Patrick Ewing vs Ralph Sampson 1982-83

Georgetown vs UVA

[@cooper482011]

College Basketball in the 1980s is better than today’s NBA. #FACTS

[@basketball1652]

Much more exciting and truly defensive !

[@ahmeermajied8574]

You ain't never lied
St. John w/ Mullins
Syracuse w/Pearl
Big Ten Flying Illini 89

[@bobbym.2130]

#PureFacts

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

The 3 pt play has eliminated great match ups like this.

[@PoliticusRex632]

@@ahmeermajied8574 remember UCLA with Miller, Arkansas with Moncreif, NCST with Whittenburg and Lowe, Kansas with Danny Manning, Duke with Amaker and Dawkins, Norte Dame with David Rivers and Maryland with Adrian Branch and Len Bias.

[@Riles3152]

It's really actually sad how much college basketball has fallen off. There was really a time where it was as big if not bigger than the NBA. These guys like Sampson and Ewing had brands and big names BEFORE they came into the NBA. Now we just wanna fast track and rush these kids to the money smh

[@dwightlove3704]

Ewing&Sampson were on the cover of Sports Illustrated hyping up this game!!!!!

[@kbrich-nn8od]

Yeah it was a very rare 2 page cover'/!!!

[@paulydaku]

I remember this. It was HUGE game . Everyone was talking about it.

[@Steazo046]

It's still the biggest college basketball game in the last 40 years! I remember all the hype and it was the game of the year!

[@kbrich-nn8od]

They were talk'N about this 6 mos before it even tipp'D off'/!!!

[@Steazo046]

That dunk by Ewing at 3:15 was on the front page of the Washington Post the next day. Sampson may have won the battle of the stats but Ewing had the play of the game!

[@PoliticusRex632]

I still have that paper. I still think Ewing got hosed that whole game.

[@helpinghal]

I had about 10 people jammed into my dorm room watching this game on my 12" black&white tv and we just exploded after that dunk. Definitely the highlight of the game

[@dwightlove3704]

@@helpinghal The Dunk was on the front page of The Washington Post

[@kbrich-nn8od]

He had the much better PRO career ass well'/!!!
Sampson turned out to bee a SCRUB in the NBA he's only kinda remembered for a last second winning tip end basket against the Lakers in the playoffs'/!!!

[@dwightlove3704]

@@kbrich-nn8od Sampson's problem was his inability to gain weight but he had the ball handling skills of a guard stuck in a 7-4 body a former adversary said that if he had gotten his hands on Sampson he would have ordered CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS for the next decade that person was MAGIC JOHNSON.

[@MusicManSeanB]

I was 12 when this game was played. I remember watching with my grandfather, uncles, stepdad, and others in our basement. It was sick that night watching. This was the season before Georgetown won it all, and UVA went to the Final Four with Olden Polynice at center, replacing Sampson who graduated to the NBA.

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

Sampson was a freak for 7'4 and the abilities he had, probably could have played forward even if he were 6'7. He could jump, run, and dribble. But wasn't physically strong and then of course with all super tall giants, the knees gave out on him. I think he would do well in today's NBA but back then, it was brutal under the basket.

[@areguapiri]

Watching college basketball on week nights on ESPN in the early to mid-eighties was incredible. "Dick Vitale" made the games great! Especially, the Big East conference gsmes and ACC games.

[@bobbym.2130]

VICIOUS dunk by Ewing at 3:16!!! Wow!!! This was a true clash of the titans!

[@basketball1652]

The most impressive is that it was in Ralph Sampson´s face he was 7´4 .

[@bobbym.2130]

@@basketball1652: Ralph was so rattled that he missed a sure dunk the next time down the court at 3:40! That DOUBLE-block by Ewing was awesome! I can't believe that they called a foul on that play!

[@missayawk]

@@bobbym.2130 That wasnt a foul....when the Hoyas were BEASTS....they used to put the Mike Tyson fear in teams....Ewing to me was a much better player in college because defense was his main focus, but once his offensive game expanded in the pros...Defense was almost an afterthought....The reason Sampson missed that dunk was him rushing to avoid Ewing blocking it

[@bobbym.2130]

@@missayawk: You're right, it wasn't a foul. So, why did they stop play then???

[@missayawk]

@@bobbym.2130 Because the refs inadvertently blew their whistle ANTICIPATING a foul, but too late to go back on their call or admit they made a mistake

[@Deadprez41]

When college basketball ruled!

