>>>TONIGHT IN
ATLANTA
AN
NCAA
BASKETBALL CHAMPION WILL BE
CROWNED.
50 YEARS AGO
CHICAGO'S
LOYOLA
UNIVERSITY WON THE TITLE,
STILL THE ONLY TEAM TO HOLD
THAT
DISTINCTION.
THE VICTORY CAME IN A
THRILLING OVERTIME GAME.
BUT THE VENTS
LEADING UP TO
THE WIN WAS AS
COMPELLING AS
THE GAME.
WE WILL TALK
TO
A NEW
AUTHOR.
BUT FIRST THE
HOSTILE RACIAL
CLIMATE THE TEAM FACED.
>>EARLY
19
60s AMERICA, THE
CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE WAS IN
FULL SWING.
IN THE
SEGREGATED SOUTH,
--
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WEREN'T
ALLOWED TO PLAY SPORTS AT MOST
MAJOR COLLEGES, EVEN IF
THEY
COULD GAIN ADMISSION.
THINGS WERE SLIGHTLY BETTER
FOR BLACK
ATHLETES IN THE
NORTH.
>>IT WAS AN
UNWRITTEN
RULE
,
THAT THE MOST YOU SHOULD
HAVE
IS TWO.
AND THEY WERE
PUSHING THAT
MIGHT BE TOO MUCH.
>>IN
1961
,
LOYOLA
COACH
IRELAND WAS TIRED OF
MEDIOCRITY HE
COACHED THE
RAMBLERS FOR 10 YEARS TO
MODERATE SUCCESS.
A 500 RECORD DIDN'T
SUIT THE
AMBITIOUS COACH.
HE WANTED TO
WIN BIG.
>>HE WON 15
GAMES AND LOST
10,
LOYOLA WOULD
BE HAPPY WITH
GEORGE
IRELAND.
HE WANTED TO WIN.
HE SAID I'M GOING TO DO
IT.
>>GEORGE
IRELAND WAS READY TO
RECRUIT AMERICA'S BEST
PLAYERS.
HE WAS READY TO PUT
THEM ON
THE FLOOR, NO MATTER WHAT
THEIR RACE.
HE WAS ALSO READY
FOR CRITICS.
>>HE WAS
JUST
RIDICULED.
WHEN HE WOULDN'T MAKE A
BANQUET THEY SAID HE'S OUT
IN
AFRICA RECRUITING BALL
PLAYERS.
AND THINGS LIKE THAT
>>TEAM IRELAND PUT TOGETHER
INCLUDED A STARTING LINE-UP
OF
FOUR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
LESLIE HUNTER AND
VIC
ROUSE
FROM NASHVILLE
,
JOHN
EGAN.
THE NEW
TALENT
TRANSFORMED
LOYOLA BASKETBALL OVERNIGHT,
THE
TEAM WENT
23-4
MAKING THE
FINAL FOUR IN THE NIT
TOURNAMENT.
SUCCESS ON THE COURT CAME
DESPITE THE
PERSISTENT RACISM
THAT SURROUNDED THE TEAM.
>>
IT
WAS
CHANCE
CHANTS, OUR
TEAM IS RED HOT, YOUR
TEAM IS
ALL BLACK.
>>STUDENTS, YOUR PEOPLE I
SHOULD SAY IN THE
STANDS WHO
WOULD THROW
COINS OUT ON THE
COURT, WHO
WOULD
HURL
PAPER
BAGS, JUST GARBAGE
AT US A
WHEN WE WERE IN THE HUDDLE.
ALL KINDS
OF THINGS WERE BEING
SCREAMED AT US.
>>AT HALFTIME HE WENT UNDER
THE TUNNEL, I
WILL NEVER
FORGET, THEY ARE
SPITTING ON
US THROWING MONEY ON US,
CALLING US ALL OF
NAMES.
I WONDERED WHY THEY
HATED ME
SO AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW
ME.
>>JOINING US WITH THE REST OF
THE STORY ARE JOHN
EGAN, HE
WAS A JUNIOR
ON THE
19673
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
RICH ROCHELLE,
BACK-UP
CENTER
ALSO A IOR DURING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON.
