Michael Jordan: NCAA tournament highlights, top plays

He's trying to get that ball inside. Michael Jordan, the young play player. What kind of shots you want in this situation? Beautiful feed. Boy, did Worthy... He's going to take one. Nice line. 15-22 in the game. Boy, they go up Perkins and Worthy. That's an unstoppable pass. Jordan tried to use a glass. His own follow. He went up... What a great rebounder that kid is, and not to block him out is a cardinal sin. Here is Worthy against Ewing. Rebound. Jordan. He changed hands and hit it. Left hand. Rebounder. And all year long, people aren't aware of his tremendous leaping ability. And from the guard position at 6'5", both teams are throwing the ball over the press very well. It's the first time we've seen somebody put it on the floor very much. 34-33. The Hoyas. Michael Jordan. Oh, what a shooter he is. He had a slump earlier this year, and he just stayed after practice and shot the ball until he got it back again. Martin to show he can make a shot from outside. Jones is 1 of 3. The one from the other is also 2. Steal by Worthy. Watch out! With 10 points. He's got a 4-on-1 break. To Jordan. Spriggs out on him. Good coverage defensively. He still hit it. Oh, a presence of mind. It's amazing what the freshman can do. Both teams into 1-on-1. Both coaches have conserved their timeouts very well. Remember this. The next Hill ball would go to Georgetown. Is Jordan on the ball? He has 14 points. 10 of them in the second half of play. Let's see if Georgetown now comes out man-to-man. Georgetown still has one timeout left. North Carolina has 4.32 seconds to go. A one-point lead for Georgetown. No, they stay in the 1-3-1 with Ewing in the middle. They've got to look to get it in there. You can't with a shot blocker like Ewing. Takes so much time. Rorty to Black. The time, 18. Good. 14 seconds. Jordan's open. Bullseye. 15 seconds on the clock. North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62. The Superdome is in a frenzy. James Worthy and Jimmy Black are gone, but Smith has a new All-American, his 16th in Michael Jordan, to go along with Sam Perkins and Matt Doherty. Jordan, a sophomore with superb athletic skills, could wind up as the best player Smith or Carolina has ever produced. They're out of shot. Here goes Jordan to the corner. That breaks the tension for the Tar Heels. 3-team fouls now against James Madison, North Carolina with its only lead so far, 4-2, and here goes Jordan. That zone is really hurting the Dukes. They're trying to push it inside. There's no room for him to go. Good touch pass back to Michael Jordan. He can line you up just from about anywhere. That time he did it from about 22 feet out on the side. Three great jump shots in the first half on Michael Jordan. Look out for Jordan. Ran away from his dribble and recovers it to score. That's an example of his athletic ability. He ran right past the basketball he was dribbling, turned around and picked it up and shot it in the face of three Duke defenders. Well, they like to work it with Jordan. That scored over 1,100 before. Well, you told me it's a physical conference. There's the alley-oop to Jordan, and Jordan is fouled by contact. That has turned on the North Carolina fans and it could turn on the North Carolina team. A sensational alley-oop. I think he's going to have to make it. Jordan inside goes for it. And then they put the zinger. And pick up the two-pointer. Darting, weaving, back and forth. Score tied at 11. So quite a year for the Bulldogs basketball fortunes. North Carolina appears to try to push the ball inside. Timed it perfectly. They were not even tested in the Southeastern Conference tournament. They had an average margin of 16 points in their win. Jordan with his fourth basket. 16 fouls on Georgia, so both sides will be in the bonus the rest of the way for the first half. There's an alley-oop. On a scale of 1 to 10, I think they love it. They think he's in a high-diving meet. Somebody put a 9 up there. No, that's a 10. Georgia doing a good job jamming up the middle, preventing Carolina from getting that ball inside to Brad Doherty. Braddock to Jordan. Down the stretch here in the first half. I think Dean Smith gives him enough latitude to go ahead and play anywhere he wants to go. You see Fleming on Michael Jordan right there. That's a change defensively. Basket will count. And he was fouled. Georgia doing a job on the offensive boards. That shot by Crosby deflected. Here comes Carolina down to Jordan. Yes! Another slam. His third. Michael Jordan is filling it up. 23 points. I think that they would have. Dean Smith would not allow that. He's too good a coach and the players are too smart to realize that. Jordan, who's been quiet for a while, gets his 11th basket. I had a little pressure on me at the beginning of the year, but once we got to conference play, I started concentrating on playing for myself and not for the fans. So far I have been playing well. I've been more consistent defensively and offensively I think I've been consistent. Michael Jordan with the ball in his hands for the first time. Michael Jordan. Really aggressively taking the ball out of the temple zone, which is one of the best zones in the United States. Ranger Hall has a $450 knee brace and three types of tape that they wrap that knee with. He's just been a remarkable comeback. There's Jordan. No defense against that, even though Eddie Coe is an excellent leaper. Jordan just goes up to whatever height he needs. Now Hale pushing the ball up the court pretty rapidly. 14-44 to go in the first half. It's amazing that he goes inside and almost doesn't care what the defense does, because he'll create a shot. He's been going to his left all the time, just circled back with that turnaround. He has 12 points. They figure him to be one of the top four guards to be drafted this year. Left-handed! Here it comes. Kentucky, BYU to follow. Then Houston, going against Louisiana, Jackson, Oklahoma, Jordan. The All-America now makes it 38-33. McNish just shook his head because he was in perfect defensive position, and Michael put that afterburner on and just went up above him. Is that all of these kids playing the Sunny Hill Summer League? North Carolina did a good job going over the press. Gary, I pointed out about the Sunny Hill League. It's probably the finest league for kids, and Sunny Hill is a legend in the city of Philadelphia. Here you see Kenny Smith pushing it down the court. Good pass. No way to stop Michael Jordan from that distance. Passing game for North Carolina. Both of these teams use it. Michael Jordan. Indiana's yet to shoot the basketball. Giving him the jump shot, and Indiana really packing that defense back. Jordan's got the jumper. You've got to give up something against him. Dockets wasn't going to let him go inside. Robins popped yelling at Perkins as he had the ball. Jordan trying to rub Robinson off. Look at his quickness. He wants it, doesn't he? Oh, what a play!