UNLV vs. Duke: 1990 National Championship | FULL GAME

UNLV the number one seed out of the West they'll wear their home lights Jahnavi will jump it off against David Butler and we begin Henderson with a three to start the game and thanks away the first rebound matchup in the post is Laettner Johnson all the Navi against Butler Anderson Hunt and Hurley stretches the defense on him steals I think Johnson's going to have a hard time turning and facing on later with that additional side seems a little shaky totally almost lost his grizzled and they batted away from Abdullah be by Johnson and save beautifully by hunt and Vegas brings it down no score yet [Applause] big factor for Jerry Tarkanian if his guards hunt and Anthony can hit from the outside hunt comes out high on early Laettner to screen half-court offense who's not looking to run and augments on Ricky Henderson spins taken away by Butler Abdullah be funny at an offensive board augment is picked up quickly by Hurley they get inside to Johnson for the game's first now it is four nothing is that low post play for the first time Vegas able to hit a field goal down low brent that was bricky stuck with Johnson Johnson loves to play against a smaller man down there early picking up his dribble quite surprising he likes to keep it on the floor Laettner the dribble behind the back and now Brooke he looks into Abdel Navi and keeps it himself swatted away by Augmon Oh Brent what bricky is going to have to realize his Stacey Augmon is going to try to help other people because he knows bricky is not a giant scorer so bricky did the wise thing he took the ball to augment he's gonna have to drive more often abdul nabi fouled by Johnson Johnson fouled out of saturday's semifinal victory over Georgia Tech when he fouled out their club was only they got to the point of up to great play off the bench by Moses curry saved them now if Johnson's gonna play behind ophthal now he as he did there Duke can hit him easily in the low post [Applause] and one thing about this Duke team they have made more free-throws on the year that their opponents have shot the Athens means leading free-throw shooting team and a great advantage they have over UNLV if that turns out to be the case tonight but a lot of people going to the line app will not be perfect quickly into the hands of Ogden and he is cut off by Abdullah be out high Augmon likes to get into the baseline on the left side this time he'll turn it into the paint and pass to Johnson who was there and bricky second time tonight Duke gets caught on a switch near brick he ends up with Johnson Bob Bell Navi that timeout often that is not what Mike sous-chefs key wants as you can see right here Aldo Navi who is supposed to be playing low post defense gets stuck with Augmon who can beat him easily and then bricky for the second time gets stuck down there with Larry Johnson and believe me know six five men despite the fact that Ricky's a good leaper is going to handle Johnson down there chance to complete the three-point play and Vegas breaks out seven to 1754 to go [Applause] Butler a good defender on Laettner down inside fighting over the top they get into Laettner now and he hits out with my feed for Dukes first field goal of the game talked about pillars of strength then it looks like both teams going down and low early to challenge that defense [Applause] Laettner cuts off the pass from Johnson Anthony misses into the hands of rookie good inside defense by Laettner that time good cut rookies inside on Augmon did he do the chance to tie it as he comes to the free-throw line this is a key to this ballgame where brick he likes to score often doesn't have the same operas and offender against the likes Bowl Kim and Dennis Scott because bricky will score down there against anybody with getting good position Rahman is going to have to be careful not to try to help out so much because brick he'll get the ball down low Butler has it knocked away but into the rebels hands they come down with that lead just underway here in the first half for McNichols arena knocked away by Henderson but into augments hands and has successfully cut off tremendous half-court defense being applied by Duke Anthony would take that's his second field goal of the game great fake by Anthony he looked to pass and that throws the defenders on both sides three-point lead for Vegas brookey puts it down and lost it Ricky's gaining some confidence though I think he thinks he can take Stacy and Stacy's not concentrating 100% on Robert Moses scurry the game's first suck Philly he turned in a powerful game against Georgia Tech 11 rebounds in 21 minutes six points and his play off the bench we talked about the the pine to prime time Moses was the man Saturday both teams caught in a half-court game no transition play at all this is the kind of game that you chefs P wanted and he thought he could get it there Anthony goes back in and digs it out tough shot and again a rebound for scurry they find huntin gets inside over 11:6 now Vegas good job by hunt so hunt and Anthony have both gotten off the snide early which is a good sign for Jerry Tarkanian [Applause] Laettner our runner his first of the game we'll take a timeout sous-chefs be complaining that it was cut off 15:24 remaining first half but as you studies these scores on Dukes road to the national championship look at how many points they gave up the most that any team scored Arkansas on Saturday with 83 this is a tough defensive unit trying to win the school's first ever national championship 15 24 to go first half but Billy Packer I'm Brent Musburger 11 6 1 full-court press and he gets curry for a double dribble that really caught Jerry Tarkanian Club off-guard because you wouldn't have scurry back there handling the ball good move by Mike sous-chefs key on the timeout do not be out of the game with Davison wiki for laughs 11:8 Anthony regains it he's battling him tried to get it and brookie fouled scurry now hurley does a great job guarding people in the back court drawing the five second counts good job by Anthony that time to get rid of the ball just in time [Applause] Johnson returning regret we talked about bobby Hurley's ball hailing as a freshman he helped Kenny ikenson 5 for 14 who Harvey for for 18 in Derrick Martin 1 for 9 so his defensive skills in this NCAA tournament have been almost as valuable as his brawl Hamlin [Applause] cool back to small for Butler to small to Butler was able to front out of bounds off Butler's hands and forced the turnover and that's because he got help from that weak side building he did and what also happened was that hunt was too impatient to get the ball