MICHAEL LENEHAN
THE AUTHOR OF
A NEW BOOK ABOUT THE TEAM
AND
THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP
SEASON
.
WELCOME ALL TO CHICAGO
TONIGHT.
PLAYERS CONGRATULATIONS ON
THIS 50th ANNIVERSARY.
LET ME
BEGIN WITH MICHAEL
LENEHAN.
IN TERMS OF RACE, WHAT
MADE
THIS TEAM UNIQUE?
THERE WERE OTHER TEAMS
THAT
HAD AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYERS.
>>THE
INTEGRATION OF
COLLEGE
BASKETBALL STARTS AT
THE END
OF THE WAR AND IT GOES
UP
ñU t
THROUGH LET'S
SAY
'S 66
--
LET'S SAY
'66 WON
-- WHEN
TEXAS WON WITH
FIVE BLACK
STARTERS.
THEY WERE
RELUCTANT ABOUT HOW
MANY BLACK FACES THEY
HAD IN
THE TEAM PICTURE.
THE INSTITUTIONS WERE
OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE EVEN THE
ONES WHO ARE
RECRUITING AND
PLAYING A LOT OF BLACK PLAYERS
THE STUDENT BODY IS
WHITE, THE
FACULTY WHITE
,
ALUMNI WHITER
THAN THE STUDENT BODY AND
FACULTY.
COACHES WERE A
LITTLE
LESS
TAN.
HOW MANY BLACK GUYS CAN
I PUT
ON THE FLOOR AND STILL
REPRESENT THIS WHITE
INSTITUTION?
>>THERE WAS AN
UNWRITTEN LAW
YOU COULD HAVE TWO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYERS ON
THE COURT AT ANY TIME.
AND YOU WERE PUSHING THINGS IF
YOU WENT BEYOND THAT.
>>YOU KNOW
, UNWRITTEN LAW
,
GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT,
I
INTERPRET IT MOSTLY
AS A JOKE.
COACHES TOLD EACH OTHER
, COULD
YOU
PLAY
-- HOW DID IT
GO?
ONE ON THE ROAD
, TWO AT HOME,
THREE IF YOU ARE WAY BEHIND.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD SAY.
>>I MEANT TO MENTION
THAT
THAT
WAS
BOB SIROTT
REPORTING
THAT PIECE.
RICH ROCHELLE,
HOW GOOD WAS
THE TEAM?
>>STREETLY GOOD.
OUR STARTING FIVE
, --
EXTREMELY GOOD.
OUR STARTING FIVE WAS
COMPARABLE TO THE BEST
THAT
I'VE EVER SEEN.
THEY WERE
FOCUSED
.
AND WE WORKED
HARD AS A
SUPPORTING STAFF
TO HELP
THEM
BE THE VERY BEST THAT THEY
COULD BE.
THEY WERE
ATHLETIC, THEY
WERE
FAST, THEY
WERE
INTELLIGENT.
THEY DID EVERYTHING
THAT YOU
WOULD WANT A GROUP
OF YOUNG
MEN TO DO, TO
BE SUCCESSFUL.
>>HOW DID
YOU
SEE JOHN
EGAN
HOW YOU DID SEE THINGS AS THE
ONLY WHITE PLAYER IN THE
STARTING
LINE-UP?
DO YOU THINK YOU UNDERSTOOD
WHAT THE
OTHER PLAYERS WERE
GOING THROUGH?
>>NOT ENTIRELY.
I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH
THE
UNWRITTEN RULE THAT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE I
DIDN'T REALLY FOLLOW COLLEGE
BASKETBALL THAT CLOSELY.
>>YOU JUST PLAYED IT.
>>JUST PLAY.
I DON'T REALLY THINK
I COULD
IDENTIFY WITH THE THING FAST
THAT THE BLACK PLAYERS
WERE
GOING THROUGH THAT SEASON
,
BECAUSE
THEY'VE BEEN BLACK
SINCE THEY WERE BORN.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT
DIDN'T
BOTHER ME, I KNOW
BOTHERED
THEM.
