Notre Dame at DePaul from the Rosemont Horizon (3/8/81)

[@robertjohns1675]

What made this time period even more fun the schools pep bands ( drums) could play while the game was going on it added even more atmosphere. Was the best time for college basketball

[@brianbullard8291]

Miss the old NBC broadcasts of college basketball 🏀

[@billrenje5150]

Billy Packer at the 2:30 mark nails it about the game having a negative impact going into the tourney. A mere six days later DePaul would suffer one of the most shocking defeats in college bball history on the day "March Madness" was born.

[@tomshea8382]

They crashed out the year before as well. This was before "Strength of Schedule" was taken into account, as DePaul played a couple of hard games every season but had no conference to play in and so they had to play teams like Lamar and Maine.

[@mongoslade277]

​@tomshea8382 Sounds like you slept on Lamar. The year before they eliminated Oregon State. They were a 1 seed

[@natch27]

@@mongoslade277Who’s this Lamar and did he ever go pro?

[@mongoslade277]

@natch27 That's a small college in Texas. They beat Oregon State when they were a 1 seed in 1980. Those days the top 4 seeds got a bye. I think that used to hurt those teams. DePaul lost their 1st tournament game 3 years in a row as a 1 seed

[@natch27]

@@mongoslade277 I know Lamar 😆. It was my attempt at humor. I appreciate the response and I respect your knowledge of the game!

[@deanstorm9404]

Great announcers and so much talent on the floor… Kids stayed in school back then

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Not only did they stayed in school(even though some stayed at least 2 or 3 years) but there were no taking advantage of the transfer portal back in those days

[@bobbyyoung4243]

​@alfonsogreen2722 Right! It was unheard of actually

[@kurtgreaser8439]

Well if they went to DePaul back they they probably did not go to class. I grew up in suburban Chicago and had a neighbor that was at DePaul in early to mid 1980s and siad they showed up to first class, midterms, and final and that was about it.

[@TheSports50]

Dick was one the best sports announcers ever. Great enthusiasm.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Yes indeed he was. O MY!

[@hoopsheavenpa]

This game loaded with NBA talent!

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Yep

[@bobbyyoung4243]

Did the pa announcer just muck up the intro for depaul ? 😮

[@ShawnC.T.]

R.I.P. Orlando Woodridge...🙏🏼

[@RandyDubin]

RIP Dick Enberg, Al McGuire, & Billy Packer.

[@dmichael100]

They are all three gone? Wow- that makes me feel old.

[@nohisocitutampoc2789]

And Mike Shultz. Dead of leuchemia at 35 in Barcelona. A tragedy.

[@frederickrapp5396]

@@dmichael100Life is short. Enjoy today, for tomorrow may never come.

[@GeoAce777]

Amen to that ✝️🙏😌

[@alfonsogreen2722]

3 of the best

[@mcmanwich]

I miss the syndicated broadcasts with Harry Kalas on the mike

[@jrodlange8099]

The Lowenbrau commercial @ 3:04 makes me laugh as I can't help to think of my favorite Chris Berman baseball nickname. John "Tonight Let It Be" Lowenstein.

[@damienkirksey7026]

Billy Packer was so spot on about this game being a negative impact on both teams headed into the Ncaa tournament. Just look at the game between BYU vs. Notre Dame and St.Joesph vs.DePaul which both of these teams had no business losing to those two teams

[@usmc6004]

It was a travesty for both of those teams. Too much talent on both teams to lose to BYU OR ST.Joes.

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Those two Cinderellas played that Princeton ball and slowed those two great offenses down. I was so upset being 11 year-old kid lol!

[@VolumedMusicMan]

The same thing happened the year before 79-80. DePaul played Notre Dame in a double overtime game and lost in South Bend. Both teams put so much emotion and passion into the game that they went flat going into the tournament and both had early exits to inferior teams!

[@mongoslade277]

& both teams lost at the buzzer

[@rmzweig3972]

Al says he liked DePaul & Oregon State going into the tourney. Both lost in huge opening round upsets (St. Joes & K State).

[@softrockrules]

Wow what an incredible scene. NBC deserved to keep the tournament.

[@tperk]

Tremendous atmosphere in a matchup showcased for television. I always imagined this game as NBC's final rehearsal for its NCAA tournament and final four coverage that year. The lighting, mic placement, sound quality, cameras, direction, talent performance way above average. The network was determined to go out with a bang.

[@irvinkiblerjr972]

They let it go to CBS for supposedly a couple of hundred grand -- one of the all time blunders of network television

[@WaltGekko]

CBS outbid NBC for the rights, which they have had in some form ever since.

[@joendrsn]

College basketball at the time , partcularly between these teams and a few others - NBC didnt make it better

[@paulsonj72]

What happened was that NBC head Fred Silverman wasn’t a sports fan and wondered why they should pay rights fees to broadcast sports . When the contract was up NBC made a low offer and CBS aggressively perused the event. As part of the commitment to the event CBS created the selection show m. Prior to 1982 there was no full born selection show. NBC might announce the teams at halftime of a game or as in 1979 teams got a phone call from the NCAA saying they were in.

[@brianarbenz1329]

DePaul -- such potential in '80 through '84. Fumbled in the tourney each time.

[@kurtgreaser8439]

Because they were a collection of talented players rather then a team, they always fell to solid teams who beat them in the Tourney.