down there some funny matches match ups on the court right now as both coaches going to their bench it's double screen from the double-wall Henderson with a lot of time misfiring Johnson off with the rebound lead now to Augmon and a footrace with Kubek Hurley's inside him and a blocking foul score the field goal is poetry in motion on the fastbreak we've said this time and again throughout his career but Stacey Augmon is the best finisher on the break that I have ever seen in college basketball beautiful faking he's in control all the time he can glide with his jumping ability he's very smart and intelligent with his decision-making on the break and he can use right or left hand super player 14:29 13:8 Vegas over Duke [Applause] Laettner putting it down and he traveled Trent don't you sense that Duke is not right as far as getting in sync with this ballgame here Lee almost had a problem with Apple now be getting on the court would have been a technical foul [Music] [Applause] Johnson short they appear to be into it defensively but they're out of sync here at the offensive end in the early minutes Billy now Henderson on the inside against Johnson hits the field goal and that is his first of the game smart play by Larry Johnson he wasn't in the right position so instead of chopping with the foul he stays in a game that's more important than trying to block that shot big play so Jerry Tarkanian hurly the last time down floor tried to penetrate with the dribble he's picking up his dribble too early against Vegas they only play well on the pass to Laettner in love coming after him fouled it is first now UNLV and they are within 85 points of breaking the tournament scoring record twice they have gone over a hundred against Arkansas Little Rock and Loyola Marymount Brent that held by that billy tubbs oklahoma club that holds the record for scoring but did not win the championship as danny manning went crazy Laettner the best free-throw shooter on the Duke squad led the Atlantic Coast Conference in free-throw shooting very unusual for a center [Applause] [Music] Abdullah be reporting back in and Laettner will be given a break here 13:20 Tilly what about the altitude how did you think it affected the players on Saturday and what should we look for here they look like Arkansas was affected more than anybody else what's going to affect Duke right now is that match up with Kubek on Butler good scale Davis coming away with it short to back very short and he'll cleaning up underneath [Applause] number two on Eggman got some tight releases out there that shot by Kubek when you talk about air balls that was about five feet short [Applause] / Kubek coming off the stack takes the pass from another leg he's got off the knobby down low early able to swing on top will not be in Johnson ready now into the hands on two on one great job by he also is a finisher with the gunk just six - we've seen him do that time and time again great play by Larry Johnson on defense down low and there's another one coming out his Anthony into the hands of hunt this time he was fouled by early chefs tea doesn't like that call but there's no question Hurley got him on the arm and hunt again not afraid to take it right in on the drive Larry Johnson is just playing a great game on the defensive end of the court he got stuck the first time in the game playing down low and behind now he start in the front the post and Duke is not getting their lob to work effectively at all [Applause] then I like the substitution coming in here by Jerry Tarkanian now with a little bit of a working margin he's going to try to go to his bench a little deeper he did not get the good play off the bench the other day except my scurry who had the big game and here we see Travis vise coming in probably dit as you can see coming in for hunt so he's just going to take a gamble here and see if he can get some minutes quality minutes off that bench other than scurry smart coaching move and we also saw Henderson check back into the game for the Blue Devils and now vise will replace on gonna need your subs at the end of the game let him get a little taste of the game in the first half it is hard to come in cold if you've never played before [Applause] steal by augment Anderson's back Duke has not adjusted in their half-court offense at all very Kennedy Duke has turned it over seven times here in the early going Johnson back to augment wanted Johnson look at Johnson's quickness what a play saves it and here's Anthony how it spice inside augment [Applause] and he'll comes away with it to the bluedevils but the team on the floor now for Duke and you talk about a gutsy move by Mikey cesky he only has two starters on the floor and his club in serious trouble he may have to really hustle to get somebody else in the game heat his clubs totally out of sync he'll putting it down and he is fouled let's watch this save again by Johnson as he was going out of bounds on the sidelines an all-american player in every respect tremendous attitude tremendous work ethic and obviously very talented and probably fortunate that he wasn't injured on that play the way he was cut down at the ankle I was worried about the floor not just bits it's wrong to get her right back well Las Vegas with its biggest lead of the game you know Jerry Tarkanian he really works the country to get his players first he goes down to Texas and California Washington DC homeboy and in Detroit Michigan and then he stirs him up until a hot all double-digit scores one first-team all-american Johnson at three honorable mentions quite a crew put together by the shark from Ikea chefs key he has to figure out a way to overcome this great defense Vegas has put on a good steal again to hunt ballast Eric's going down on the break and for those fans that wonder that's the rub of the green right there obviously Hut would have been able to catch that ball if he hadn't run into the official but it's got to be turned over to do great defense so far by Vegas Duke not in their half-court offense at all Dukes average turnovers has been 15 and already there are you now here tonight misfiring taken away by over-the-top and scurry hesitation dribble no place to go now it's Hurley trying to squeeze through and he does dishes bookie no basket the foul is going go against scurry probably a pretty good foul for the simple reason that bricky had an easy one pretty tough for a guy like scurry to draw the charge you can see him stepping over as he does he tries to get a piece of Hurley without question he didn't have his feet planet when Hurley made the move to the side and a brilliant move by Hurley it was not to draw the charge fill a