WE OF COURSE DIDN'T GET IT AT
HOME.
WE GOT IT ON THE ROAD.
>>SPEAKING OF
GETTING IT ON
THE ROAD.
RICH, MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT
YOU A PARTICULARLY TOUGH TIME,
THE BLACK PLAYERS HAD A TOUGH
TIME IN HOUSTON, WHEN
YOU
PLAYED THAT YEAR.
TELL US ABOUT
HOUSTON.
>>
THAT WAS
IN MY OPINION
,
THE
WORST
OPEN
RACISM
THAT WE HAD
FACED.
WE HAD FACED IT IN OTHER
PLACES, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT IN HOUSTON
,
WE WERE
SPIT
UPON, WE HAD
GARBAGE
THROWN AT
US, PENNIES
THROWN
AT US.
AS WE SAT ON THE
BENCH WE
HAD
TO DODGE ICE BEING
THROWN AT
US AND OF COURSE YOU HAD
THE "N" WORD BEING
USED
FREQUENTLY IS
>>HOW DID YOU REACT TO
THAT
AS A
BLACK MAN?
>>AS A
YOUNG BLACK MAN,
NUMBER ONE IT WAS VERY
DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.
YOU REACT TO YOU IT BY
NOT
REACTING.
YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THE JOB
YOU ARE THERE TO DO.
OUR JOB
WAS TO PLAY
BASKETBALL.
TO
REPRESENT THE
CHICAGO
AREA,
WITH AS MUCH
DIGNITY AND
GRACE
AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.
>>WAS THAT HARD AT TIMES?
>>IT WAS DIFFICULT
,
BUT
WE
WOULD SIT AND TALK ABOUT HOW
WE WOULD HANDLE CERTAIN
SITUATIONS.
>>YOU AND YOUR
TEAMMATES?
>>TEAMMATES.
THE BLACK
TEAMMATES SPENT A
LOT OF TIME IN MY HOME
, MY
MOTHER USED TO COOK FOR THEM.
THEY WOULD SIT AROUND
AND TALK
ABOUT WHAT WE
SHOULD AND
SHOULD NOT DO.
AND AGAIN
, WE WANTED TO
CONDUCT OURSELVES
AS
GENTLEMEN.
AND SO, WE ALLOWED THEM
TO BE
WHO THEY WERE
, THE
PEOPLE
WHO
WERE FOR LACK OF
A BETTER TERM
,
IGNORANT.
AND WE DECIDED THAT WE
WOULD
NOT GET INVOLVED.
>>
>>MIKE: ALLEN
HAND PERHAPS
THE MOST
FAMOUS
-- MICHAEL
LENEHAN PERHAPS
THE
MOST
FAMOUS WAS THE GAME AGAINST
MISSISSIPPI STATE.
WHY WAS THAT A
KEY GAME?
>>MISSISSIPPI HAD AN
UNWRITTEN
POLICY
;bP
THAT
THEI
STATE SUPPORTED SCHOOLS WOULD
NOT PLAYR
AGAINST INTEGRATED
TEAMS.
ALTHOUGH THEY
WON THE
SEC
TITLE,
FOUR YEARS OUT OF FIVE
,
THE TITLE THAT IS
NORMALLY
OWNED BY
ADOLPH
OF KENTUCKY
,
THEY DIDN'T GO TO THE
TOURNAMENT, IN
FACT
,
KENTUCKY
GO
TO
GO --
GOT TO GO
IN THEIR
PLACE BECAUSE OF THIS
UNWRITTEN RULE, BECAUSE
CHANCES ARE YOU ARE GOING TO
RUN INTO AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PLAYER.
IN 1963 THE
PRESIDENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY DECIDED IT WAS TIME
FOR A CHANGE.
HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS
GOING
TO SEND THE TEAM TO THE
TOURNAMENT
.
