During the commercial stoppage with 3:49 left in the 1st, the six screens of The World’s Most Spectacular Scoreboard showed footage from ‘83 at Stokely in Knoxville.
There were several clips of Lancaster Gordon against Arkansas and UK. Caster — he was never known as Flash to his teammates — was Regional MVP if memory serves.
Anyway, I’ve been thinking of him lately, while watching Noah Locke struggle with shooting woes. Gordon went through a similar slump during his sweet run as a Cardinal during the glory years.
Denny Crum — HoF, 2 time national champion coach Cool Hand Luke — told everybody who was worried about Caster’s game to calm down.