Bernard King out there for Tennessee? This is a while ago and my memory might be shot! Bernard was a really good pro.

[@thewkovacs316]

yes it is

[@gregshirley-jeffersonboule6258]

Fun!

[@tommyrawlings3046]

This was back in the day when there was no traveling allowed no carrying the ball allowed no palming the ball allowed You had to play by the rules! What they call a crossover dribble today is nothing but a violation of the rules

[@bobs1224]

A crossover dribble is legal today.

[@5IvanDrago5]

Interesting, I graduated in 96 and dont recall doing passing drills in warm up. However, I do remember my as a kid going to HS games and seeing teams do passing drills in warm up. I dont recall when or why it stopped.

[@DanielJamesEgan]

Lots of colleges do these drills still. Maybe not the team color basketballs and behind the back passes, but the passing squares and layup lines are common warmup drills.

[@JayJay-q5c]

This is a great video. Why don't NBA teams do this? 1) the players would complain, refuse to participate and most players would probably lack the conditioning to both complete this W/U and play a competitive game. 2) With the NBA's 82 game schedule and potentially another 20+ games for playoffs, the fatigue would result in even more injuries and shortened careers. On the college level 30-40 games a season (including playoffs) this is possible if players would cooperate.

[@johnsmith2221]

Makes me wish there was no three-point line now.

[@esb9814]

these dudes would run circles around today's players. so much more skill and athleticism back then and passing the ball like that in warm ups really translates to game situations.

[@acash.]

athleticism ... really ..... 😂😂😂😂 ya really say anything, they may have better team ball iq but none of these players are getting over an nba player today besides nard king

[@KalenDrinksH2O]

6/10 bait

[@citysosandme]

Pfft

[@ScottRossProductions]

our pregame warm ups were never like this. coolest thing I've seen on a basketball court...

[@gregfiscus8703]

There is a video of Minnesota’s complete pregame warmup before playing top-ranked Indiana in the mid 1970s. Pretty cool to watch.

[@ARIZJOE]

Right. The warmup that inspired them to commit battery against Ohio State after the game was lost.

[@g.shumway5925]

@@ARIZJOE😂. Dave Winfield was on that Gopher team. Jim Brewer was also on that Gopher team and went on to be on the infamous 1972 Olympic team.

[@ARIZJOE]

@@g.shumway5925 Jim Brewer redeemed himself by being a good player for the Cavaliers. I believe he is in the Ohio HOF. Bill Musselman, a native of Wooster, Ohio, lived in infamy until his death.

[@g.shumway5925]

@@ARIZJOE Cool. I actually worked summers in Wooster early 2000s (tennis camp run by the College of Wooster--all us counselors were collegiate players). One of the campers was Brian Brennan's son lol (Browns WR early 90s or so).

[@ARIZJOE]

@@g.shumway5925 My brothers went to the basketball camp at Wooster before your time. One graduated as a Scot, as did sportscaster Vince Cellini and Zowie Bowie. Wayne County had a rich sports history, with Dean Chance, Bob Knight, Dick Schafrath, and others. Brian Brennan caught a lot of balls from Kosar, and was a very good player.

[@lettersfromtheleft]

I love that everyone on this team is 35 and has 3 kids.

[@johnsmith2221]

Makes me wish there was no three-point line now

[@davidchodds]

These guys are the freaking Globetrotters!

[@ski3435]

Interesting. KY is ranked #4 today and TN is ranked #1.

[@frankstrait2179]

I’m guessing these were the period that it was illegal to touch the rim when shooting.

[@johnmadison3472]

Team ball was a bigger emphasis in those days.

[@Meself-ks6nm]

I guarantee you they passed the ball more times in that warmup than today’s teams do in entire games.

[@wi54725]

Tennessee beat Kentucky that night in a thriller 103-98.

[@WinteryMix84]

I remember that game. We were a UK family and my Dad was so riled up over that loss!! It’s a family legend now when we get together!

[@TAYLORFAN50]

Nice. Back in the day before the 3 point line ruined a great game. 😏

[@bigrich1381]

Also, no dunks allowed at this time! Notice how they just lay it in, before the point where dunking would normally occur!

[@Master-Wanderer]

yeah 67 to 76...

[@curly8029]

This was a whole different world than today.

[@hbybt]

Because the game has changed from team oriented to player oriented. Isolate and drive to the rim and kick out for at 3 pointer if there's no layup available. Power has replaced skills. That's what the public wants to make it a more exciting game, and that's what's changed.

[@BenVincelette]

Bernard King baby!!

[@Syrin23]

Is this real? Harlem Globetrotters turn Vols?

[@n.agustin113]

Wooden floor?

