Jordan, UNC Shock 1962 Cincy, 68-54

 For the 1st time since Michael Jordan's 1982 UNC team lost to Bill Walton's 1972 UCLA in the title game of our first 96-team tournament (the 2 actually played a casual alumni game), he is back to face another great big line-up in Cincinnati 1962.

 

Pos	UNC 1982	Ht,NBA	Actual Season Stats	Game Highlights in 68-54 win vs. Cincy
1-PG	Jimmy Black	6'3	7.6 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 6.3 Ast	unexpected 14 pts (pass 1st PG), 3 stls
2-SG	Matt Doherty	6'8	9.3 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 3.1 Ast	Fouled out
3-SF	Michael Jordan	NBA,6'6	13.5 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 1.8 Ast	Game-high 15 pts, 3 blocked shots
4-PF	James Worthy	NBA,6'9	15.6 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 2.4 Ast	10 pts, 8 rebounds
5-C	Sam Perkins	NBA,6'9	14.3 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 1.1 Ast	Fouled out
1-PG	Jim Braddock	6'2	1.9 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 1.2 Ast
2-SG	Buzz Peterson	6'5	1.2 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
3-SF	Chris Brust	6'9	1.7 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.4 Ast	Good minutes after Doherty foul out
4-PF	Jeb Barlow	6'8	1.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
5-C	John Brownlee	6'10	0.7 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.0 Ast	Good minutes after Perkins foul out
Pos	Cincinnati 1962	Ht,NBA	Actual Season Stats	Game Highlights in 54-68 loss vs. UNC
1-PG	Tony Yates	6'1	8.2 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 4.3 Ast	14 pts, 5 steals
2-SG	Tom Thacker	NBA,6'2	11.0 Pts, 8.6 Reb, 3.4 Ast
3-SF	Ron Bonham	NBA,6'5	14.3 Pts, 5.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
4-PF	George Wilson	NBA,6'8	9.2 Pts, 8.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
5-C	Paul Hogue	NBA,6'9	16.8 Pts, 12.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast	game-high 15 points, and 11 rebounds
1-PG	Tom Sizer	6'2	2.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.2 Ast
2-SG	Larry Shingleton	5'10	3.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast
3-SF	Fred Dierking	6'6	4.1 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.6 Ast
4-PF	Dale Heidotting	6'8	3.1 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.4 Ast

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Our Preview noted that this is two if the best defensive teams in the game, and Cincy holds UNC without a dunk range, while UNC does one better to give Cincy a 51-53 Stop range.

Results to follow: We had Cincinnati as an 8-point favorite as one of the most dominant rebounding teams ever against a UNC team that was only average on the boards. The Bearcats did win the boards 42-30, but UNC started the game on a 10-0 run and never looked back, shutting Cincy down for a 68-54 win to advance to the all-time Elite 8 against the undefeated Indiana 1976 team.