We take a trip back down memory lane 40 years to 1985, when the tournament was expanded to 64 teams and Villanova upset Georgetown and prevented a repeat title. Villanova shot nearly 79 percent from the field, something that would never happen in future title games since that was the final NCAA tourney played without a shot clock.

Here are the 10 most shocking moments of the big dance over the last 40 years.

UNLV Fails To Repeat

After the defending champs from Nevada-Las Vegas defeated Arkansas down in Fayetteville in a regular season showdown, the 1990-91 UNLV team looked unbeatable. It ran into a confident Duke team in the national semifinals, however, that it walloped the year before in the 1990 title game. Duke pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament in the modern era of seeding teams, and reinforced the notion anything can happen in a one-game setting. Duke was plenty better than it was the year before and perhaps UNLV was not as good as we thought in real time. The Rebels didn’t have a real back-up point guard to Greg Anthony (who fouled out vs. Duke) and didn’t have great depth without the services of Ed O’Bannon, who didn’t sign a Letter-of-Intent locking him into UNLV and instead went to UCLA, where he didn’t play his freshman season anyway because of an ACL injury.

Anti-Duke Sentiment Reaches A Ferver Pitch

After beating UNLV in 1991 and repeating as champions in 1992 over Michigan’s FAB 5, Duke's Christian Laettner, the first player to appear in four Final Fours, became the most hated player in NCAA history and progressively that hatred for Duke built up after Laettner moved on to the NBA following the 1991-92 season. Basically, many fans didn’t like Duke because of their success and the perceived notion it got the benefit of referee calls. Never was that ani-Duke sentiment stronger than it was in 2000-2001, when Duke defeated Maryland in the semifinals and Arizona in the championship at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. All the neutral crowd there heavily booed calls that went against Maryland. It was very noticeable and almost an embarrassing moment for the NCAA Tournament. Maryland coach Gary Williams was visibly upset, and there was a few non-calls vs. point guard Jason Gardner that really hurt Arizona in the title game. That fever pitch died down after that even though it occasionally flared up, but if it would have got any worse than 2001 it could have been a major turn off for fans of March Madness.

Chris Webber’s Timeout

Michigan’s FAB 5 didn’t play great against Duke as freshmen in the 1992 NCAA title game, but the Wolverines were a much better team in 1992-93. Michigan took on North Carolina in the title game and it came down to the wire at the Louisiana Superdome. Webber, Michigan’s best player, scored on an offensive rebound put back as Michigan trialed by one with under 40 seconds to go. North Carolina’s Pat Sullivan shot free throws with 20 seconds remaining, and missed the second. Michigan didn’t have any timeouts and Webber tried to outlet the rebound, but traveled right in front of the Carolina bench and it wasn't called. Already panicking, he started dribbling towards the Michigan bench and trialing by two, called a timeout his team didn’t have. It was a crushing moment for him, FAB 5 fans and youth basketball players who looked up to the trend-setting team. That Michigan team had ton of influence, even though its back-to-back championship appearances were later vacated by the NCAA. The timeout is also a painful reminder that the FAB 5 failed to win a national title or a Big Ten title.

Tyus Edney’s Mad Dash

Remember when Ed O’Bannon, the nation’s top recruit in 1990, missed his freshman year at UCLA? That meant he was eligible for the 1994-95 season as a redshirt senior and he made the most of it. UCLA was upset by Tulsa in the 1994 tournament and O’Bannon already knew he was coming back to school and on a senior season mission. UCLA was on the ropes in the second round vs. Missouri, trailing by one point when senior point guard Tyus Edney went the length of the court in 4.8 seconds and coverted a running lay-up to give UCLA a 75-74 win over Missouri. It was one of those tourney moments where fans will always remember where they were or what they were doing when it happened. After that game, it seemed UCLA was a team of destiny and one got the feeling the Bruins were likely to win it all. They did over defending champion Arkansas with O’Bannon leading the way, 89-78. Ironically, Edney did not play in the title game because of a wrist injury and it remains UCLA only NCAA title of the past 50 years.

Bill Self Beats The Odds

Kansas winning the 2022 NCAA title over North Carolina, 72-69, was a big moment for Blue Blood basketball and also for Kansas’ head coach. If you recall, Kansas’ program was at the center of the 2017–18 basketball corruption scandal that involved many schools associated with sportswear giant Adidas, plus some other schools. The FBI was involved and announced the arrest of 10 individuals associated with the sport, including four well-known assistant coaches. Self escaped with his job in-tact, as did Arizona’s Sean Miller, and Kansas’ title in 2022 highlighted how no one person is bigger than the sport, how the train continues to roll down the track and how mundane many NCAA regulations are. Much of the public sentiment surrounding these 10 individuals was the group did not deserve federal charges, even though a majority felt there was some punishment due to breaking of NCAA regulations (although not so much law breaking). Kansas’ title highlighted two main things that came out of the curruption scandal. One, the FBI and the media never had the smoking gun that would have made the general public be concerned about what was going on behind closed doors and two, he public really doesn’t care if basketball players get compensated for their abilities or for potential Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) value.

