Kentucky trailed Duke by 18 points in the first half before storming back for an 86-84 win in the 1998 Elite Eight. Watch the full game here.
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Kentucky = Greatest Men’s CBB program of all time.
^^^^FACT^^^^
No one in a particularly close 2nd place either
@@duelingcat9870 Maybe North Carolina.
Delusion
@@SomebodyBanThatGuy What analysts? Nice living in your own world isn't it?
Kentucky in the 8 seasons from 92-99..7 elite 8s, 4 final 4s, 3 finals and 2 titles..what a run.
3 finals in a row too
If only Nazr had hit a free throw, they would have beaten Arizona in 97.
Plot them since 2012 and not too good now. Perhaps one day better, but will take a change from the one and done recruiting and coaching strategy.
Would have won 3 straight titles (96,97,98) if pitino had let Derek Anderson play in the championship game against Arizona.. THEN he decided to go to the Celtics … dont get me started on that
@@nateman79 True on Ricky P not playing DA.
This game was one of the best memories of my childhood.
46:10 Wojo and Magloire going for the ball. Magloire let’s loose right as Wojo flops. Billy Packer: OH NO WHAT IS HE DOING TO MY WOJO
That was insane lol
I’ll go to my grave saying the ‘96 cats was the best college team of all time. But the ‘98 team will ALWAYS be my favorite team. I smashed my tv remote during this game..... I literally cried after this game I was so happy
I agree! Been a UK fan since I was 8
I know the feeling. I had been watching kentucky basketball since 1984 and had never seen any of the earlier championship teams. In 96 i was so nervous wanting to see one. In 98 the stress was gone and i could just enjoy the games more.
Love your comment!!! '96 is the best team ever, but '98 is my 2nd favorite team. The '92 Unforgettables is the favorite in my heart!! Homegrown kids who stuck it out and stayed with UK during the tough times and produced a magical season that laid the foundation of what was to come in the 90's!!!
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I wasn't able to watch the game. . . . My parents forced me to go to church. . . I got home just in time to see Duke miss the final shot. . . . . Ugh
The sound of all those UK fans after Mills and then Padgett hit those 3’s. It doesn’t get any better than that.
Jeff Sheppard? Scott Padgett? THIS team won a title?
@@chrisuncleahmad yes
22 years later and I still get nervous!
Same! I come back to watch this game every few years and still get super nervous, then hyped, then nervous, then hyped again. Just a great college basketball game.
Think about Big Z. Came to UK as a 300-pound freshman. Shed almost another human being. Played JV-ball for a year. By the end of his junior, he embarks on a 17-year career in the NBA. Not bad for a high school player not ranked in the Top 100.
You gotta love the '98 team. Beating UCLA by 30, making the comeback and getting the revenge on dUKe, beating the best team in Stanford history, and then taking down the hot Utah team for the title. But we paid for it...we had to endure 3 more years of Saul Smith playing 30-35 minutes per game. I'd love to know UK's +/- while Saul was on the floor in '98? In my opinion every minute he played as a freshman was mins we didn't have Mills on the floor draining 3's. But somehow they played great and won the title. And beating dUKe in a Regional Final made it that much sweeter. This team bought Tubby over a decade being the head man at UK. Tubby was a pretty good coach, but he just couldn't recruit. Which is the most important thing in college basketball. His best class was the Randolph Morris, Joe Crawford, Ramel Bradley, & Rondo class. But that class was a bust other than Rondo. Tubby came close to another Final Four a couple times with Patrick Sparks hitting the 3 vs Michigan St, ran into Dwayne Wade in '03, etc. But we never tasted that glory again with Tubby.
Outside of Kentucky, everyone was rooted UK here. By 98, everyone else was sick of Big Blue.
Bogans was hurt in the 2003 regional final against Marquette, if I remember correctly.
Their best chance at another Final four under Tubby was the 99 team. He still had Turner, Padgett, Evans. Michigan State hit some huge shots in the second half, and Tubby was out coached by Izzo in the big games (99, 2005)
its probably for the best that they were beaten why that Wade team..seeing as how that same team was down by 40 at one point vs KU, I dont think BBN could have handled a 30 point L vs KU in the FF..cause that KU team was gonna dominate that 2003 UK team...IDC if Bogans played or not...
