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Originally Posted by RedinTexas
That 30 for 30 episode on Valvano and NC State was fabulous.
I wasn't really a fan of basketball, but I watched that 1983 NCAA championship with friends in Texas who were all rooting for Houston. The end of that game was so unreal and so compelling that I became a college basketball fan on the spot.
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I was there, in Albuquerque New Mexico at the Pit. I was stunned, we all were, because Benny Anders almost stole the ball at the top of the key, and that caused Olajuwon to leave goal and because of that Bailey was able to get that last shot of Wittenberg's, that was way short, and tip it in as time expired. To this day, it's the one sporting event loss that I have never gotten over. In hindsight, with Valvano getting cancer and then passing away, it was the way that game was supposed to end, even though I hate to admit it. Houston beats them 9 out of 10 times, just not that night.