Bo Ryan Knocks Off Big Blue Nation

In the 2014-15, Kentucky entered the Final Four riding a 38-0 record with a star-studded team filled with McDonald’s All-Americans and five-star recruits, including freshman Karl-Anthony-Townes. Wisconsin had a terrific team led by Sam Dekker, but not one expected it to beat the Wildcats. Bo Ryan’s boys pulled off the upset, 71-64, to end the Wildcats’ season at 38-1. The 38 wins is tied with the 2012 Kentucky team for the most wins in men’s DI history. Duke went on to win the fifth and final title of the Mike Krzyzewski era over Wisconsin, but the upset highlighted how having star-studded teams or the best recruiting classes in the one-and-done era didn’t always mean success in the NCAA Tournament. The 2012 title is the only one for Kentucky coach John Calipari despite having recruiting classes over the past 15 years that are unparellel in the history of the sport.

Kris Jenkins’ 3-Pointer Beats Carolina

In a terrific-played title game, Villanova defeated North Carolina, 77-74, in the 2016 final on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by forward Kris Jenkins. Jenkins took the ball out of bounds and trailed the play and made a terrific clutch shot to give coach Jay Wright his first of two NCAA titles as coach of the Wildcats. Jenkins’ shot and the game highlighted two things. One, in the era of social media, coaches decisions are overly-criticized and over analyzed as fans and pundits pondered how the Tar Heels should have defended the play. (They didn’t pressure the inbounder Jenkins). Two, it highlighted that there was terrific basketball still being played despite the lack of star power caused by so many players with college eligibility no longer part of the playing field following Kevin Garnett opening up the prep-to-pro floodgates in 1995. The talent level has never been the same since KG's decision, but the college game remains strong, nonetheless.

Derek Anderson’s Free Throws

During the 1997 Final Four, Kentucky’s Derek Anderson shot two foul shots in the Wildcats’ semifinal victory over Minnesota. Anderson had tore his ACL in January and would be unable to play, unless there was a technical foul shot situation. Kentucky went on to lose the title game to Arizona, 84-79, in overtime. Kentucky’s 1996 team is the best one we’ve seen in the past 40 years, and perhaps if Anderson wasn’t injured Kentucky would have won three straight NCAA titles. Most of the reserves on the 1996 team made up the core of the 1998 title-winning team. The 1996 team was that deep and good, and Anderson’s free throws are a reminder Arizona is the last team in the West Region to win the NCAA title.

Danny and The Miracles

Sometimes a star can carry a team, but it wasn’t probable Kansas would win the 1988 NCAA title. The Jayhawks has the best player in the country in senior forward Danny Manning, but they were playing a juggernaut in Oklahoma, which was heavily favored to win over its Big Eight Conference rival in the title game. After all, the Sooners averaged over 102 points per game and beat Kansas by eight points twice during the regular season. All that didn’t matter in the title game, as Manning capped off a memorable six-game run with 31 points and 18 rebounds. Most fans don’t know Kansas’ other four starters, but it was a reminder that sometimes the best high school recruits eventually make all the difference in the world and recruiting is the bloodline of the sport. Manning was a three-time all-American and led Kansas to the Final Four as a sophomore in 1986. Head coach Larry Brown shrewdly hired his father, Ed Manning, to the Kansas staff while his son was a rising high school senior and it paid off. Manning’s performance is a reminder of what it takes to win at the highest level.

UConn Dominance

It’s not easy to win six games in a row. Many great coaches have never been to a NCAA Final Four, much less win the whole thing. UConn won three NCAA titles under the guidance of Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun. The Huskies won their fourth title under first year coach Kevin Ollie in 2014 and are now dominant under coach Danny Hurley. UConn won the 2023 title in dominant fashion, winning every game by double-digits and covering the point spread in each game. Entering this year’s Elite 8 game versus Illinois, the top seeded Huskies are 9-0 vs. the spread in the last two tournaments. How great is this UConn team? It doesn’t matter. It only has to be better than who is in front of them and so far Hurley’s bunch has been much better. Some pundits have been trying to compare this team to some of the all-time great teams or even how it may do against a NBA team. The NBA thing is laughable, as we’re not sure this year’s UConn team or last year’s would last the first weekend of an all-time seeded NCAA Tournament involving any eligible team. Teams from yesteryear just had more older, NBA-bound talent than teams of the past 20 years. As we said, that doesn’t matter as March Madness is as popular as ever. Bottom line is, UConn is that program many NCAA basketball fans think their program is.

