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1981 Notre Dame vs. #1-ranked Virginia

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The Irish stun #1 Virginia and Ralph Sampson in the finals seconds at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago in 1981. Dick Enberg, Al McGuire, and Billy Packer called the game for national television.

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  • That ND team was loaded. Tripuka, Woolridge, Paxon, Klein, Tracy Jackson all played in the NBA and it was amazing that they didn't win the NC with this team.

  • @515sbest You type like

    Stevie from

    Malcolm in the

    Middle.

  • @Green18600 The NBA instituted the 3-pt line in the regular season beginning with the 1979-80 season. Chris Ford (who would later become a head coach with the Boston Celtics) hit the first 3-pointer in NBA regular season play on October 12, 1979.

  • Ralph Sampson was the best

    His Teammates didn't get him the ball

    Where he wanted it.

  • John Paxon looks the same here as he does now...hasnt aged a bit....hit big shots. MJ's favorite player to play with he once said...thaty says alot.

  • that team might have won the national championship had BYU's Danny Ainge not scored a coast-to-coast layup at the buzzer in the sweet 16.

  • I remember watching this as a kid. Notre Dame put one big guy in front of Sampson and one behind and left Craig Robinson open. Very effective strategy.

  • Whatever happened to Tracy Jackson? He played NBA for 2 or 3 years. Then what?

  • The three point line was used for some NBA exhibition games back in the 1980-1981 Basketball Season. The line was used -- to a limited extent -- for semi-professional and even professional games at the time of Rosemont Horizon's opening back in 1980. This answer may not be of much help; however, the floor was first used mainly for DePaul Men's Basketball Games.

  • then explain why there's a 3-pt line in this video from 1981. was this court used for NBA games as well?

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