WHICH
CAUSED A COUPLE OF
WEEKS
OF POLITICAL
INFIGHTING AND A
LOT OF NOISE BEING MADE
IN
CERTAIN MISSISSIPPI NEWSPAPERS
.
BUT,
HE
HANDLED
THE SITUATION
SKILLFULLY AND THEY WERE SET
TO GO TO THE TOURNAMENT.
AND IT
QUICKLY
BECAME KNOWN
THAT THE TEAM THEY WERE
GONNA
PLAY FIRST NOT ONLY HAD
ONE
BLACK GUY IT HAD
FOUR BLACK
GUYS
.
THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY
WERE TO
LEAVE
FOR
EAST LANSING,
MICHIGAN,
A COUPLE OF
SEGREGATIONISTS POLITICIANS
GOT A COURT
ORDER FORBIDDING
THEM TO GO
.
AND THEY
RECEIVED WORD,
THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE COACH
, DAVE
McCARTHY
RECEIVED WORD IN
STARKVILLE
,
MISSISSIPPI, WHERE THE
UNIVERSITY WAS THAT THE
INJUNCTION WAS
ON IT
--
ITS
WAY
WHICH GAVE THEM THREE
HOURS TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS,
THEY HAD A QUICK MEETING AND
PEOPLE STARTED DISAPPEARING
FROM THE STATE.
>>THEY SNUCK OUT OF THE STATE,
MADE IT TO EAST
LANSING AND
PLAYED.
WHAT ARE YOUR RECOLLECTIONS OF
THAT GAME JOHN
EGAN?
>>MY
RECOLLECTIONS HAVE
BEEN
REINFORCED
BY WHAT I READ
ABOUT IT NOW.
AT THAT TIME I HAD NO
HOPE OF
THEM NOT SHOWING UP.
I KNEW WE WEREN'T
FORTUNATE TO
GET A BUY.
I THINK WE PREPARED, I
DON'T
THINK ANYONE TALKED ABOUT THEM
NOT SHOWING UP FOR THAT GAME.
WE EXPECTED THEM TO BE THERE
AND THEY WERE THERE.
AND THEY WERE A REAL GOOD
TEAM.
SINCE THAT TIME OF COURSE,
WE'VE HAD REUNIONS WITH
THAT
THEME AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO
KNOW
THE PLAYERS.
I THINK -- WITH THAT
TEAM AND
WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THE
PLAYERS.
I'M RIGHT WITH
MY ASSESSMENT
THEY WERE GOOD
GUYS
,
.÷f UNLIKE --
>>MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
THE BLACK
PLAYERS
ON THE TEAM
BEFORE THE MISSISSIPPI STATE
GAME, GOT
IT FROM BOTH
SIDES.
EXPLAIN WHAT
IS MEANT BY
THAT?
>>WELL
,
OBVIOUSLY,
THE
KU KLUX KLAN
,
WHITE
SUPREMACIST GROUPS, ET CETERA
,
MADE A LOT OF
THREATS.
AND THEY
SENT A LOT OF
LETTERS
THAT
GEORGE IRELAND
INTERCEPTED FOR THE
MOST
PART.
THE COACH.
THE WHOLE IDEA WAS THEY
WERE
GOING TO
INTIMIDATE US
.
AT THE SAME TIME
, YOU HAD
THE
BLACK COMMUNITY, THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
,
WHO SAW THIS
AS AN
OPPORTUNITY
FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS
TO
PROSPER FROM
THIS TEAM'S
SUCCESSES.
>>MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU GOT
MAIL TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU
BETTER NOT LOSE.
>>YOU NEED TO WIN IN GAME.
MOST OF THE MAIL WAS
NOT
THAT
POIGNANT.
BUT IT DID LET US
KNOW
THEIR
EXPECTATION WAS, WE WERE GOING
TO REPRESENT
THE
CHICAGO AREA,
THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND
REPRESENT THEM WELL.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
,
LOYOLA
WAS A LITTLE CATHOLIC
SCHOOL
ON THE NOR SIDE OF
CHICAGO
THAT HAD
NO -- ON
THE
NORTHSIDE OF CHICAGO THAT
HAD
NO REAL
NOTORIETY PRIOR TO OUR
SOPHOMORE YEAR
AND
THIS WAS
THE JUNIOR YEAR.