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Re-release of 1990 book titled “Swee’pea: The Story of Lloyd Daniels” brings to life the story of a 1980s basketball prodigy who was supposed to die young, but didn’t, and who wasn’t supposed to make it, but did. His story was quite powerful in an age before the Internet and social media and is a fantastic read for this generation's basketball players, parents and lovers of the game.

Note: “Swee’pea: The Story of Lloyd Daniels” is set for re-release July 5 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. For updates on the book and its release, visit the Sweepeathebook Facebook page.

It would be hard for a vast majority of today’s high school and grassroots basketball players to completely understand the trails and tribulations Lloyd Daniels, a supremely talented 6-foot-7 guard who mesmorized college coaches in the mid 1980s despite being a functional crack addict, endured to eventually make a NBA roster.

Daniels was a constant, hard-core drug addict. Today’s youth hear the word “crack” and think disgust or a bad disease from another time. “Crack head” more often than not is a derogatory term or a “put down” than a descriptive word to describe someone using that powerful form of cocaine or other hard drugs – and that’s a good thing. In reality, people that have experienced what crack cocaine can do rarely use the word “crack” out of respect for its powerful effect.

The crack cocaine epidemic was very real in inner-city neighborhoods like the East New York neighborhood in Brooklyn where Daniels grew up that was described in John Valenti’s and Ron Naclerio’s 1990 book, “Swee’Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence and Basketball”. Twenty-five years later, many of America’s largest inner-cities (sans Chicago) are much safer than they were a quarter century ago. In the re-release of his book (set for July 5), Valenti describes New Jersey Avenue in Brooklyn where “Swee‘pea” grew up as a neighborhood that has undergone a positive transformation, as have plenty of others in New York City and Los Angeles. Drugs and crime plagued Daniels’ ‘hood and he was not strong enough to escape it. Notice we did not say “not lucky enough” because Daniels had plenty of chances to escape those two dangerous vices.

Technology has advanced greatly over the past 25 years and so has the way in which the media covers elite basketball prospects. No longer do the exploits of star high school basketball players spread by word of mouth like it did when Daniels was creating a national reputation playing for various high schools and grassroots teams in places such as Las Vegas, the city where his basketball talent made him a legend, not to mention infamous, after a much-publicized 1987 arrest derailed plans for him to suit up at UNLV.

In 2016, elite high school players are public figures and most of their daily moves are chronicled on social media. Their accomplishments, as well as their missteps, are immediately known. In essence, today’s players can’t get away with things their predecesors could. In addition, college admission standards for student-athletes are much more stringent than they were in 1986 and breaking rules in order to successfully recruit the great player is more difficult because of that attention, not to mention political correctness.

Just imagine the nation’s top junior being a functional illiterate with a wicked drug problem playing at a public high school in the nation’s largest city with four newspapers chronicling his every move in 2016-17? We can’t either. Simply put, the things Daniels did, or someone did on his behalf, to circumvent the system would be hard to execute today, and quite frankly, rarely do we see elite players in today’s climate having the street savvy to pull it off because of the coddling nature of the grassroots industry.

Two things that haven’t changed in basketball over the last 25 years: One, talent is a narcotic and prodigies can get away with actions the lesser player can’t. Two, the number of people willing to help these talents is nearly endless, and many times that exacerbates the problems grassroots basketball faces.

“Lloyd Daniels is definitely one of the best grassroots players of all time, but what he could have been or where he could have ranked among the greats is the real story,” said Clark Francis of the Hoop Scoop, the publication Naclerio has been a long-time contributor to. “His story is the perfect example of what’s wrong with the system and how it can be manipulated.”

Francis is one of the many talent evaluators or college coaches we’ve talked to over the years about Daniels and all of them share the sentiment of Daniels being one of the best high school-aged players they ever saw. A tall point guard with a near mystical understanding of the game, Daniels could play the off-guard position or small forward and, before drugs wrecked his body, was also in the athletic range of his peers that size. Others who have raved about his abilities include Van Coleman of the Basketball Channel, travel basketball coach Ruben Luna and then Oregon assistant coach Morris Hodges.