[@davidwilliamson2341]

Pistol Pete used to dribble up an down the court with his knees! Yes his knees try that Kyrie, Curry! Lmao the Queen can't Dribble period he travels!!!

[@spuwho]

I was just thinking about this very thing this weekend while watching college ball. I will ask a college coach why?

[@johnderfler5183]

The Bernie and Ernie show.

[@GeraldDsithlord]

It is like watching the Harlem Globetrotters.

[@jjwalden93]

That paint scheme needs to make a comeback.

[@eurocombog]

💥

[@bobheyotue9850]

The fact they're getting up there and placing it in instead of dunking it is crazy do yall understand how Hard it is to jump in those?

[@WinteryMix84]

Dunking was not allowed back then. It would be a technical foul.

[@bobheyotue9850]

@ that even more incredible granted some of them were landing horribly wrong but the fact that they’re getting up there in what we would call casual shoes nowadays is really impressive.

[@citysosandme]

I can tell you’ve never dunked😂 A drop in is easier then punching a dunk by leagues.

[@bobheyotue9850]

@@citysosandme I can Dunk with ease and I play in hi top air forces all I am saying is that they're getting up there with no support no special air zoom/torsion carbon plate to get a better spring. just canvas, Leather and rubber.

[@bigdog926]

The reason they would not do this today is that the players would not accept the coaching that it takes to do it. Add on that each player needs a ball in their hands now all the time.

[@DavidKeys-h8q]

Everybody could handle the ball as well back then as they do today. They simply had to also follow the actual rules of basketball, unlike today.

[@Meself-ks6nm]

Kids today couldn’t fathom passing the ball that many times

[@QZaccardelli]

Shout out Bernard King

[@skipdippity]

Could they call a walk if they did the ‘tika taka’ all the way down the court..?! Lol

[@matthiassventoest6800]

they are getting up

[@RomeAngelo]

Better than warm up brick threes

[@trickshottim]

All of those players volunteered to be in this video.

[@lamarmc]

A lot of jelly in that lay up line.

[@expansioniskeyrn]

They do, they’re called The Harlem Globetrotters.

[@visualvirtue9640]

Why aren't they still wearing those shorts?

[@dougB4454]

That was all an influence of Pistol Pete Marivich and maybe Harlem Globtrotters. I lived it.

[@Ipostsleeperhoops]

Interesting

[@ThomasB-x8h]

They can't do it today, because all most of the guys can do is Shoot super long 3's at under 35%. Passing, faking, dribbling nearly vanished unfortunately.

[@anthonymartinez4462]

It’s all about the dunk and individual goals nothing to do with team play basketball actually is not worth watching!!! For real basketball enthusiasts the 1970’s , 1980’s, and 1990’s.

[@mathidonidopitroutchini5140]

Better players than today and no shi.ty 100+ 3p shots per game

[@Martyvisokey]

I'm not sure if someone's playing music over that or there's a band playing?

[@MikeSeager]

Woods to Ernie G....bottom!

[@reynaldoflores4522]

They look more like the Harlem Globetrotters.😮

[@49shadesofj]

This college team...despite those horrific colors...would more than likely school a current team of today...and would probably be deadly from the arc.

[@tb7214]

Back when dunking was prohibited in college basketball.

[@geoffoldread7684]

Well, the ban was lifted in 1976.

[@jonathanfox676]

You still can’t hang on the rim during warm ups. I used to love watching my D2 college and seeing how creative guys could get with the “soft slam” during warmups

[@earheadsix4119]

ABA ball. Were the Memphis Sounds hosting the Kentucky Colonels?

[@bigles9083]

Tennessee a basketball power?

[@pudintain9656]

@ :12 Stu Aberdeen !

[@BlondeWick]

College Level Ball

[@Hotrod88]

Tarpaulin floor. Ouch!

[@maxaudi2804]

No dunks ?

[@mrchopsticks3]

I think those may have been illegal at the time.

[@jonathanbirenbaum794]

Bernie + Ernie Show

[@ReadEphesians612]

🏀 Yep, I remember the Sports Illustrated story.

[@celi23fundabasket]

Unnp🎉poco de fundamentos del juego jaja. Ya est todo inventa y ahora se hacen los pro

[@DavidNSRailfan]

GBO The Volunteers of the University of Tennessee

[@rjs9]

How odd that none of them are wearing Beats by Sly

[@tomsanford9391]

that looks similar to the Harlem globetrotters

[@RyanSheaRealestate]

teams today couldn't do this

[@elvispresley5921]

Look at THIS to prove to you how far ahead wilt, the doc , dawkins , kobe, shaq, cap , magic n bird n worthy......how truly far ahead they were for their time.

[@mrchopsticks3]

I think this is Feb 15, 1975.