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Enjoy from my personal collection of NCAA Tournament games. Now here's an actual exciting game from the 2000 NCAA Tournament, #10 Gonzaga vs. #7 Louisville. In what would be the final NCAA Tournament game for Cardinals' Head Coach Denny Crum, Gonzaga would continue its March Madness magic from the 1999 tourney, upsetting Louisville during an exciting, up-and-down contest. I remember really getting into this game, in large part due to announcer Gus Johnson. This was when Johnson was very good at calling games as opposed to the caricature he has become during the years, when his excitement seemed genuine rather than forced. I absolutely loved this Gonzaga team with Matt Santangelo, Richie Frahm and Casey Calvary. Louisville also had one of my favorite college basketball bad asses at the time, forward Nate Johnson. That guy was a dude, and this was a great game. Also included is early action between #16 Valparaiso and #1 Michigan State, which would begin its run to its first national title since 1979. I was a big fan of Valparaiso Head Coach Homer Drew, who just seemed like a class act. Now the Crusaders are coached by another class act, Roger Powell Jr., my all-time favorite Illinois basketball player of all time.
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