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| Title | Division I Men's Basketball Championship First & Second Rounds |
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| Publisher | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Date | March 15, 1990 - March 17, 1990 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | ID 2009-006, Box 7, Folder 7 |
| Original Collection | Athletics Department Records |
| Digital Collection | University of Houston Sports Championship Publications |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/champ |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
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| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Page 126 |
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| File Name | champ_201306_035_120.jpg |
| Transcript | North Carolina State's Lorenzo Charles slams home the winning points in the 1983 title game without a dunk for 15 minutes. The Cougars shot only 31 percent while falling behind, 33-25, at halftime. Hmmmmmm. America wondered. Could it be? Naaaahhhhh. Indeed. Houston rushed through the first 10 minutes of the second-half, outscoring North Carolina State 17-2 to take a 42-35 lead. Then, mysteriously, Houston coach Guy Lewis chose to slow the pace to the trot that North Carolina State loved best. The Wolfpack crawled back into the game, tying it at 52 on a Whittenburg jumper with 1:59. The Ending, naturally, was strictly Universal Studios. Given the ball for the final 44 seconds, North Carolina State passed its way for an ugly, rushed 30-footer by Whittenburg. The shot dropped two feet in front of the basket. The problem was it dropped directly into the hands of Lorenzo Charles, a muscular Wolfpack forward, who had slipped behind Olajuwon. Charles grabbed the ball below the rim and lifted it up and through for a game-winning slam. Ballgame. "It didn't matter to me that it was a slam," said Charles, who had missed five of six shots to that point. "I would have enjoyed it no matter what it was. "I watched the ball leave Dereck's hands and I could tell it was going to be short. "Akeem was behind me. When I went up I thought I saw him coming so I kind of put my body between him and the ball in case he tried to block it, but he didn't." "It was billed as a game of tempo, slow versus fast. I'd say slow won." Guy Lewis Houston "This has been a dream for me," said Valvano, who was finally out of quips. "I've got no funny lines. We didn't talk about winning the game. We just talked about achieving our goals: keeping Houston's score in the 50s, not allowing them any dunks and giving ourselves a chance to win the game at the end." "It was billed as a game of tempo, slow versus fast," said Guy Lewis. "I'd say slow *on." I'd say "Hallelujah and Praise the Pack." In the 80s, North Carolina State showed us what a wonderful moment the NCAA championship game can be. $ 123 |