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Enjoy from my personal collection of NCAA Tournament games. In Chicago, CBS-2 began showing George Washington vs. Indiana. However, with Indiana leading, the network switched to a much more compelling game between #14 Weber State and #3 North Carolina. For anyone my age, this is the Harold Arceneaux game, when the Weber State forward went off for 36 points to upset the Tar Heels, which had been to the 1997 and 1998 Final Fours. This was quite the memorable game, one of the biggest upsets of my young fandom watching the NCAA Tournament. By no means was this a great UNC team after losing Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter and Shammond Williams after the 1997-98 season. Still, it was inconceivable that North Carolina would lose an NCAA Tournament game to Weber State, which also had a good guard named Eddie Gill who played in the NBA for a few seasons. I remember being amazed that Weber State's Head Coach Ron Abegglen was going to step down at the end of this season. Years later, my cousin Brian, who is a year younger than me, will randomly throw out the name "Arceneaux" when talking about college basketball. This was a shocking upset to Brian and me, seeing a school from Ogden, Utah defeat a blue blood from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It also helps that Kevin Harlan, one of my favorite announcers, called this game.
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