team fouls six against the rebels and five on the Blue Devils but for UNLV there's been good distribution on the files Anderson at the top off the fake very conservative not picking up a file normally go to the block there and probably could have had that one because Henderson is off balance here's hunt gets to the baseline on Hurley gets him in the air and then bangs in another field goal that's ten first half points now for Anderson and if you're a Vegas fan you have to feel very comfortable now because they just don't lose when hunt is hot Johnson now running the low dose players Ricky puts it down then kind of went up too softly on [Applause] McNichols arena battled for the national championship UNLV has led it all the way MS 2315 with 1008 to go in the first half and Brent I don't think anybody's call this ah yes Jerri now and he wonders why his players her over there and the officials saying hey nobody's got an official timeout now we'll take a break [Music] that timeout was called by Las Vegas that was confirmed and the officials just didn't pick it up the players had gone over to the sideline so Vegas brings it down now they've led it all the way it's 23 15 10 minutes to go now and Yahoo is checked in off the rebel bench goes to Butler who's out hi Abdullah be there as he gets on the inside and knocks down another field goal and that is six and out Billy their guards have 16 points they have 16 points and to me they have set a stage in this game is gonna be very difficult for Duke to handle now they go to the ameba defense first time tonight we've seen the zone Henderson the man that would want to shoot looking for it coming up short Johnson rebounding Anthony eyeing the floor a very positive start here for the running revs missing that time and into Laettner's hands one two up temple the game a little bit I think Mike suggested that time out told his team to up tempo then playing very passively up to this point Henderson coming in giving him six three field goals on the evening now 25:17 and nine minutes [Music] young puts it down [Applause] find the primetime very young big shot and there they are in the zone shape that like a 131 and then takes the shape of the offense that is Tim for the game as Hurley Bobby Hurley surprisingly to me Brent for the first time in the tournament has crossed half-court picked up his dribble he's done that constantly tonight whether it's man-to-man or zone against the club that's a good defensive team the point guard has got to keep his dribble alive foul against Duke Brian Davis's first [Applause] I've been watching from the rebel bench hunt leading their scores with 10 Augmon with 4 Johnson with 5 Butler yet to score Anthony has 6 [Applause] [Music] Anthony wanted Johnson Lowe couldn't do anything and it'll be Anthony coming down to the baseline excellent two men gana and he's got five points off that rebel bench and Jerry Tarkanian Scott when he sees points coming from the right kind of people he never expected he's got to be comfortable right now and look at the amoeba stretching out farther and farther each time down to core defense has been too tough for Duke gotta break somebody up to the top of the foul line to handle that ball on the back knocked away from Henderson another turnover lead pass for Anthony batts to save it but into Davis's hands and Brent Duke is going to have to start beating UNLV back down the floor because they're not school defense a misfiring battler he has not had a field goal since the UCLA game later coming inside and after good foul by Jones that time so Jones young have all played extremely well coming in off the bench as did scurry [Applause] and the shark doesn't have much to the thread about at this time early we'll sit down and a bill McCaffrey freshman out of Allentown Pennsylvania will check in and so too will Stacey see a Novation so the shark saw that change and immediately since Sienna out onto the floor and started nibbling a little bit on that you know the tile all started way back when talkies to get a dry mouth and he didn't like to drink water cuz the cups always fell on the floor and spilled out so he's the one that came up with the idea of sucking on that towel he's been doing it ever since Duke is very tight only 3 of 7 from the line and they're normally are a good free-throw shooting team Vegas leading at 32 17 7 in able now to play with only two starters on the floor everybody's getting that rest good screen by Jones comes inside and winds up in the hands of Davis but Santa gets it back and our arches a three McCaffrey coming out and he stopped by Hutta media see Duke is not forcing the ball up the court quickly allows Vegas to get set [Applause] Henderson eight points for medicine Johnson's and he style he just doesn't allow you to get close enough to him to block the shot uses those 250 pounds to keep everybody away you know Ben we talked about the experience of Duke in the Final Four but nobody at Duke has the experience of Stacey Augmon who played in both the Olympics in the World University Games and a guy like Larry Johnson who led the American team to the gold medal in the World University Games so they have been to huge games like this in the past Johnson as a matter of fact was the outstanding player in that gold medal team although he had not yet played the game against a division 1 fault [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 20 hesitation on that shine you know none other than a guy who really knows when people put an effort gene Keady of Purdue told me who was the coach of that team said that Larry Johnson might be the best person player that he has ever had on a squad so he's got more than physical talents 32 to 1916 to go one three one Tarkas had a masterful game so far these kids adore everything either it's sandwich coming down and he is what performance from the bench tonight Siana that you had his hands full against Georgia Tech and the likes of Kenny Anderson given valuable minutes Tchaikovsky uses a timeout 3219 he's down 13 pegasus biggest lead of the game you are looking live at Denver Colorado a city which has done a splendid job of hosting this NCAA championship game as for the contest it has been all the running revs as they attempt to win their first national championship and Brent what Jerry Tarkanian is getting now is is really a great advantage because his bench has played so well that he's able to rest his starters do cannot afford that this type of lead to this come on against them to go with the bench so if they're gonna make a run they've got to do it in the next five 53 to get it down under double figures Billy how could the point guard for the