BACK TO '83: Wolfpack Streaks Into NCAA Title Game

June 30, 2008 on 10:27 pm | In Athletics |


There was only room for one Cinderella in Monday night's NCAA Championship game, and the slipper belongs to NC State. In fact, Georgia never really had the chance to try on what Dereck Whittenburg calls his “Cinderella boots,” the lucky sneakers that have brought Wolfpack head coach Jim Valvano and his team from the verge of being left out of the tournament all together through a series of miraculous comeback victories to reach the final game of the season. Valvano and crew now known as “Destiny's Darlings” and the “Cardiac Pack” will now face top-ranked Houston for the national championship Monday night here at New Mexico's University Arena, after disposing Georgia 67-60 in Saturday's first semifinal.
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