1972 Illinois Game

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Comments on the video:

• My dad was a sophomore in high school when this was filmed.
• Amazing bit of technology for the time to give the announcers instant replay and text overlay on the video feed.
• Now I know why my dad was such a proponent of the Diamond + 1 defense, but hated when we fouled. He also held no truck with the 3PT shot. I see why.
• Great sportsmanship by both teams when a foul was called.
• While I am not a BB official, some of those early traveling calls might have been fouls on the defense; such as the one on the first quarter on that baseline putback. The officials on this game are likely long in the grave; I'm not questioning their quality.
• My gym had fan backboards on all hoops until at least 2001, so they aren't dead yet. I had a fan backboard on the hoop in our driveway growing up...playing rec league on quality glass rectangular backboards was kinda weird.
• Those old-school pea whistles are hard to hear on the video.
• Those shorts are short. Those socks are NICE.
• I wouldn't have called that foul on the long-distance pass at 19:15.
• I'm surprised there wasn't more long hair...but granted, this was early 70's.
• Considering that long range jumpers are the least likely to score...these kids have some quite respectable range.
• In general, this game seems to be about the same quality as modern HS basketball. Which, frankly, surprises me: my dad's assessment of HS basketball during "his days" made me think that Naismith had only recently discovered the peach basket, and jumping was still considered unsportsmanlike.