I never had a problem with Saul Smith. He was solid and got better over the years.
wHaT iS hE dOiNg?!? Give Wojo the award for best flopjob.
Billy Packer sounds like a Duke fan this entire game.
I loved this Wildcats team growing up. The 96 team was ridiculously stacked but they didn't have the heart this 98 team did. Shepard, Turner, Padgett, and my fave all time Wildcat Cameron Mills, he was always there to score a 3 when we needed it. Also loved Evans.
That's a dumba##, bs thing to say. The '96 team had all the heart you could ask for from college players. Enough to only lose 2 games all season (unlike the '98 guys, where was the heart in those losses?), and those 2 were to final four teams.
Coach K got outcoached so badly here... Tubby really really really underrated on the sideline... If he could recruit like Cal, they would have won like 4 or 5 when he was there.
💯
He also shouldn't have left Wojo in second half couldn't match Turners speed
This great game is highly underrated
Haha Tubby has just as many as Calipari
Because UK won.. If they'd lost it be rated higher I can assure you..
The 90s! What a decade to have experienced!
50:29 looks like this play was edited out as Mcleod was called for a charge on a jump shot, which is borderline hilarious. If I sound salty, its because I am; but I am more salty at Scotty Thurman for that rainbow 3 in the 94 title game with like a minute to go. Duke really mismanaged this game the later part of the 2nd half when they were up over 10. I guess this is our payback for the Laettner shot.
I just want our proud program to get back to this point so bad. Wish I never took all those tourney wins last decade for granted
What people don't remember is that Kentucky overcame two 14 point deficits to beat Duke this game served them well in beating Stanford and Utah to win their 7th National Championship.
Lolol I asked for this yesterday and this channel answered the call. This was a great game and Kentucky's payback for the laettner shot game.
no wonder in the 1998 NCAA final four highlight video Jim said "The Comeback cats surfaced for the 1st time"
Stil, waiting on laettner and duke to admit he should have been ejected. Last time I checked it’s against the rules to stomp on a players chest while they’re laying on the ground
@@nateman79 grab a snickers
Quality Control why? Will I turn in to a Duke player?
@@nateman79 @nateman79 well maybe. You certainly won't be going anywhere for awhile. Wait...thats UK.
Man I was in tears after this. My wife looks at me and says you don’t shed one tear when your kids were born but you’ll cry over this lol.
The announcers were overreacting when those players got tangled up
55:42 - The comeback begins
As a Duke fan, this one hurt but it was a brilliant basketball game.
You have 92 I have 98 😂😂 two great programs fighting like this is so good for college basketball
The Comeback Cats in my favorite college basketball game of all time.
Great sequel to the 1992 game. Duke was cursed in St. Petersburgh.
Man Kentucky has had a few stretches in history where they were just the best of the best. Most of the 90s, The Rupp years, and when Cal came in 09-present. That stretch Kentucky went on from 2009-2017 they were clearly the best men's basketball program in the country. We are over due for another Chip, and I think Kentucky gets another one here soon. 💯
with the way this season is going and how UK has underachieved under Cal, I wouldnt hold my breathe for another title under him..and IDC how hyped the next years recruiting class is, UK will probably underachieve .....again
@@carsonc29 turned out you was right my friend. Hopefully this new era in UK basketball can get back to being Kentucky basketball again.
@@Wetrockstah2116 I didnt see Cal leaving though..that was a shocker
What a comeback man. The 90’s dominated from the unforgettables
1:10:56, there goes the roof! Can only imagine how loud that place was during the "Comeback Cats" 2nd half surge AND after that shot.
I think a reason why folks are unlikely to see a Coach K. vs. John Calipari matchup in the tournament (despite the yearly drool by sports pundits over freshmen talent), is because the matchup was unique in the times it happened back in Philadelphia (1992) and this game in St. Petersburg (1998). Obviously, both coaches will meet in November at MSG.