SO WE GO IT
FROM BOTH SIDES.
AGAIN, WE WOULD
SIT AND TALK
ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE IT.
>>YOU WOUND UP BEGIN
-- UP
WINNING THE GAME BY 10
POINTS.
YOU MAKE
YOUR WAY TO THE
FINAL
GAME.
HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU BEFORE
THE FINAL GAME?
>>I
DON'T THINK I WAS TOO
NERVOUS BEFORE THE FINAL GAME.
I'M NOT SAYING
I WASN'T
NERVOUS, BUT I EXPECTED AT
THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
TO BE IN
THAT FINAL GAME.
I WAS NOT
HAVING A
GOOD
RELATIONSHIP AT THAT TIME WITH
COACH IRELAND.
COACH IRELAND
WOULD GET UPSET
WHEN WE WOULD TALK TO THE
PAPERS.
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME WHEN
I WAS INTERVIEWED
, THEY
WERE
SURPRISED WE BEAT
DUKE.
I SAID I GUESS YOU WILL
BE
SITTING HERE TOMORROW NIGHT
SURPRISED THAT WE
BEAT
CINCINNATI.
>>WHAT WERE YOUR
FEELINGS THE
NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME?
>>A LOT OF
ANTICIPATION.
I FELT VERY GOOD ABOUT
OUR
TEAM.
I FELT GOOD ABOUT OUR
STARTING
FIVE.
THEY WERE IRON
MEN.
MY FEAR WAS, THEIR
LEGS HAD
BEEN RUNOFF
BY THE
COACH.
AND THEY WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO
PERFORM UP TO THEIR
CAPABILITIES.
ALSO
, ALL YEAR LODGE
,
THERE
HAD BEEN THIS -- ALL
YEAR LONG,
THERE HAD BEEN THIS DISCUSSION
OF LOYOLA,
VS.
CINCINNATI.
WOULD IT EVER HAPPEN?
OBVIOUSLY, HERE IT COMES.
I FELT VERY
CONFIDENT THAT THE
TEAM WE WERE PUTTING ON THE
FLOOR WAS GOING TO
REPRESENT
VERY
WELL, THE CHICAGO AREA.
>>ONCE AGAIN,
LET'S LOOK AT A
PIECE OF OUR
2003
DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT THE TEAM.
HERE'S THE DESCRIPTION OF THE
FINAL GAME WINNING PLAY.
>>
>>ANNOUNCER: 15 SECONDS OUT
TO
EGAN THEY WILL GIVE IT TO
HARKNESS WHEN IT IS TIME.
>>THE BALL WENT TO HARKNESS
GOING UP FOR A SHOT,
DEFENDED
.
>>
>>ANNOUNCER: THERE HE GOES.
>>I GO UP AND I COULD
STILL
FEEL --
HE TIPS THE BALL A
LITTLE, I COULD STILL FEEL IT.
I DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.
I WANT TO SHOOT.
I
REALLY DIDN'T FEEL IT
, HE
TIPPED IT AND I DIDN'T FEEL
IT,
MY CONCENTRATION
WAS LOST A
LITTLE.
IN THE CORNER OF
MY EYE I SEE
HUNTER AND I FLIP IT TO
HUNTER.
>>ANNOUNCER: HE PASSES OUT TO
HUNTER, HUNTER
SHOOTS.
>>I PUT UP A
JUMP SHOT, IF WE
DID MISS WE HAD
TIME TO TIP IT
IN.
I
THOUGHT IT WAS GOING
IN.
I
SAW
VIC
POSITION HIMSELF IN
FRONT
AND
TIPPED IT IN.
PERFECT TIMING.
>>ANNOUNCER: OFF THE RIM,
SCORES, IT IS OVER!
IT IS OVER!
WE WON!
WE WON!
WE WON!
WE WON THE
BALLGAME!