Blue Devils no I think what Bobby Hurley who's not in the game now and McCaffrey he's really not a pointer they've got to drive the ball on court and force the defense to pick up the dribbler they're not doing that at all there's another example off his foot ball is tied up mic suggests he will have to come back here he is he's coming back with Hurley he has no one out there to force the ball upcourt McCafferty McCaffrey not ready to play at this level of competition in that role [Applause] 13 turnovers by the Blue Devils here in the early you know he will force 20 turnovers plus a game so that's not unusual for them but Dukes been able to hold that off augment at an outside shooter he was thinking about that one traveling that goes over to the Blue Devils now Stacy has 16 threes this year his first year and playing at UNLV as a freshman only shot three all you are willing to give the folks an idea about this Vegas defense not only 13 turnovers but they're shooting only 42 percent from the field here now Kubek gives it up to henderson santa Mitch was flying to heaven he misses scurry off this is some show but alone Duke is standing still so much Johnny likes that fadeaway jumper offensive rebound the putback wouldn't stay a story a second time making it to fall and Henderson comes out with the dribble while spurious argument official Duke gets their first chance in a fast-break fully followed by vice and Jerry Tarkanian goes crazy at Moses and what he's telling him don't argue with the officials run back down on defense now remember Saturday he did a similar thing the only problem was the ball popped loose he was at the wrong place at the right time and ended up with a layup but eventually that's going to work against you you can't stand there and argue with the ref that's why James Jones is off the Vegas bench and Abdullah be in the Duke lineup these free-throws could be a key for Hurley he has not shot well as I said hasn't had a field gold since the UCLA game that's a long long time ago he needs to get the feet on the ball go in the basket his first point of the game but no assistance free turnovers played 43 minutes against Connecticut with eight assists and just two turnovers against a team that played aggressive half-court pressing defense that picture of the bench told you that Anthony and Hunter back on the floor now for the ribs well Terry goes back with his regular starting lineups underneath Linkous of losing it but it is picked up by Davis and Anthony almost stole it and now Hurley gets it back they're going deep to Abdullah be great help from the weak side by Johnson the rebels are flying at the Blue Devils but that time they'll now be putting in the field goal eight points for the game [Applause] Johnson's put it on the board and there was a case where a great clear out in the low post for Larry Johnson isolated completely down here was Laettner no help whatsoever and you watch him turn and use that tremendous upper-body strength to go right at Christian Laettner there it is the touch back slate in her off and despite the the disadvantage in size he gets it off you cannot afford to not have somebody doubling down on him to make it a little tougher for him to turn in face [Applause] perfect from that line the difference in this game from Saturday's semifinals is that Las Vegas came to play tough defense in the first half they waited until the second half against Georgia Tech Laettner from the right baseline that's his first field goal [Applause] Cooper's hoping to prevent it but they could not great eye contact that time between Greg Anthony and Stacey art than they made the eye contact almost 50 feet from the basket and Stacey just took off total domination here by UNLV on both ends of the floor the quickness on defense that's the move by Hurley you got a triple into the middle of that zone and it opened it up for Laettner 4127 Las Vegas the switch now Rob Optima beyond Johnson they were the great block [Applause] but we'll see what I was talking about the eye contact had already been made there Stacey Augmon drew that tremendous ability of his to glide through the air and a great catch excellent pass by Greg Anthony who's having a superlative game running the show I've got a bounce by Davis as you watch augment and the running revs tonight notice how Stacy always comes down the left sideline and hunt down the right to look for the three often down the left to look for the dunk good transition game Johnson offensive foul is the Larry Johnson really didn't need to take that shot and he knows it he's smiling coming up off the floor and scurries going to get him out of there so that he doesn't pick up another foul Johnson will come back down the floor with two personal fouls so it will be Johnson still out there story having checked back in the game hog went up front Anthony and hunter net backcourt early Henderson rookie Davis switch back to man-to-man even though the zone was extremely effective they switched back to man-to-man and the foul goes against Bega says scurry came out hi that's number two Jerry Tarkanian happened one of those games as a coach were every move that he makes is turning out successful he's changed his defenses at the right time substitutions have worked perfectly he's living a charm life right now and obviously his players are executing well [Music] [Applause] into the hands of hunt Duke continues to struggle scurry along for the lot nobody's picked him up deflected into the hands of Laettner man lead to Davis he'll shoot a pair and the field goal if counted had it gone through this may sound crazy but Vegas known as the running webs I think if Dukes going to get back in the game they're gonna have to be the runnin Dukes because the half-court game not playing into their hands at all threat the ACC has taken over the years 24 different teams to the Final Four but they've only won four championships back in 57 to 1 1 and then of course the great David Thompson team mate Michael Jordan James Worthy team in 82 and of course Jimmy Valvano is magical year in 83 don't Laettner took a blow right in the face by a teammate so when it's going bad it's really going bad for Mike she's Jeff skis Club even from the free-throw line where they are very proficient normally 4129 is our score good half-court movement by UNLV and you know who they're looking for [Applause] North emphasis Moses scurry his first field goal scurry came in from the weak side Larry Johnson posted up everybody was looking at him and the inside was open for Anderson's not really sitting down and Bobby Hurley won't let him penetrate with the dribble deep Abdullah before the layout ten points