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Old Sun Mar 12, 2006, 09:28pm
Huck Finn
 
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Originally posted by Nevadaref
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Originally posted by jbduke
What about 1991, though? Do you remember who Duke beat in the semi-finals? Yes, it was a talented Duke team, but they beat the most talented team in the history of college basketball; no sentient being would reasonably claim that Duke had superior talent that day.
But they had Richard "The Fixer" Perry!!!!

There aren't many sporting contests that I truly believe were shams, but that UNLV loss is about as concrete as the Arizona State point shaving scandal. Take a close look at the ending of that game with Larry Johnson refusing to shoot a wide open three. If you recall during his NBA career he was a rather competent three point shooter and that was from a greater distance.

Yes, sadly it really has happened in NCAA basketball.

Nevada, I tried to avoid that. Having lived in a gambling state, we both know that the improbable can and does happen every day. The UNLV team was, in my opinion, the most balanced college team ever and I don't think the team they beat by 33 the year before could beat them.
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