Every year CBS promotes its March Madness coverage by showing highlights of dramatic finishes and Cinderella stories.
But unfortunately, this year's NCAA Tournament has yet to provide the kind of excitement we've come to expect.
Sure, this year's tourney has had its fair share of upsets and close games, but none that will remain ingrained in our memories for years to come.
Hopefully the upcoming Elite 8 and Final 4 will solve this minor problem and add some more players to the list of guys we'll never forget.
Danny Ainge propelled BYU to the Elite 8 in 1981 by defeating Notre Dame on a last second, coast-to-coast layup
Post-college, Ainge starred on the 1980s Larry Bird-led Boston Celtics.
He's now a GM for his old team, orchestrating trades that brought Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to Boston and led to a championship in 2008.
The 1983 National Championship Game came down to the wire when NC State's desperation three-point heave missed and had to be tapped back in by Lorenzo Charles for the amazing victory over heavily-favored Houston
Charles had a so-so pro career in the NBA and Europe.
Sadly, he died in 2011 when a bus he was driving crashed on a highway in North Carolina. Charles worked as a bus driver for Elite Coach.
Source: WRAL
Michigan beat Seton Hall in the 1989 championship game when Rumeal Robinson (a terrible free throw shooter) sunk two free throws in the final moments of overtime
After a 12-year career in the NBA, CBA, and European leagues, Robinson went back to his native Jamaica to work as a property developer.
In 2011, Robinson was sentenced to six years in prison for bank fraud.
Source: AP
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See Also:
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- Here's Where You Can Catch All Of Friday's NCAA Tournament Games
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