there's hot going down the right side [Applause] is much adversity with ghosts our honor there they had a chance for an easy fast break had turned out Triano in the other direction Laettner turns around and Apple not me to put it back misfiring and a foul is going to be called on the inside against Johnson then I'm really surprised Jerry Tarkanian put Johnson back in the ball game to pick up that foul you know who altered the shot on ophthal nabi again it was the great defensive play by Stacey Augmon so with three fouls Johnson sits down [Applause] right next to scurried there was nothing to gain by having Johnson in the ball game with this net little time left and a half with this big a lead we can hold the ball down there to give Duke very little time only 52 seconds left in the half [Applause] let this game reminds you a little bit of the way UNLV was having adversity with Georgia Tech in the first half of the semifinal game they weren't in sync but they really came out in the second half and played great ball so that's what Duke will have to do if they expect to get back industry [Applause] clock running down now in the first half makes sense to work it all the way down if you're Duke now you don't want it silly foul you've got the clock as as one of your teammates it'll be Anthony up over the top with the eleven point eight seconds it will be ducks ball like you says he wisely gets early in the game into this last ten seconds crazy as it seems if you for the score here - ten points you seemed like they were completely out of this ball game McCaffrey will be on the floor with Hurley Kubek Henderson and totally tries to drive it through and Caffrey comes up and he is fouled and this has been a tough night for officials couple of them have gone down now great pass by Hurley inside McCaffrey went back door [Applause] breath the official that went down as a man named Edie Hightower who's an outstanding educator and his dedication to school as well as officiating necessitates that he goes through a full school day and then when he's going to officiate goes out to an airport and takes a private plane to the game flies back after the game so he can be on time for school the next day or the real top educators in America very dedicated guy he's out of Alton Illinois [Applause] the six seconds ago UNLV has a lot of time and I'd be looking for Anderson hunt if I were a great Anthony because he's going to be busting out down the right side surprisingly Larry Johnson back in the game they want him in there to make the long throw but instead he hands it off quickly to Anthony who brings it up time for anthem it has been a Vegas story here shark-infested waters in Denver last break particularly you can see they've been much more aggressive Dukas got to push the ball up the floor both full court and half court that they expect to get back in it and if you're Jerry Tarkanian I'm sure you're going to start whipping your club early here if they take any time to relax [Applause] they start off at that tough man a man deep to Laettner twice to bat it in is Johnson coming away for the Rebs or now inside of 20 minutes for the first national championship foul against Duke [Applause] that is number three and Laettner did not put the ball up top down on the other end of the floor he had Mary Johnson beaten out of position and just kind of tossed it up easy [Applause] taking the inbounds pass bricky on him [Applause] Butler whoops it back to the top of there is Johnson on Saturday against Georgia Tech in the first half and now it is 50 35 Jerry Tarkanian probably hoping he misses a couple those jumpers the pro scouts are just drooling when he can step outside hit that one as well as played a low post I continuing to keep Hurley on the outside now it is rookie looking in Abdullah before Johnson so they'll stay at the perimeter Henderson that's 10 points fulfill clock has stopped is the ball being retrieved [Applause] and Brent fatigue should not be a factor because both teams rested a lot of people early on Vegas getting great play out of their bench Duke just ordinary constant emotions Vegas that time he tried to drive it in and he was more successful it'll be in derson put-together field goal that's the answer off the bench that's I'm sure what he wants his club to do force things down inside even if it's not there got to take some chances they were down 16 now it's back to 11 but to buy beautiful flag in behind the defense and help not there quick enough his first field goal of the game for the senior center David Butler he cannot feed the post any better than that the lobby and Laettner being pushed by Butler these are the deficits Duke has overcome in the tournament trailing st. John's UCLA was closed all the way came back from a five-point deficit against Connecticut and in Arkansas game they were down seven in most of those if not all were in the second half but they have to show a different sign of the game in order to give you any confidence they can make the comeback here Laettner from the left baseline Henderson now watching from the sidelines here's Honda law coming we executed the laid pass break but Luke took the ball right down the center and Laettner with three fouls could not jump on him as aggressively as he normally would have - now coming in on the inside it'll be Johnson with his second 300 and who would have thunk it that he's going to come down there and stop from about 22 feet and drill to Kubik in Henderson we'll have to check back in for the Blue Devils Ottoman cuts off Bertie it'll be Laettner again beans starting to pick up offensive ly but Duke just can't stop you an LV now at the lathe fastbreak is working beautifully off the fake Johnson able to penetrate and in the pass and Butler missing Abdullah B gets it into her Lee's hands but the defense is back and Brent look at the big man from Duke they did not even cross the top of the key into the court octal navi and christian laettner were still down at the other foul line on that transition break very unusual and they have to be exhausted only three and a half minutes have transpired in the second half but they just are out of breath now it is Hill out there with Davis Henderson early and Kubik short line up for the Blue Devils down 57 45 16 30 left in regulation a lineup that doesn't match up at all with UNLV three starters on the bench I choose chefs Keys shown a lot of courage here but they just couldn't go any further he had to look down the floor and see eight players on one end of the court and his two big men 60 feet away you've got to take him out Greg Anthony and outstanding both on and off the floor outstanding a lot of