INDIANAPOLIS — Among the more underrated aspects of the Phi Slama Jama legacy is an unparalleled collection of nicknames. Back when the Houston men’s basketball team soared and dunked and slammed its way into college hoops history, the Cougars featured The Dream (Hakeem Olajuwon), The Glide (Clyde Drexler), a Mr. Mean (Larry Micheaux), a Silent Assassin (Michael Young), a Cadillac (Gregory Anderson) and the Bomber From Bernice (Benny Anders). A team with that collection of monikers deserved its own reality show.
Houston’s Phi Slama run—those high-flying, fast-paced, highlight-producing, convention-defying squads from 1982–84—certainly qualified for prime-time TV.