Video Debunking Dan Dakich's Michael Jordan Claim Has Fans Rolling

Posted Jun 26, 2023
For years former Indiana basketball star Dan Dakich has boasted that he shut down UNC star Michael Jordan in the 1984 NCAA Tournament. While Dakich did have one of the most iconic moments in IU history with a blocked shot of Jordan to secure an upset, a video is going viral for disproving his larger claim of "shutting down" the future NBA legend. (The Spun)

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