pressure in the next couple of minutes going to be put on Phil Henderson to score now anytime he's led them in scoring they're 15 and oh he's got 13 right now so that may break that strength Game six Shirley hooks up Anthony Gregg pullback on Butler he's the man that could get it cut off the fake 14 for Anderson hiding Henderson's three who couldn't have won tonight Las Vegas so we'll take a break 1556 to go and running Rebs 59 to Duke's 47 grant watch here we've got five Duke players all ahead of Anderson hunt right here who's going to break down the right side Butler will occupy the defense by going down the center and watch how the perfect delayed fast-break works here comes Hunt beating him down the floor and the man that was last hit the race ends up first at the at the gate with Billy Packer I'm Brent Musburger 1550 to go in regulation it's been all Vegas tonight there are 59 at 47 Laettner out on Johnson who puts it on the floor on the dribble and comes up and uses the glass 18 points now for the big man and they go back to the amoeba defense stretching out to find a man it's a matchup developed by buzz riddle foul before the shot [Applause] so reminder that at the conclusion of this championship game we'll select the Chevrolet players of the game in a conjunction with the award Chevrolet will donate $1,000 to the general scholarship fund both the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and do still don't have a three knocked away and ottoman up with it it's a three-on-two / leaf contains him cross to hunt here's the tree Club is 120 of 21 game as UC Santa Barbara in that game Anderson huntin Greg Anthony only made five 21 shots from the three-point range you can see tonight that's not the case at all another turnover forces the pace 14:49 - a title [Applause] I'm Brent Musburger Las Vegas with nine straight points here at pinnacles arena they lead at 66 47 and they are dominating all the statistics hitting 61% and allowing only 47 they have never trailed and Brett they're really getting confidence now there it is again another steal it was odd twenty-one and it is a magnificent performance by the University of Nevada at Las Vegas whoops to Laettner from Hurley misses that's an indication of how this game is gone at the other end it is hunt bringing it into the past and it's all the running they feel it now and she chefs kit will use another timeout twice in this NCAA tournament UNLV has scored better than 100 points tonight they needed just 85 to break the ton of its six-game record right now they're sitting on 70 and Billy Packer they should get that breezing the 1419 to go the way they have played here tonight they have and they haven't done it by outscoring their opponents just the offensive end their defense is just stifled Duke taken away every opportunity to dupe to get back in the ball game Duke's ball they've been forcing bad shots Mike sous-chefs key on that last timeout has gone back with a team that is very very small he only has two starters in the game Ricky and Hurley the big dollar of the game difficult to even find an open man and as you watch the screen just notice how the white jerseys close in on Duke whenever they get the ball down and low coming through tre when the defense was there again and now it's into the hands of Butler everybody runs the floor right now like she says be in order to keep this somewhat respectable we'll have to come back with size this is a 1501 hurly gets inside whips the pass that time it was number four on augment well we thought files would be effective but when you get a game like this is now there goes Stacey I remember the story of the Olympics made the squad as the defensive stopper and then was so disappointed left his bronze medal on the bed never to see it again I talked to him about the Olympics and he said even if we win this national championship we'll never take away two disappointing memories of not winning the gold medal in Seoul there's a man that has really led things through his club tonight Greg Anthony its total domination in his game [Applause] curly squeezes through a tree that big man Larry Johnson off with the rebound 72 47 pockets of three and folks this one's all Vegas for me you know what's unusual we've had some games in the final I really felt this was the potential for a blowout you always told me not no I think they can stay in there he never made that statement about this and I and I really felt I was no I honestly felt that this was going to be a very competitive game I you know I tend to agree with you been a nightmare for Mike Schuh shifty Laettner coming through through the foul but when we were out on the west coast in Oakland the way they approached the Loyola Marymount game convinced me that the Vegas team really was the squad to beat coming in here to the the final four now I thought they were very sluggish and so did you in that first half against Georgia Tech in that game I thought and they should show respect for Kenny Anderson but I thought they showed so much respect it took away from their tenacious defensive tendencies that they usually had but that wasn't the case tonight at all they went after Bobby Hurley they took away boots half-court offense and then did it it down at their end of the court as well an 18 nothing Vegas run there are 30 no 475 up off that bench walking up and down trying to pretend like he's concern but to all the adversity that man is that of late you know he has to be satisfied the way this cross plant yeah we're going to talk about some of the problems that the rebels have faced this year and apparently have managed to conquer that's what the three short into the hands of McCaffrey forcing another bad pass say by Hurley it has been such a struggle when you watch Duke with the ball and now it's not flying at McCaffrey Kubek getting it back Davis didn't have it Laettner battling away on the inside first time Laettner has been able to finish one off on the inside lay out on Santa Mitch causing him trouble Rakeem phallus Paul he tried to draw a charge and the hightower said no way excellent piece of officiating there Hurley slammed down on the floor showing his protest Hightower realizing hey that's not a factor in this game instead of calling the chief technical foul showed good patience here as an official I watched this earlier slam the floor if we and Hightower says no this is not the time for a technical foul good common sense officiating [Applause] Bob deep to Scully we're seeing a clinic there is no phase of the game that UNLV has an outperform Duke McCaffrey that was the play early on against that zone drive it down in there with the dribble Butler