WE WON THE
&ñ BALLGAME
!
LOYOLA WON THE
BALLGAME!
>>
RICH
, WHAT GOES
THROUGH
YOUR MIND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THAT VIDEO?
>>
HE LAY SHUN.
>>EVEN NOW?
>>IT --
ELATION.
>>EVEN NOW?
>>IT WAS A WONDERFUL
TIME
.
EVEN TODAY,
EVERY
YOUNG
BASKETBALL PLAYER WANTS TO BE.
THE IDEA OF THE FINAL
FOUR,
THE IDEA
OF
BEING
INVOLVED
WITH A
CHAMPIONSHIP, A
NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
,
IT
IS
STILL EXCITING.
I'M STILL ELATED
WHEN I LOOK
AT IT.
I BREAK INTO BIG
GRINS WHEN I
SEE IT.
AND I
APPRECIATE THAT STARTING
FIVE AND ALL OF THE
HARD WORK
THEY PUT IN FOR IT.
THAT'S WHERE I AM.
I STILL
ENJOY THE
MOMENT.
>>JOHN EGAN
WHAT GUESS
THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU SEE
THAT?
--
>>I'M ALSO
ELATED THAT WE
WON.
DURING THE PROCESS OF THE
GAME,
I WAS EMBARRASSED THAT
-- AT
OUR PERFORMANCE EARLY.
I THOUGHT FOR THE REST OF
MY
LIFE YOU ARE GOING TO
SAY YOU
HAD THE BIG CHANCE
AND BLOW IT
AND YOU DON'T LOOK
GOOD
BLOWING IT.
>>WERE YOU DOWN BY 15.
>>DOWN BY
15.
THEN WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO
WIN IT.
ONE OF
RELAXATION MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.
I SAID WE WERE LUCKY
TO WIN
THAT GAME.
>>THAT GAME, SOME
PEOPLE HAVE
RATED IT AS THE MOST
EXCITING
MOMENT IN NCAA
HISTORY.
THE TEAM IS GOING TO BE
INDUCTED IN THE
NATIONAL HALL
OF FAME, HUGE DEAL.
MIKE LENAHAN, WHAT
ARE THE
LESSONS
?
>>TO ME, THE
BIG LESSON
IS
THAT THE
REASON
THAT
SPORTS IS
SO
OFTEN IN THE
VANGUARD OF
SOCIAL CHANGE
,
IS
THAT IT IS
HARD FOR
EXAMPLE, TO
BE A
PREJUDICED BASKETBALL PLAYER.
IF YOU ARE SERIOUS
ABOUT
YOUR
BASKETBALL, YOU ARE LOOKING AT
YOUR
OPPONENT, YOU BETTER NOT
BE SAYING, WAS
HIS FATHER A
SLAVE OR A
PLANTATION OWNER?
DOES HE COME FROM THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE TRACKS
OR WRONG
SIDE OF THE TRACKS?
YOU BETTER BE SAYING WHAT CAN
THIS GUY
DO?
HOW CAN I BEAT HIM?
BECAUSE BASKETBALL PLAYERS ARE
AN CUSTOMED TO DEALING WITH
EACH OTHER IN TERMS LIKE THAT,
I -- I
THINK THEY CAN BE A
LITTLE QUICKER TO DEVELOP
THE
EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
COMES A LITTLE HARDER TO THE
REST OF US.
>>THAT'S WHERE I HAVE TO
LEAVE.
JOHN, RICH, MICHAEL,
THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I KNOW YOU ARE GETTING
TONS OF
ACCLAIM, ALL WELL
DESERVED.
GREAT BOOK.
>>>MICHAEL
LENEHAN'S BOOK
IS
RAMBLERS LOYOLA CHICAGO
1963,
THE TEAM THAT CHANGED THE
COLOR OF
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
.
YOU WILL FIND AN EXCERPT FROM
THE BOOK ON OUR WEBSITE,
THE
FINAL MINUTE OF THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OUR
2003
DOCUMENTARY AND COMMENTS
FROM
JERRY HARKNESS.