Brent Musburger gets us started, reports UNLV C David Butler having pulled muscles in his back
1:55 Musburger gives a stat that LMU was 6-25 from 3pt range in the earlier meeting that year.
2:25 Billy Packer talks about the “unusual” LMU fast brea, because they drive the ball and kick out for 3’s.
6:47 Within the 1st 10 seconds there are already 4 pts
7:20 LMU who in the time was known as a 3pt chucking team is running half-court offense entirely inside the 3pt line.
9:19 LMU might have been the 1st Packline team, except they do the absolutely worst impression of it. (by design)
9:21 Greg Anthony hits a 3 from right wing to make UNLV 5-5 with 2 3pt makes to open the game.
10:35 Jerry Tarkanian’s short sleeve dress shirt is timeless, more people should rock that look.
10:40 Packer talking about the games pace say “it’s not surprising this game has this kind of pace.” LMU avg 122.4 ppg and UNLV avg 93.5 ppg
11:25 Greg Anthony has his first mouth issue of the game (was playing with a broke jaw and had his mouth wired shut)
13:22 The track meet has begun! We go into the 1st TV timeout with UNLV up 20-9
14:33 Stacey Augmon shooting FT’s with his shirt tail out.
17:24 CBS shows graphic of AVG time of Possession for each team LMU- :07 sec UNLV- :08 sec
18:00 Larry Johnson doesn’t get enough credit for his outlet passing.
21:14 We head to the 2nd TV timeout with UNLV up 30-17 and both teams playing at a pace that you couldn’t duplicate on 2K
22:45 Greg Anthony with a Gervin-esque finger roll
24:00 Packer accurately calls a 3 for Bo Kimble 3 seconds before he gets it.
26:23 Head to 3rd TV timeout with UNLV up 39-25
27:49 Packer calls LMU C Chris Knight “a thin weed”
30:30 Obvious that UNLV’s gas tanks are low, careless turnovers, trotting back on D.
31:15 Packer talking about Bo Kimble having 3 straight 50 pt games (him and Hank Gaithers having 2 games where both scored 40)
32:56 Kimble fouled- shoots 1st free throw left handed in honor of Hank Gaithers and swishes it.
34:27 Packer points out the Tony Walker and Terrell Lowery were 1 & 2 in assist in the West Coast Conference
34:33 Graphic showing LMU on a 14-4 run in the last 1:40 min. WOW! And it was no big deal.
38:22 4th TV Timeout of 1st half and UNLV up 56-42
39:04 Graphic shows Tarkanian has a .825 career win % (to put that into perspective Coach K- .768 Jim Boeheim- .707 Bob Knight- .709 Dean Smith- .776)
42:15 Timeout on the floor and CBS just keeps the game there and shows the Shark dancing.
45:45 UNLV killing LMU on the glass
47:40 At half 67-47 UNLV (That would be a final today)
49:00 Young Len Elmore doing a report on the new wave of 3pt shooting
49:14 Jim Harrick “The 3pt shot has taken the game out of the hands of the coaches and put it into the hands of the players. They all think they can shoot it, they all want to shoot it, they all enjoy shooting it. You see guys stepping back to shoot it.”
54:08 Bo Kimble starts half with back to back 3’s
57:25 Officials led by Jim Burr loved blowing the whistle in this game.
1:00:00 I am not sure LMU completed a skip pass on time so far.
1:01:54 1st TV timeout of 2nd half and UNLV up 79-62
1:03:50 LMU literally has Augmon’s man standing in the middle of the paint when he has the ball at the 3 line. No way he isnt shooting that now.
1:06:00 Kimble makes a driving lay up down the left baseline that makes you think “No way this guy fails at the next level.”
1:07:37 Heading to TV timeout #2 in 2nd half and UNLV up 94-74
1:09:06 Kimble picks up his 4th foul
1:10:28 Anderson alley oop to Johnson- POWER!!
1:13:30 Musburger and Packer start talking about “The System and how “It was the system of the future). Really 2 years later it was obsolete.
1:18:27 The game is well under 8 minutes and they have not taken a 3rd TV timeout. Was that something they did back then?
1:22:46 UNLV calls off the dogs leading by 40
1:23:15 Chris Knight gets a steal and rocks the baby
1:27:50 Tark puts the starters back in, so they didn’t lose their focus.
1:34:30 Bo Kimble checks out to a standing O
131-101 Final UNLV