Laettner and that's number four now you start to wonder how many points can Vegas score in this one and the most points in a championship game was scored against Duke back in 1964 by UCLA 98 points and Grenn I remember that game so well that was the outstanding Jeff Mullins Club that was going to the Final Four for two years in a row our team in the year before in 63 UCLA with the famed press John Wooden's first national championship team behind Gail Goodrich and Walt Hazzard it looked like Duke was in control the game and all of a sudden the press kanima came on and they couldn't hold back the Bruins and it was the beginning of some great basketball history for John Wooden his pogo Philly with David Butler at the free-throw line Bisons checked back in [Applause] Butler who last year really struggled from the free-throw line looks so smooth on that one National Junior College Player of the Year two years ago Jerry has really put together some Club here but they were a consensus pick to be number one in the nation before it all started so it's not like this is a surprise Henderson mrs. Kouri down with the rebound Henderson has scored 14 in this game and here the Vegas fans get nervous they want to see vice hit a three by abdul nabi number two well here is the sound of scurry missing scurry down with the rebound scurry one of four brothers that have played college basketball another outstanding junior college player came from the National Junior College champion san jacinto pick Vegas because he liked the light show before the King and that's young of Las Vegas committing his first personal foul but you know young may have set the stage for this game brent when he came in and played perfectly scored a basket then hit a three early on [Music] Bobby Hurley sorely disappointed everybody knows what happened the other day in terms of his problems with his stomach Billy well we've got a second we want to send along our best wishes to him colleague Hubie Brown who was recovering in the hospital Los Angeles I spoke to Hubie today and he collapsed prior to our coverage of the Los Angeles Laker game over the weekend and was rushed to a hospital out there and blood clot was taken care of and he's feeling much better here it is Anthony coming up with a shot abdullah be down with a rebound [Applause] 10:52 go 79 53 UNLV I bet you Duke players think there are six Vegas players playing defense on half-court against them there's just a man every passing lane there was a sext as Henderson comes back at vowels Anthony who came up with the steel vise tried to go ahead and set a screen on the defender Greg probably would have been best to pass the ball back [Applause] early and Thomas Hill back into the lineup for do see Jerry Tarkanian over there walking that sidelines Tim eager Grich is outstanding staff interesting tark says I'd never hire an assistant coach that owns a set of golf clubs or a camper and that assistant group he has over there I could assure you don't own either [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 8250 three and still ten and a half minutes to go [Applause] early hounded by Amberson are gets inside in and Johnson nailed the pass and Henderson gets the ball there two men on it just it's a great matchup defense and you just can't get it to fall Henderson managed to take it away from young but coming back up has it stripped Johnson's great hands hunt wants the three stuff it would be Jackson [Applause] and traveling is the call one of the officials is going to call the foul on Johnson which would have been number four but he was overruled by Tim Higgins with the traveling call and it's 80 53 running Rebs I'll prep Jerry Tarkanian got great reputation for his man-to-man defense at UNLV when it was that long beach half-court offense it played a lot of zone now as clubs can do either the real aggressive man-to-man which we saw to start this game and then the great amoeba zone defense and runs later five-second call Bobby hilly tried to pick it up in the first half finally gets one hilly you've talked about that three-point shooting and Duke 0:06 from that range and the Monon revs are six of ten well the three Priya chorus losses that Vegas had all year their three-point shooting was down under 24% that's not the case tonight obviously but you can't fault any phase of their game denied the towel in place not necessary right now very morning a little more movement in this club against this man the man [Applause] Johnson he is so good inside put the ball back up he comes down on his shots inside when he turns from faces and really squares up to the basket could be imperfect offensive rebounding position twice gets so many of those put shots twenty-two points eight rebounds Larry Johnson bunt from the side of Henderson could not stop him that time that's inside the story and he was fouled Henderson vanitha Nobby were underneath Moses is an unusual player on passes like that he he does not have good hands sometimes inside but for some reason he's able to go ahead and get him when he counts that was Avril Nabi who picked up number three Larry Jackson with that rebound is the season record holder in his first year at Univision rebounding also in free throws made he's had quite an impact on that team and deserved his consensus all-american pick everything's working we're looking at a 56% free-throw shooter to hit nothing but net [Applause] this rebel defense has forced 19 boot turnover sales Anderson and Johnson off with another rebound snap pass now to - score the triple Greg Anthony looks over here in points and said automatic and the record or UNLV with 86 points now and still eight minutes to play in this game it's 86 57 only Christian Laettner has had four or five attempts here in the second half uncontested and couldn't finish [Applause] Anthony coming around with Hurley chasing him as they bring seconds down off the clock now sensing that a national championship is inside at 7:30 86 57 their tremendous defense has set this up that pass could not save it over and back and it goes to Duke and again Mike sous-chefs D will try a different lineup the reason Jerry Tarkanian is stopping over there is because Eve Moses's job is to stay under the basket he has no business out there and Jerry who likes perfect execution in this semi delayed game it's not going to take Billy I want to talk about Jerry and his program the NCAA suspended six players earlier for one game for failing to pay hotel incidentals and what about some of the problems that they've had to overcome with this program well you know Jerry brought problems to UNLV when he arrived the problems were at Long Beach State where