Mike Decourcy has the most positive outlook I have ever read of the Christian Laettner debacle in the Spectrum back in 1992. He even compares it to Rocky, and says the BBN should not cringe when that game is brought up.
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When the wrecking ball began banging on Philadelphia’s Spectrum this week, most media [URL=”http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2010-11-25/3-pointers-its-time-for-unc-to-bench-larry-drew#”]talk[/URL] was of the building’s service as home to the 76ers of Julius Erving and the Flyers of Bobby Clarke.
But movie buffs know it as the presumed site of the Rocky Balboa-Apollo Creed heavyweight championship bout in the 1976 classic “Rocky.” And college [URL=”http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2010-11-25/3-pointers-its-time-for-unc-to-bench-larry-drew#”]basketball[/URL] fans remember the greatest game ever played was there: Duke 104, Kentucky 103 on March 28, 1992.
For Duke [URL=”http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2010-11-25/3-pointers-its-time-for-unc-to-bench-larry-drew#”]fans[/URL], the glory of this game is obvious. Kentucky fans generally cringe upon its mention, but they ought to reconsider. That game propelled UK forward to a dynasty in which the Cats reached four Final Fours, three title games and two championships in a five-year period.
As with the title character in “Rocky,” there was glory in defeat.
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I love the comparison to Rocky, but I really will never stop cringing when I see that play. Never!!
