{"id":1908117,"date":"2023-03-31T23:57:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T03:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unexpected-final-four-harks-back-to-north-carolina-states-cinderella-story\/"},"modified":"2023-04-01T00:05:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T04:05:33","slug":"unexpected-final-four-harks-back-to-north-carolina-states-cinderella-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unexpected-final-four-harks-back-to-north-carolina-states-cinderella-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Final Four Harks Back To North Carolina State\u2019s Cinderella Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funexpected-final-four-harks-back-to-north-carolina-states-cinderella-story%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1908117&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The semifinals of the NCAA men\u2019s college basketball national championship, to be held in Houston on Saturday evening, will have an unconventional atmosphere. Only one of the teams, the University of Connecticut, has previously won the national championship, and the other three, Florida Atlantic University, San Diego State University, and the University of Miami, are all in their first Final Four appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-786927332\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b155114549eb6354a9827ca7d94ac7aa fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b155114549eb6354a9827ca7d94ac7aa\"><\/div>\n<p>This unexpected turn of events comes on the 40th anniversary of North Carolina State University\u2019s Cinderella victory, the 1982-83 team&#8217;s second national championship. Along with revolutionizing college basketball, the team rules fans&#8217; hearts and taught them significant lessons about life.<\/p>\n<h2>Last-Second Heroics<\/h2>\n<p>The N.C. State Wolfpack broke records to win a spot in the championship game, where they faced the University of Houston, home of the future Hall of Famers Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. It was predicted that Houston\u2019s high-flying offense would overtake N.C. State, but a series of errors left the teams tied with little more than a minute left on the clock. In the final seconds, N.C. State guard Dereck Whittenburg attempted a long shot that fell short. But his teammate, Lorenzo Charles, caught the ball and scored as the clock struck zero. His shot, and the resulting frenzy, ranked as the top college basketball event of the 20th century according to Sports Illustrated. <\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-47142b771dcba1faee11f8c1dc72bc3d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-47142b771dcba1faee11f8c1dc72bc3d\"><\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Don\u2019t Give Up \u2014 Don\u2019t Ever Give Up\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The Cardiac Pack broke records to get to the championship game. N.C. State won three straight games in its conference tournament, including an overtime win over the University of North Carolina, featuring Michael Jordan, to earn a trip to March Madness. But to get there, they faced nine games in which any loss would have ended their season. Behind unorthodox coaching strategies from Jim Valvano and incredible determination from his players, they repeatedly \u201csurvived and advanced\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Valvano encouraged players to intentionally foul their opponents and put them on the free-throw line, risking points in exchange for the chance to regain possession of the ball. Their series of miracle finishes inspired Valvano\u2019s mantra, \u201cDon\u2019t give up hope,\u201d which he kept as he battled cancer, and which he famously shared in his 1993 ESPY Awards speech.<\/p>\n<h2>The Birth of March Madness<\/h2>\n<p>The 1983 Final Four, along with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson\u2019s championship game four years earlier, helped to shape college basketball and turned the NCAA tournament into the sports and cultural event that it has now become. The hashtags #OneShiningMoment and #MarchMadness remain relevant every year, with broadcasters playing a tribute to Charles, Whittenburg, and Valvano. Forty years since the Cardiac Pack\u2019s incredible national championship, three underdogs and a college basketball blueblood will hit the stage looking to make their own shining moment.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-dd57a3e332f72a1132aa3c3a352a9b11 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-dd57a3e332f72a1132aa3c3a352a9b11\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Chris Jacobs is the CEO of Juniper Research Group and the author of The Case Against Single Payer. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisjacobsHC.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dereck-whittenburg\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Dereck Whittenburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/final-four\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Final Four<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/florida-atlantic-university\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Florida Atlantic University<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\">< \n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the semifinals of the NCAA men\u2019s college basketball national championship kick off Saturday evening in Houston, the event will have a decidedly nontraditional feel. Of the participants in this year\u2019s Final Four, only one, the University of Connecticut, has previously won the national championship. The other three teams \u2014 Florida Atlantic University, San Diego<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1164,"featured_media":1908118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3963,21612,8762,23274,5213,5090,4178,13005],"class_list":["post-1908117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-carolina","tag-cinderella","tag-final","tag-harks","tag-north","tag-states","tag-story","tag-unexpected"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1908117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1908118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1908117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1908117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1908117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}