didnt even see it til you mentioned it. gosh, was this guy born 40 yrs too soon....ruined his career by being the first superstar center who wanted to play facing the basket.
the 83 Final Four was one of the best weeks of my life. had won a seat lottery but realized i'd never spend that kinda $$ to actually go so scalped em early, but got to go to the Finals for $5 cuz the scalpers had overpriced themselves and were giving tickets away @ 7:30. i was in direct line w Wittenberg's shot and couldnt see Lo's putback, failing to understand the delay between its natural arc and the cheer of the crowd until i saw V running around the floor looking for someone to hug.
at any rate, i used my ticket $$ on moneyline bets on the Wolfpack hru the whole thing after seeing them win the ACC Tourney, so i multimutliplied my windfall; got to party w the Wolfpack at a disco called the Hungry Tiger (V came in a Travolta suit and was a total hoot); 18000 people showed up @ The Pit for the frikkin shootaround. amaaaazing ####...
the weirdest moment, tho, was the NCAA AllStar game @ Johnson Gym on the Sunday between semis & finals. i'm no small person - shade under 6'4 - but i'm whipping around a corridor corner going to the head and i bump, nose-on-navel, into Ralph Sampson in his civvies. he honestly looked more like Gumby than a person, like he'd been stretched. his head appeared 2 ft long and 4 inches wide. whoa!