All four of those respected basketball figures particularly recall his sensational performances in the summer of 1985 at Five-Star Camp or his run through the 1986 Las Vegas Invitational, in which he led the New York Gauchos to the team championship. Daniels reached legendary status in grassroots lore with his 24-point, 14-rebound,11-assist, 4-steal performance to knock off defending champ Mid-Valley ARC and its star players Sean Higgins and Chris Mills of Fairfax (Los Angeles) in the Las Vegas Invitational quarterfinals.

“We stuck around to watch the Gauchos-ARC game,” said Luna, whose NorCal Connection team eventually lost to the Gauchos in the semifinals. “Lloyd was so good I got my kids out of there at halftime. I didn’t want them to be scared for the game the next day.”

The late Jerry Tarkianian was mesmorized by Daniels’ talents and bucked the system to get him enrolled at UNLV in the summer of ’86 despite dropping out of Andrew Jackson (Queens, N.Y.) the day after the 1985-86 season concluded. The recruitment of Swee’pea (coined after the fictional character in the Popeye cartoon) was so rediculious he likely is the only player in history with more college than high school credits. We’re not joking.

Valenti (a reporter for Newsday) and Naclerio (the current coach at Cardozo High School in Queens) cover these fascinating anecdotes, including the derailed plans for Daniels to play at UNLV following his arrest at a North Las Vegas crack house in February 1987 and being shot during a drug dispute in Hollis, Queens, New York, in May 1989, in gripping detail. Many of Daniels’ friends, advisors, and those interviewed for the book, including his grandmothers, Lulia Hendley and Annie Sargent, seriously feared Daniels would die young. What were they supposed to think, considering a major thoracic wound from three bullets didn’t quite put Daniels on a straight and narrow path right away?

The re-release of the book gives current context to the story and offers up the stories of other playground legends, even referencing California legends Valenti looked up in the ESPN.com articles celebrating the Under Armour Elite 24 game played at Venice Beach published in 2010 by yours truly.

Reading the book for the first time in the 1990s, its powerful message was prevalent, but its impact hard to gauge. Now with the re-release, there is no questioning the book’s wide-ranging appeal and the benefits of today’s players reading it. The new forward details how Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena Williams, made the budding tennis stars from Compton read the book in their pre-teen years. There is also a new Epilogue that updates readers on Daniels and the other players mentioned throughout the 369 pages, along with the fact Valenti and Naclerio both had a long falling out with Swea’pea.

“Writing the epilogue now -- as a man in his 50s -- gave me a perspective on Lloyd and on the story that I couldn't have had when I wrote the book at age 29-30,” Valenti said. “It made me more critical of what Lloyd did, wasting his talent, and also LESS critical, understanding the circumstances of life more.”

Daniels proved many wrong simply by surviving. He didn’t die young – and with the help of Tarkanian – miraculously made the NBA in 1992. He didn’t become a star, but after surviving chronic drug and alcohol abuse, years of malnutrition because of poverty, being shot and not having much high school or college experience, his 26-point, 8-rebound, 6-assist, 3-block, 3-steal performance in his second regular season NBA game for the San Antonio Spurs proved to be both astonishing and sad. Many who saw him play in ’85 or ’86 considered him a shell of that player during his five NBA seasons.

Though Daniels didn’t always produce at that level in the league, his second game was almost like him saying, “See, I told you guys.”

There have been plenty of documentaries made on key grassroots basketball figures in recent years, including “Bounce Back: The Story of Ronnie Fields”, “Lenny Cooke”, and “Manchild: The Schea Cotton Story”, among others. Of course, there also a documentary out there about Daniels. “The Legend of Swea’pea” actually helped Valenti, Naclerio, and Daniels mend old wounds. At its premiere at the 2015 NYC DOC Festival, Daniels chides Naclerio and Valenti, “I didn’t die, did I? I didn’t die.”

No, Swea’pea has not died, and neither has the book about his surreal life.

Note: “Swee’pea: The Story of Lloyd Daniels” is a look into the world of high school and grassroots basketball recruiting set against the backdrop of the crime-infested streets of New York City in the 1980s. The book also tells the tales of why some playground legends make it and why some fall through the concrete cracks and traps of inner cities across America. The book also profiles players such as Kenny Anderson, John Salley, Mark Jackson, Earl "The Goat" Manigault, Richie "The Animal" Adams, Tony "Red" Bruin, Orlando Antigua, and Ron "Terminator" Matthias. The book is set for re-release July 5 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon

Ronnie Flores is the national Grassroots editor of www.ebooksnet.com. He can be reached at [email protected]. Don't forget to follow him on Twitter: @RonMFlores

Photos: Lloyd Daniels at a British Knights commercial shoot at the legendary West Fourth Street courts in New York City, July 1993 (Mitsu Yasukawa, Newsday). "Swea'pee" with John Valenti, at the word premiere of “The Legend of Swea’pea”  in Manhattan, November 2015 (John Valenti) 

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In part No. 6 of our "State of the Game" BIL exclusive, we sit down with Hawkins to discuss the transition from scholarship athlete to post playing career, balancing academics and athletes and he offers advice for potential scholarship players from the perspective of a Top 100 recruit.