Its too bad we never got to see the matchup in the 2015 national championship since they had really similar white nike jerseys, but that is just a fantasy now
How were they any more 'unique' then since then? That's an odd comment you made. They had already met multiple times in the tournament, and had been in 2 final fours.
@@normanli7085 in the case of Kentucky, I think the fact they faced Wisconsin again made it less likely. Had they lost to the Badgers in 2014, maybe they would have met.
@@251to502 well the previous year, they had Alex Poythress who was guarding Kamenski and Willie Caulie Stein was injured. The following year, the opposite happened, even though not much media mentioned him bc of their no lose record til the final 4 happened. I still think because of how John Higgins reefed, he took the momentum away from Kentucky from that missed shot clock violation and put it in Wisconsin's favor to deprive them from meeting Duke and depriving us from seeing that could have matchup
Jeff and Reed are so similar looking it's unreal. Here's to hoping Reed helps us get #9
Even as great as the Blue Devils have been in the last 35 years, Duke for a long time was the missed opportunity leader of college basketball. In 1886 Louisville came from behind to win the title in the final minute; from 88 through 90 three flops at the Final 4; in '94 they lost to Arkansas in the final minute; in '98 they let Kentucky back from 17 down in then 2nd half, then in 1999, they lost to Connecticut on a stumble; and in 2002, they missed an easy inside shot to let Indiana eliminate them. Still, they have won 5 NCAA titles in a vastly more competitive era than John Wooden ever saw.
Mills would dominate today's game. Shot was pure. Thanks for staying at UK buddy!
The version you took down from the old channel was better quality. I don't understand it.
#BBN As a Kentucky fan, this was one of my favorite Kentucky games, SWEET REVENGE!
Utterly glorious. Then, now, forever
I'm not sure if any team, in any sport has as many memorable playoff failures as Duke did from 98-02. Many would include 04 as well. Those teams were STACKED.
Lol I don’t know about 98’ since UK was raw and the better team, but l absolutely agree in 99’, 2000, and 2002. Those Duke teams were ridiculous.
Duke should have won it in 94 98 99 02 04
@@eddiehollowall7034 94 Duke was simply riding a great overall Lebron type player (Point Forward) and a great coach. They had serious deficiencies
@@eddiehollowall7034 I disagree with 94 and 98. Arkansas (talent) and UK (heart) were stronger teams. Nobody was beating either of them that year.
Tubby Smith always looked angry, I never seen him smile 😂😂😂
1:20:20 Tubby finally smiles - kzhead.info/sun/jLRtqJmAa6BrenA/bejne.html
Kentucky basketball greatest comeback. Coach k, never lost a regional, Duke up 17 with 9 minutes left. Mills shot to me was the one. But every one overlooked how bad tubby outcoached K. His subs, his constant changing on D, He was coaching as good as a coach can coach. 14, put my on his back. 5, heart of a lion, tremendous floor leadership. Padgett playing Like above 10 iq. No center on court for last 10 minutes. Tells you tubby could figure out a game, during the game. Not afterwards. Thanks tubby! You earned your championship. Like most, we all loved tubby. And if Keith bogans didn't tweak his ankle, tubby was bringing another title.. its 2020, Calipari don't even care to win for fans, it's all about NBA, he will never win another one. Anthony Davis is only reason hes still employed at UK. If hes such a great recruiter, why only one championship? Recruiting championship teams is why were ky. Not because of john wall, big cousins, Championships. Fire Calipari, we won more without him. That's games that mean something. He gets outcoached every year. Are next coaches. Rick Pitino!!!!!! And his assistant. Tubby Smith...could you imagine..........
