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Enjoy from my personal collection of NCAA Tournament games. This is a very underrated Final Four game. At the time I was tired of Kentucky, which had made its third-straight Final Four, this time under first-year Head Coach Tubby Smith after Rick Pitino had left for the Boston Celtics following the 1997 NCAA Tournament. Personally, I didn't think this was the greatest Kentucky team, though I expected the Wildcats to beat Stanford, which had a miracle finish to defeat Rhode Island in the Elite Eight. To the credit of the Cardinal, this game was very competitive, going to overtime. I remember Jeff Sheppard, the father of current Houston Rockets guard Reed, hitting a huge three during the extra five minutes to put Kentucky ahead for good. Looking back, this Stanford team was really good with point guard Arthur Lee, shooting guard Kris Weems, late small forward Peter Sauer, power forward Mark Madsen, center Tim Young, and the Collins' twins coming off the bench. I will also remember CBS introducing this Final Four with The Rolling Stones' song, "Gimme Shelter."
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