Legends and lore find root in the NCAA Tournament. Before Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan reached household-name status via the NBA, college hoops gave them a platform.
March has known Pervis Ellison, Jack Givens and Keith Smart – one-hit wonders whose accomplishments in the NCAA Tournament overshadowed their careers that followed.
Who will etch their name into lore when No. 1 Duke (34-4) vs. No. 1 Wisconsin (36-3) tip off ?
In this “Greenworks Taking Charge,” Basketball analysts Jordan Cornette and Digger Phelps tell Bonnie Bernstein why Wisconsin’s Sam Dekker and Duke’s Jahlil Okafor are legends in the making.
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