More Lorenzo Charles

Dicky V. on the death of Lo Charles, and NC State's improbable run:

That moment in 1983 was special because NC State was such a huge underdog entering the ACC tournament. The Wolfpack had to beat the likes of North Carolina with Michael "the Magnificent" Jordan and Virginia with Ralph Sampson just to make it to the Big Dance. That was amazing in its own right.

I, for one, don't remember Jordan being called "The Magnificent," but okay.
Look how spoiled I was growing up when I did:

1981 Final Four: first time UVa went, featuring my favorite player of all time Jeff Lamp.  I don't remember the Final, but I remember them losing to fucking UNC.  Also, Lamp, Raker and Gates finishing their careers by beating LSU in the last-ever consolation game on the day Reagan was shot
1982 Final Four: Jordan's shot, the birth of Jordan as superstar, Freddie Brown's unbelievable pass to Worthy
1983 Final Four: Lo Charles' dunk, Jimmy V's hug, and the still fucking incredible Phi Slamma Jamma.  Them vs. Louisville was prolly the most exciting semi of all time.
1984 Final Four: UVa's improbable run a year after Ralph left, took Houston to OT; to this day, nobody knows how.
1985 Final Four: Final was an upset that maybe surpassed NC State's. Height of the Big East.
1986 Final Four: Final game was blah, tho can still see Ricky Blanton running down the floor like a retard for LSU in the semi.
1987 Final Four: Smart's shot to win coming a year after the miserable season outlined in A Season on the Brink, Derrick Coleman's monster game as a freshman.  Still have no idea how IU beat UNLV two days earlier.
1988 Final Four: Greatest team nickname of all time: Danny and the Miracles.
1989 Final Four: Michigan's run being kicked off by Bo Schembechler firing the coach "Michigan will be coached by a Michigan man", Robinson hitting those two free throws to win it.
1990 Final Four: Duke's getting shellacked by UNLV, setting the table for a year later, with both starting fives back, beating a UNLV team we all assumed was the greatest of all time in the semifinal.  We'll never see a year-long grudge match with anywhere near that much veteran talent again

Even just after that, you had Duke being the first team to repeat since UCLA, and Chris Webber's brain fart.

Not a bad run!