that team was put on probation and he was a avoided being penalized himself when he moved to UNLV and I think the NCAA chased him over there and rightfully so in the invitation of course ever since in the courts he is presently in a situation involving a further investigation and I think that Jerry has turned his program in the right direction and unfortunately in this particular case tonight he's going to have a national championship and I think the program is moving in the right direction whether he can overcome the previous problems remains to be seen Larry Johnson as a matter of fact is the only player on this team that has played every game this year because of someone else's pain Mao Tarkanian was ordered suspended for two years by the NCAA and that suit went all the way to the Supreme Court and it was won by the NCAA and that group can go back on tarkanian if the penalty but there is a state injunction forbidding that he be suspended for two years so it doesn't seem likely that the NCAA will seek the maximum but this is a team that could indeed be facing some penalties down the road because of the recruitment of Lloyd Daniels who was a high school star out of New York but who's had a very troubled recent past and part of it involved Vegas nevertheless this team on the floor very well coached and a player like Larry Johnson is just a remarkable young man and he has provided some character and leadership for this team and so not all of what you hear and see what the shark is bad [Applause] certainly not activities and trends of their practice sessions in the way his team performs Johnson ninety-two 59 Bret the Duke club has been demoralized since that tremendous nineteen Oh run and they're going through the motions right now a Jerry again showing his ability as a coach saying the object is to win the game not to break records here and that's why you see a much more patient approach for the way they're playing half court great fans in Las Vegas we should point out you can hear the noise in the background they have a lot of them in McNichols here tonight is Santa pitch hits the tree Moses story can taste of hopes and the run of ribs are hoping to get to the top that's the only summit that they have failed to reach and say tournament and in this half they have scored 46 points to Duke's his Big West Big West [Applause] Vegas plays in and normally dominates every year we should point out although were some other good teams in that conference issue New Mexico State which it was no the finest teams I saw a year that talked them down there and a loss [Applause] he leaves with 12 points 7 assists for a rebound [Applause] he's not the most talented I'm talking about the big MVP of the western region [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it wasn't chasing out on Vice [Applause] by putting it down loses it Dukes bar [Applause] 23 points is the biggest margin of victory [Applause] 364 Henderson finally [Applause] and that's his first of the game and in the start of the year before Butler Moses career else starting center on this [Applause] inside the Vegas you could tell that the [Music] [Applause] gently sweetness to stay focused in a game like this but yet be relaxed at the same time national championship game with just one more contest to play as they have all season long Larry [Applause] the outside [Applause] even Louis watching this action question is to yell and scream a lot [Applause] the reps are beginning their celebration at 2:43 as Duke will head back home Benten you see Louis there's a great story she went to Mass the other day try to get Jerry to go along and Jerry was just too busy to go she gets the mass heels down the view looks over and there's Mike's a jet ski and she said he was praying very hard obviously it didn't where's this NCAA process [Applause] for Gerry on the sidelines all I can think of is how do you feel when you've got nothing left to prove is the record ninety nine points sets a new standard four points in a championship game 9 266 still 243 to go it was all of that [Applause] [Music] and for nutrition chef's concludes his wife this has been a long night to watch it stands here 99 66 coaches at Duke University of Taek come away to the victory Bickford is did it twice will foster and son [Applause] Jones can't knock it in [Applause] a lot of these players returning Joe cook with the field the young men from the ball state who are watching this game how close they came against the one of revs that was a two-point game there's mccurdy slipped on the sidelines coming out to what should have been a opportunity to tie or win [Applause] as soon as this las vegas championship game is over we'll be hearing from coach Jerry Tarkanian some of the running reps 99 the 68 and slowly when we look back to the 80s that string of remarkable NCAA championship games has come to an end normally you could always count on this game as far as a big event was concerned to turn in the classic closed-ended but that has not been the case with this title match has been one turnover after another by the Duke Blue Devils that's a turnover by Clay Buckley his father J played on those first clubs that Vic bubas brought to the final floor as the first time in NCAA tournament history that a father-son combination have both made it to the final four Super Bowl this year was a rout won by the San Francisco 49ers [Applause] one sided last year won by the Oakland A's I guess we'll have to count on Buster Douglas to supply a little why nine points for hunt against the Blue Devils in the second half with 22 points and 11 rebounds Anthony 13 points and 6 assists augment 26 Jay Bilas Tommy Amica 2 assistants at Duke they are now as they experienced it as well well the shark isn't taking a bite as is written on those t-shirts you swallowed the whole tuna here tonight often it cooks hands [Applause] do turnovers in this game 103 to 70 on the goaltending call three field goals for Davis in this game and a tough night for that man there [Applause] we'll be going into this summer as the coach of the goodwill team for the United States and then the world in ship team as well so he's [Applause] have your first NCAA Championship only 10 seconds to go now 103 72 Clark puts the coat back on you know Beth this will be the first team from the Pacific time zone that is one of final championship since UCLA way back in 1975 without controversy [Applause] Oh Brent you've covered a million sporting events have you ever seen one we're a team at this level has dominated in every facet of the 49ers a clinic down in [Applause]

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Published: Tue Apr 07 2020