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I was in Charlotte, North Carolina. Still I was pretty thrilled to be doing my first tournament games with Al McGuire. Al had coached the Marquette Warriors for a number of years. He led them to the NCAA title in 1977 in his final year as head coach. He went into broadcasting with NBC and was courtside in 1997 for the famous Indiana State/Larry Bird versus Michigan State/Magic Johnson title game, which many say launched the NCAA tournament into the stratosphere.
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Verne Lundquist (Play by Play:: Calling the Wildest Games in Sports—From SEC Football to College Basketball, The Masters, and More)