When the Virginia basketball team won the National Championship a year ago, I was fortunate enough to be along for the ride. From Columbia to Louisville to Minneapolis, I watched live as the Cavaliers pulled off their historic run to the program’s first title.
Other than a few selected replays and specific situations that I picked out for some follow-up articles back during the run, I hadn’t revisited all the games like many fans. I revisited Gardner-Webb, Oklahoma, and Oregon in July. I watched Purdue for the first time in early October.
For a variety of reasons, I had never rewatched the two Final Four games. I just savored the magic of it all and tried to tell people who asked about it in person what it was like to be on press row when the miracle happened against Purdue or what it was like to be in a stadium surrounded by 72,000 thousand people for a pair of thrilling finishes on the sport’s biggest stage.
On the one year anniversary of the National Championship, however, I’ve circled back to rewatch the Final Four now for the first time. The Auburn contest didn’t disappoint.
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