1976 Rutgers Final 4 Team Beats Lopez Twins

Pos	Stanford 2008	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fouls	Ht	3 NBA	18-seed Stanford Stats
1-PG	Mitch Johnson	11	2	1	0	2	6'1		6.7 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 5.2 Ast
2-SG	Anthony Goods	10	2	1	0	1	6'4		10.0 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.7 Ast
3-SF	Lawrence Hill	3	4	0	0	3	6'8		8.6 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 1.1 Ast
4-PF	Brook Lopez	15	6	0	1	2	7'1	NBA	19.3 Pts, 8.2 Reb, 1.4 Ast
5-C	Robin Lopez	13	6	0	1	2	7'1	NBA	10.2 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 0.6 Ast
1-PG	Drew Shiller	2	1	0	0	1	6'1		3.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast
2-SG	Fred Washington	6	3	0	0	2	6'5		4.4 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 2.3 Ast
3-SF	Kenny Brown	2	1	0	0	1	6'2		4.2 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.6 Ast
4-PF	Landry Fields	2	1	0	0	1	6'7	NBA	4.1 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 1.0 Ast
5-C	Taj Finger	10	2	0	0	1	6'8		5.9 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.5 Ast
		74	28	2	2	16
Pos	Rutgers 1976	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fouls	Ht	4 NBA	2-seed Rutgers Stats
1-PG	Eddie Jordan	11	1	4	0	1	6'1	NBA	14.1 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 5.3 Ast
2-SG	Mike Dabney	19	2	3	0	1	6'4		19.1 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 3.5 Ast
3-SF	Phil Sellers	15	7	1	0	3	6'5	NBA	19.2 Pts, 10.2 Reb, 3.2 Ast
4-PF	Hollis Copeland	11	5	0	0	3	6'6	NBA	12.9 Pts, 6.7 Reb, 1.5 Ast
5-C	James Bailey	9	5	1	4	2	6'9	NBA	8.5 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
1-PG	Steve Hefele	9	1	0	0	0	6'5		3.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 0.9 Ast
2-SG	Mark Conlin	2	1	0	0	0	6'2		2.1 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
3-SF	Jeff Kleinbaum	2	1	0	0	0	6'2		2.7 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast
4-PF	Mike Palko	2	1	0	0	0	6'7		1.9 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
5-C	Abdel Anderson	4	2	1	0	0	6'7		9.4 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
		84	26	10	4	10

 After focusing on the 32 current all-conference teams over Thanksgiving, we flashed back to the 1976 Rutgers team against the true Twin Towers from Stanford 2008 in Brook Lopez and Robin Lopez in the Value Add Basketball Game.

Stanford took the early lead 38-35 with the big edge on the glass through the 33rd possession (counting down to 1). However, from possessions 32 to 18 Brook Lopez and Lawrence Hill rest, and during that time Rutgers came up with four of their 10 steals for a 19-13 run to take a 56-51 lead before the two returned, and they kept the lead the rest of the way for an 84-74 win to advance to our Elite 8.

Rutgers in the No. 2 seed in this tournament behind only UConn 2023. in 1976 they were one of two teams to make it all the way to the Final Four undefeated, but Indiana won it all to become the last undefeated champion in NCAA history.

Here is the box score.