[@JosephJohnson-kg5yr]

The Coach Ray Meyer ❤

[@tperk]

0:05 ghostly silence will shortly be shattered by the sound of a low-flying jet aircraft approaching the adjacent runway at O'Hare. Sitting in the Horizon during peak air travel season was terrifying.

[@mattbradford8227]

Great era of college basketball. I concur with those on this site who miss the NBC coverage. This was the last season NBC aired the NCAA TOURNAMENT. After that it was still good but not as good. As Dick Energy would say, OH MY!

[@johnmanier7968]

The last year NBC televised the NCAA tournament.

[@brianarbenz1329]

What followed that year was CBS stumbling and fumbling through several seasons before they finally got it relatively together.

[@MeIn321]

They got it right with the help of NC State and Houston, then Gtown and Villanova. College basketball was king during these times.​@brianarbenz1329

[@JayBigoness]

I was at this game. Man, the crowd was crazy!

[@mauricehorton6041]

DEPAUL WAS A BEAST WITH RAY MYER,BUT TOURNEY WAS THEIR FREIND ,MID 80'S THEY WERE BEASTLY, I REMEMBER FRESHMAN DALLAS COMEGY

[@SubParGolf11]

Al McGuire getting randomly angry at coaching decisions will always be funny.

[@charleswilliamsjr]

It was on nationwide tv audience

[@MrDuds1984]

DePaul basketball from 80-83 were a major story but couldn’t get past the first round

[@ohwaitchristian]

Top 3 rankings and soldout rosemont and still couldn't get anywhere with it in the tourney wtf

[@YESJesusisLord100]

In 1979 they made it to the Final Four, losing to Indiana State

[@MrDuds1984]

@@YESJesusisLord100 yes correct I’ll edit

[@tomshea8382]

They may not have been all that good. They rarely played any decent competition.

[@bobbyyoung4243]

Louisville and depaul was always a treat back in the day.

[@mrnasty02106]

If only pro-basketball (i.e. the NBA) was no-nonsense like this. Just the game, no distractions or other garbage thrown in. I always liked college basketball and football.

[@gynandroidhead]

DePaul was 26-1 and 27-1 twice for three consecutive seasons and lost their first game in the tournament to UCLA, Saint Joe's, and Boston College.

[@joetolstoy3573]

Truly confounding. Very frustrating at the time for DePaul fans but they long for those days now. I'm hoping that one of my favorite teams - Purdue, doesn't continue to be the modern-day version of the early 80's Blue Demons. Hoping for a long NCAA tournament run this year.

[@bobbyyoung4243]

WOW!!

[@MYSONMYBUDDY]

Irish had some great players back then, including Dantley & shoulda won a championship within that time frame! As a long time fan it’s sad how bad their players are for last decade or so. Mike Brey is a heck’va coach but just needed more talent!

[@robertjohns1675]

They went to two elite eights and just beating an undefeated Kentucky team to go to final four. Breys tenure as coach was largely very successful. Only struggled the last few yrs towards the end.

[@bobbyyoung4243]

​@robertjohns1675 i thought he would resurface,but i guess it's a wrap......great coach tho.

[@robertjohns1675]

@@bobbyyoung4243 he is an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA

[@dsc4178]

Some will say his lack of NBA awards matters. NOpe. He played for.an expansion team that rarely got any media notice for 4 years, and even then had to compete with Bird, Erving, Wilkins, and others out East and in bigger markets that got all the attention. Wasn't just Aguirre who got ignored.

[@timkaczmarowski8151]

big time INDEPENDENT 80s college basketball

[@MarkHermann-u5p]

Thanks I. Miss nbc college hoops which year was this

[@joetolstoy3573]

1981

[@StFidjnr]

who he thought that for DePaul that will be it as far as the wins are concerned

[@joetolstoy3573]

I know, right! In the companion video to this, the pregame show, McGuire confidently predicted DePaul would win it all. He likely wasn't alone. St. Joe's had other ideas!

[@dsc4178]

Mark Aguirre is the best player not in the Hall. HIs HS, College, Pro career, first Mexican-American star, he's earned it. Get him in.

[@jaredwright8085]

He was from Chicago he wasn't Mexican was he

[@trevorhembrough1290]

@@jaredwright8085Mark’s got Mexican lineage on his Dad’s side.

[@joendrsn]

ha the anouncer called him Digger "Dick" Phelps!!! 5 nba players on the floor: Kelly Tripuka, Orlando Woolridge, John Paxon, Terry Cummings, Mark Aguire

[@debbiehenson1096]

Notre Dame was loaded with NBA players. They should have won a title.

[@stevenmandl4920]

CBS would take over the NCAA tourney after 1981

[@55cleon]

It Was Sad To See "Money" (Skip Dillard) Crash Out After His Workout With The Bulls Not Go As Planned. Skip Committing A Robbery And Ruining His Life Was Terrible. His Father Was A Sheriff At The Time Skip Went Off Of The Deep End 🤦🏿‍♂️. I Remember It Like It Was Yesterday. I Was In Elementary School At The Time. My Brother's Were In Highschool And Played In Chicago.

[@ohwaitchristian]

screw wintrust lets move depaul mbb back to allstate

[@timkaczmarowski8151]

this arena may have been good for basketball but its terrible for hockey and thats what is stilled played there

[@trevorhembrough1290]

The DePaul fanbase whined for decades that the home games being played that far away from campus hurt the program. They then went & built their new arena clear on the other side of the loop, which is probably an even lengthier commute. That school will never again have its shit together.