Kentucky's Jack Givens 41 vs Duke 1978 Championship

[edscottable]

now that's how you carve up a zone. real ballers man up. damn a zone.

[oneputtsteven]

What a lineup KU had! Robey, Phillips, Givens, Macy, Shidler, and Claytor

[PDoggdadd]

I was there for that Final Four. Givens was amazing. St. Louis was a great place to party that weekend..what a time. Notre Dame , Arkansas played the consolation game that night. We spoke to Al Maguire during the public workouts...he was recovering from dental surgery and he felt lousy.

[jayfey77]

kentucky was expected to win it all that year.duke wasnt even expected to make it to the final four so good job by duke to make it that far with a team nobody thought would do anything.

[sneak108]

Givens is killin mofo's!! wow ballin!

[MegaObserver1]

At 6-4, most NBA teams felt Givens was too short to play forward (his position in college) and not quick enough to play guard. But Goose played several years in the NBA mostly on his shooting ability and sheer desire. Today he is a businessman in Lexington and does color commentary on Kentucky and SEC telecasts.

[MegaObserver1]

All season long, everyone expected UK to win the National Championship. They had Rick Roby and Mike Phillips up front, both 6-11, Kyle Macy, and of course, Goose Givens. Had Kentucky NOT won the national championship, many UK fans would have demanded Joe B. Hall be fired.

[lawanrdr]

Givens was automatic

[iwearunderarmour]

my highschool coach where play at know played for uk and he had this guy come talk to us at a kids camp we had.

[dblack1983]

I'd rank the '78 squad a very close 2nd behind the '96 squad as the best in UK history and one of the best all time in NCAA history

[dblack1983]

GOOOOOSE!!!

[qukarlz]

he ate giminski's lunch

[uofl2004]

Why are they playing on IU court in St. Louis?

[tonyaandralph]

The game was played at the Checkerdome, in St. Louis, which was a hockey arena. The floor was warped due to water damage, so IU loaned theirs. The floor is also typically given to the winner of the championship. This year was an exception. It went back to IU.

[sneak108]

@uofl2004 This is in bloomington indiana. The goose baby! Go cats!

[uofl2004]

@sneak108 No its St. Louis, the NCAA could instead of using Indiana's court they could have brought the floor from Rupp. Now that would be fitting.

[sneak108]

@uofl2004 cats baby. we let u of l have pitino so we could slip cal in there. huge upgrade

[uofl2004]

@sneak108 It took us 12 years after Pitino left to go to Boston before we got Coach Cal. Tubby wasn't a bad coach he did win us a title after all.

[charbear95]

Love the shorts. lol.

[TheCatFan21]

Does anyone else notice how #21 Givens looks a bit like #21 Perry Stevenson? Whoa.

[xjoe192x]

2.44, That was Pre Coach K. that call today would NEVER go against Duke

[kentuckyis1]

man... 21 is a pretty big number for UK... lol, JACK GIVENS, CAMERON MILLS (not as big as the other ones), and of course, TEYSHAUN PRINCE...

[IOYB]

1:21 Whoah, NCAAA?!

[spockistheman]

I would have to say this was better than Meeks 54 points. All of Given's baskets were 2 point shots. Meek's had 10-3 pointers. Some of Givens jumpers were downtown.

[SFFOOL76]

Plus it was for the championship game, not a s.e.c. regular season game.

[spockistheman]

That is true. You have better competition in the championship game.

[jeanya]

Kentucky had 4 All Americans, Duke started 2 freshmen.

[hititout3]

And what?

[ukhistorian]

Goose kicks ass.

[jsbruzina]

I can't believe this game is over 30 years old.

[greatjellybean]

Goose got a pretty stroke!!

[camflint72]

There is a good book by John Feinstein called FOREVERS TEAM about the '78 Blue Devils i would recommend to hoop nerds like myself

[kinneyboy90]

Feinstein's a hack of a writer. He should kill himself.

Dook lost.

[SFFOOL76]

Write a novel yourself fool.

[kinneyboy90]

I have.

[SFFOOL76]

then i apologize.

[kinneyboy90]

no problem.

[heysolley]

Those were my favorite Kentucky uniforms.  Now everybody's uniforms look like pajamas, plus the blue has inexplicably gotten lighter in shade.

[JJayHawk9]

GOOOOOOSE!!!

[kycats06]

If you look at the History against DUKE, we own them head to head and in bigger games than the Lattner shot game.

[ukhistorian]

Goose was amazing.