[@Baldphace]

When Big Men played in the paint and not on the damn perimeter. I love it!!!

[@Poohdaddymagic]

This game was massively hyped I remember it well

[@missayawk]

That dunk on Sampson and the one Ewing had on Jim Masters of Kentucky ( he was called for traveling) was 2 of the all time best college dunks EVER....his crotch was all in Masters face...and Masters was about 6'5"

[@4EyedAnimation]

Hahaha just searched for both of those dunks...the one over Masters was a soul taking dunk

[@4EyedAnimation]

Couldn't agree more...my brother and I still talk about those 2 dunks. POWER.

[@missayawk]

@@4EyedAnimation FUN FACT: A few years later St.Johns University used that Masters dunk with the NYC back ground as a silhouette for its new logo....until a sharpeyed person realized that was Ewing dunking and they had to scrap it.I had the T Shirt and I think I still have it somewhere.

[@4EyedAnimation]

@@missayawk I grew up in Boston and went to see him play many times as a teen. In a state championship game he dunked 15 times over a acquaintance of mine. It was glorious to see.

[@missayawk]

@@4EyedAnimation Im a huge Ewing fan.We both graduated HS in 1981.So Ive followed him since he was in 11th grade.Being from NY was able to follow his pro career.But the Ewing that I loved was that Georgetown Ewing...A BEAST ( which was also a nickname by close friends).I always say if Ewing didn't become more offensive minded and played similar to the way he played at Georgetown the Knicks would've won a ring.I WISH I could've seen him in HS, but I read a lot about him from various magazines and newspapers I subscribed to.

[@kbrich-nn8od]

I remember the hype and lead up to this game months in advance'/!!! The 2 centers were on the cover of Sports Illustrated building up the expectations of a classic'/!!!

[@dreamchaser4822]

This is NBA quality match up in disguise of the NCAA.

[@helpinghal]

IIRC this was the last "big game" that was carried on a syndicated basis. TBS had the rights to the game but left the signal open to any local tv stations that wanted to pick it up (for a fee, of course😊). With the rise in popularity of college basketball and the expanding availability of cable tv (the two went hand-in-hand) all the big national games from this point on were covered by the broadcast networks or Cable sports networks like ESPN.

[@cfx5000]

I've been looking for that footage for years. When Ewing slammed on Sampson.

[@dedrickmcconnell621]

Shaq got his nastiness from Ewing!

[@dwightlove3704]

His father told him to be ruthless in high school.

[@ONETAKEBKLYN]

Ewing ended Sampson life on the dunk

[@briang3137]

Ralph and Virginia won the game dummy. Ralph was the superior player.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@briang3137 That dunk was on the front of The Washington Post.

[@johntheprofessional5039]

I bet every NBA scout was in attendance for this game!

[@missayawk]

Just go to 3:17.....Thats what Ewing was about in college

[@blunik22]

3:16

[@darrylking2500]

Georgetown Best team of the 1980s

[@MeIn321]

Not even close. Signed Louisville 80 and 86

[@williams.5158]

Worthy, Perkins and Jordan…

[@pepinopolice6928]

​@@MeIn321 Indiana in '81 and 87?

[@sheldonstacey8355]

@ Guy Tar7..... Yea because panzies def win NPOTY 3x in their college career LMAO. if this was just a couple years later when Sampson came through than UVA would have made 2019 there 2nd Natty win if not their 3rd. If the shot clock was around in those days, teams never would have been able to limit Sampson's touches by running the 4 corners offense that Dean Smith had to use to even compete with Sampson. Even when he had the GOAT in MJ, Everyone feared Sampson in college basketball. Literally no team wanted that problem. 7'4 machine with a smooth hook shot that nobody could get a hand on. Man this was the best time in college basketball. When Defense was played and stars stayed in school multiple years because they wanted to WIN for THEIR SCHOOL. THEIR TEAM. Not like today in the NBA where stars are all about making the best all star team for one franchise. Stupid, watching the best stars compete against one another and really leave it all on the floor for a chance to be called a champion. A true Champion, knowing you beat the best there is to earn that RING.

[@rpra6435]

Funny is that both ended career with no championship ring!!

[@charleswoodhouse4754]

Ewing did. 1984

[@areguapiri]

Ewing and Georgetown won the NCAA championship in 1984, my young friend.

[@SuperJimmielee]

I remember this game was hyped up so much in basketball magazines. Wow. Sampson could have been the greatest center if he would have stayed healthy.