The Greatest Airball in Basketball History, Tulane's Men's Basketball Program Eliminated, and Sam Snead sets the PGA Record - The DiSH for April 4

This day in Sports History.

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It's April 4th, and on this day 43 years ago, we celebrated the greatest air ball in

college basketball history.

This was the 1983 NCAA national championship game between the cardiac pack of NC State

and the fraternity of high-flying rim-rockers known as FI-Slamajama, featuring all Americans

Clyde Drexler and a chemo-lazyman.

The Cougars were a bit handcuffed in the first half of this game after Drexler picked

up his fourth foul on the night, he had to set out the remainder of the half and the first

10 minutes of the second half, and then he had to play tentatively on defense when he

did come back.

This was also the pre-shot clock era, and even though there was a 3-point line painted

on the court, the 3-point shot was not in effect for the tournament.

With 102 remaining in the game and the score tied at 52, Houston missed the front end of

a 1-in-1, the pack grabbed the rebound and went into a spread offense playing for the last

shot, and Houston went into their half-court trap defense, meaning they were not sitting

back in his own, they were going for steals.

And they came close several times, here's NC State's play-by-play man Wally Osley with

that final call.

And second, now Sydney goes to Bayley in the corner, five seconds left, the Whitmer,

Whitmer tries about a 30-footer, no good step back, Lorenzo Charles, State, Lorenzo Charles

flammed it in, a miss shot from 35 feet, Lorenzo Charles grabbed it, messed it back in, the

Cinderella team has done it, the glass flip were fit, so Wolfpack has won the National

Championship. And of course that ignited one of the great celebrations as Jim Volvano ran

around the court looking for somebody, anybody to hug. The cardiac pack had pulled off the

incredible, winning three games in the ACC tournament just to make the NCAA tournament,

and then six more to win their second national title in school history, 54-52.

Surprising fact, after having 14 dunks against Louisville in the semi-final game two nights

before, Vais Lama-Jama only had one dunk against the pack, and that one came in the first half by

Akima Lajawan. Also on this day in sports history, in 1985 Tulane eliminated its men's basketball

program after a points shaving scandal was uncovered, not to lose, but to win by less than the

points spread. Tulane student came up with the idea, and several players benefited from it,

receiving between $409 for their participation. On this day in 1965, Sam Sneed won the

Greater Greensboro Open. It was the final win of his career, setting the all-time mark four wins

at 82, while also becoming the oldest golfer to everyone a PGA Tour event at the age of 52

years, ten months, and eight days. Tiger Woods equaled his win total in 2020.

And in 2016, Villanova's Chris Jenkins buzzer beating three lifted the wildcats to the national title

with the 77-74 win over North Carolina.

And who knows, maybe we'll get another finish like that on Monday night.

Time now for today's, that's got nothing to do with sports. Fun fact,

if you thought portable music came about in the 1980s with the Sony Walkman, well think again,

the first truly portable music player predates those devices by about six decades when a pair

of Hungarian brothers invented the microphone in 1924. It was a small, portable record player that

when folded up in its case could be carried around in a purse or a really big pocket. At a turntable,

a tone arm, and a small speaker, and it played 10-inch, 78 RPM records.

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