In part No. 7 on?February 4, we'll sit down and talk to Tony Dorado, Nike's high school manager.

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Check out soon to be lottery pick Anthony Bennett official work out video. Bennett is a 6'8 Beast in the paint with quick feet and power makes him very hard to contain. His athleticism and great post moves makes him unstoppable down low. Not only does he destroys team down low on the offensive and defensive end but he also has the ability to step out and face up against other forwards his size. He is by far one of the best forwards in this years draft. Any team in the league would be happy to have him on their front court.

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Check out the re-cap of the UNLV Midnight Madness dunk contest featuring Khem Birch, Demetris Morant and Anthony Bennett. Bennett was crowned the winner after jumping over a massive poster of teammate Moser and catching an alley-oop dunk assisted from Katin Reinhardt. Special thanks to the UNLV Running Rebels basketball team and athletics staff! UNLV is set to be one of the most exciting teams in college basketball this season so make sure to catch some of their games!

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Check out Savon Goodman punishing defenders and rims during his final summer before UNLV. This kid is going to be a monster. I don't think the west coast is ready. Special thanks to the CHOSEN LEAGUE and Dwight Bishop for voice over. #GetDunkedOn. via Shooters Touch Online

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Check out one of the TOP players in the nation, 6'5" Katin Reinhardt of Mater Dei High School. The UNLV Committ helped lead Mater Dei to their 2nd straight California state championship this year while playing with a broken finger during the entire playoffs. Follow Katin on twitter @KatinReinhardt2

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Check out the re-cap of the 2012 Ballislife All American game featuring some of the top players in the nation and a half time performance by Kendrick Lamar. The game featured Gabe York, Prince Ibeh, Glenn Robinson III, Dominic Artis, Katin Reinhardt, Demetris Morant, Rosco Allen, Ben Carter, Langston Morris Walker, Charles Hill, Victor Robbins, Jordan Adams, Tyrone Wallace, Anthony January, Matt Shrigley, Skylar Spencer, Jordan Loveridge & Nick Stover. Gabe York was named MVP of the black team with 22 Pts, 9 Rbs & 7 Asts. Prince Ibeh was named MVP of the white team with 20 Pts & 15 Rbs. Much thanks to all the fans and players who showed their support!

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Check out one of the TOP teams in the nation, Bishop Gorman on their way to winning the Nevada state championship. Bishop Gorman features some of the TOP players in the nation including #1 recruit Shabazz Muhammad, Rosco Allen (Standford), Ben Carter, (Oregon), and Demetris Morant (UNLV). Allen, Carter and Morant will be playing in the 2012 Ballislife All American game at Hope International University on April 6-7.

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The 2nd Annual Ballislife All American game will feature 20 of the TOP players in the nation including: Gabe York, Katin Reinhardt, Ricardo Gathers, Prince Ibeh, Xavier Johnson, Dominic Artis, Torian Graham, Rosco Allen, Demetris Morant, Langston Morris Walker, Tyrone Wallace, Skylar Spencer, Zena Edosomwan, Anthony January, Nick Stover, Ben Carter, Jordan Loveridge, Victor Robbins, Charles Hill and Matt Shrigley.

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Check out UNLV bound Demetris Morant of Bishop Gorman High School with 3 poster dunks in 2 games. Shout out to Jeremy Rincon!

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Shabazz Muhammad is a machine.Ranked #1 in the nation shabazz puts on a clinic and shows why hes at the top of the charts of high school basketball players

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Check out UNLV commit Katin Reinhardt of Mater Dei tying the Mater Dei single game 3 point record with 9 3 pointers on his way to 35 points!

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Check out the web series titled "Get Use To It" as we follow Katin Reinhardt throughout his senior season at Mater Dei High School. Katin has committed to attend UNLV in the fall of this year and is one of the most exciting prospects in high school basketball because of his size and slick skill set.

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The Rivals.com #1 ranked player, Shabazz Muhammad had a frustrating game yesterday evening against Indiana Elite. Today he took that frustration out on his opponents by burying his defenders in the rim. Check out the UNLV fans in the crowd.

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