Originally Posted by
TheTrain
First of all, you are referring to Keith Gatlin (a longtime friend of mine) who was the starting PG. As for no other talent around him, that was true in 1986 when he had Gatlin, Speedy Jones, and Jeff Baxter as his primary supporting cast. But when he truly exploded in 1984 (his sophomore year), the Terps beat Duke for the ACC title with a team that included Adrian Branch among others. That was a deep deep Maryland team.
My father was the lead advertising sponsor for the Terps basketball program in those years and Bias was the best college player I have ever seen. Period. I was present for every home game of his career. As for the guy who called him rigid...quite frankly, you are nuts. His twisting moves to the hoop were a combination of power and grace that were a mixture of Barkley and Jordan. Blessed with a 44+ inch vertical leap, he had a turnaround jumper that was simply unstoppable...reminiscient of another Washington legend...Elvin Hayes.
While we are at it, the bouncing the ball off the back was Keith Gatlin...he bounced the ball off the back of Kenny Smith and laid it in at the end of the game. You are confusing it with the play in the 2nd half where he sunk a 20 footer and stole the inbounds pass out of the hands of Kenny Smith and did a 180 dunk. You can find the clip on YouTube.