The latest Luedke Rewind is Dick calling the NCAA round 2 game against Arizona ... a team filled with future NBA players. The Birds had 2 starting guards injured and were tied just after halftime when the wheels came off the bus. That 1998 team was special as well as the announcer.
I was a freshman in the band that year. What a trip that was. Winning vs Tennesee was one of the highest feelings I've ever had as a sports fan and it was only surpassed by the Cubs in 2016.
And man, we were pumped at halftime to be tied. "Could we really pull this off?!"
No, we couldn't. Arizona decided they should start playing and with the injuries, we just didn't have the horses to compete against all that NBA talent. But it was fun for 20 minutes!