Coach k is a great coach but he bungled this game. He was stuck without a timeout to call for most of the second half. That shouldnt happen
I love Tubby but he is not in the same league as Cal you could not be more wrong. Cal took 3 different programs to number 1 in the country and he did not always have NBA talent. His Memphis team that made the title game was made up of mostly four star guys. Six final fours compared with Tubbys one..they’re not in the same class. There is a reason why Calipari is in the HOF. And coaching 1 and dones is way harder than people think. Duke has been out recruiting UK for the last 5-6 years and hasn’t done any better than UK
Yeah he's such a choke artist K in the big games that's the usual Duke narrative they had the deepest bench that year and the best mixture of upperclassmen and underclassmen just like Rodgers
They didn't call em the Cardiac Cats for nothing.
2014 final four kentucky vs wisconsin?
25 years to the day. Such fun.
Bbn babbyy one of the all time favs if your a ky fan for sure I gotta Cameron mills basketball signed that man was a legend around these parts 😏😏😏
58:07 - Evans dives over the press row
Magical memories!
Phenomenal game we all win when Puke looses
i never thought coach k was a great bench coach tbh. the dude had the mental lytough on players thing he got from bobby knight. he prepared well.
Good old days. Brand bummed it up
It's a early nba Allstars rookie sophomore game
Wo Jo looks like he was having a seizure . Good ACTING . Weak ballgame
And this is what I call, good ole revenge
GO BIG BLUE, the COMEBACK CATS....
Billy Packer… take a breather, sometimes, man.
Worst announcing in sports history at 46:00.
We beat a team that has always played dirty and always get the foul calls WTG Cats!
I wonder how much of Rick Pitino's Boston Celtics salary was paid by Dewk and UNC?
Best actor award goes to mojo
Chappel looked a little like Chris rock lol
Derek Anderson was Jordanness babyyyyyy
This team epitomized why people hated Duke. Those players were all annoying.
03/22/1998 - 26 years ago
"Magliore" : "If you can't beat them, break them"
Payback Mr Latner
Did they forget to take the under-4 timeout in the second half?
There were no dead ball stoppages.
@@walterlv01 There was one at 1:11:19 with made free throws.
Packer all in for dukes
And not nary a checkerboard to be seen...
REVENGE for the stomper play
This was an epic choke job by duke. They completely gave this game away
They had no other choice . They definitely couldn't out play Kentucky .
sweet revenge for 92!.. where was christian laettner then?... ha ha!!
Jamal was are enforcer!!!! Lol
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Family
The intentional foul on Shephard was on purpose. . That Duke player should have been ejected. . . If I had been the ref in that game, he would have been GONE.
gbb
If pitino would never have left.. can you only imagine? But Big Blue Nation still the best
buddy I agree. . . . . we would overtaken UCLA by now
These good times are over. Calipari has destroyed the Kentucky tradition year by year. Just think, Kentucky won with less talent and with Kentucky kids.
Pitino only won a championship with 9 NBA players and lost the year before 98 with a better team. Also..where was Darius Miller from?
Chris Burgess, one of numerous big, white who flopped at Duke.
Think about all the great Kentucky teams that didn't go all the way and somehow THIS team did. Jeff Sheppard? Scott Padgett? Give me a break.
What an ignorant statement. Those guys were clutch, and this team was loaded with talent. You forgot to mention Evans, Turner, Edwards, Mohammad and Mills. I guess that was on purpose to fit your narrative.
And Duke still hasn't had anybody better than those two . I agree pitifull.
2022!!! And I still hate Christian lattner!
Yeah this game was revenge for Kentucky. And they went on to win the national championship.
What is the middle of DUKE? UK . . . . . .dUKe
Yet another game that the refs tried to help Duke win!
we had to put duke in their place ;) best cbb program won this game
Just in case you missed it the previous 1,458,024 times it was aired on tv in the past few weeks. It's ok though. Nobody in other major college basketball markets, even the #1 market, would like to see a couple of their teams games get shown again that you refuse to do.
perhaps if they played a game this exciting, it might get shown.
Need a baba?
The savory latex unfortunatly squeak because rub intermittently jog outside a careful garden. three, mature noise
is that code for something?
This is what happens when you drop acid, and watch college basketball
I guess the 8 thumbs down were duke fans.
Flop.
Gotta hand it to the officials...they almost won duke the game.
Absolutely sickening listening to such a blatantly biased commentator.