Who is your favorite Cinderella team of all time?

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Mar 29, 2011 10:47 PM
prescott wrote:Roosevelt Chapman, Dayton, 1984

This is one that will make our ESPN colleague Dan Patrick proud. Entering the tournament as a No. 10 seed with an 18-10 record, the Flyers weren't expected to do much beyond the first or second round, but Roosevelt Chapman led the Flyers on an unlikely run to the Elite Eight, after upsetting LSU, Oklahoma and Detlef Schrempf's Washington Huskies. Chapman was a one-man show, scoring 29, 41 and 22 points in the three victories. The run ended in the West Region final against Georgetown, when he was held to just 13 points on 10 field goal attempts.

Fennis Dembo, Wyoming, 1987

On this list, he has the most fun name to say, and when he was on the court, he said a lot. Known as one of the preeminent trash-talkers in his day, Dembo gabbed the Wyoming Cowboys, a 12th seed, to the Sweet 16 behind startling upsets of Virginia and UCLA. Known for his outside shooting prowess, Dembo scored 16 in the first round win over Virginia, and torched trash-talker extraordinaire Reggie Miller and UCLA for 41 points in Round 2, shooting 7-for-10 from three-point range. He followed that with a team-leading 27 points against Armon Gilliam's UNLV squad, who ended the Cowboys' charge with a 92-78 victory.

Trevor Huffman and Antonio Gates

One of the great NCAA Tournament stories of the past decade, the 2002 Kent State Golden Flashes were a whisker away from going to the Final Four as a #10 seed. After knocking off Oklahoma State, upsetting #2 seed Alabama, and then stunning Pitt in the Sweet Sixteen ... the Flashes ended up falling to the eventual champs, the Indiana Hoosiers, in the Elite Eight. Led by Trevor Hoffman and Antonio Gates, the '02 Flashes had a Cinderalla run that will be remembered for decades.
Unless you're Willy Weiss of ABC Sports Online, then these aren't your original thoughts, are they? Which is very ironic, Willy, considering you made a concerted effort to call me out for posting improperly cited information from Wikipedia about Jiminy Cricket. Why would one do this, try and pass the work of another off as their own??

http://espn.go.com/abcsports/wwos/s/cbb/smallschoolheroes.html
Mar 29, 2011 10:47pm
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Mar 29, 2011 10:52 PM
And don't post "it mentions 'ESPN colleague Dan Patrick'" in one of the passages. My pinocchio passage also contained distinct writing that made it known I was not the original author. Also, I completely skipped over the Dayton part of your story because I was more intrigued by Fennis Dembo. And I had the wool pulled right over my eyes believing in you.
Mar 29, 2011 10:52pm
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Mar 30, 2011 12:18 PM
Prescott;728016 wrote:Hated Loyola.
Trevor Huffman and Antonio Gates

One of the great NCAA Tournament stories of the past decade, the 2002 Kent State Golden Flashes were a whisker away from going to the Final Four as a #10 seed. After knocking off Oklahoma State, upsetting #2 seed Alabama, and then stunning Pitt in the Sweet Sixteen ... the Flashes ended up falling to the eventual champs, the Indiana Hoosiers, in the Elite Eight. Led by Trevor Hoffman and Antonio Gates, the '02 Flashes had a Cinderalla run that will be remembered for decades.
reclegend22;728532 wrote:Unless you're Willy Weiss of ABC Sports Online, then these aren't your original thoughts, are they? Which is very ironic, Willy, considering you made a concerted effort to call me out for posting improperly cited information from Wikipedia about Jiminy Cricket. Why would one do this, try and pass the work of another off as their own??

http://espn.go.com/abcsports/wwos/s/cbb/smallschoolheroes.html

That, and Maryland was the "eventual champs" in 2002, not Indiana.
Mar 30, 2011 12:18pm
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Mar 30, 2011 2:03 PM
The thoughts are original but the details are not. I apologize. I should have cited the article.
Mar 30, 2011 2:03pm
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thavoice

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Mar 30, 2011 2:10 PM
Milan High School Indians,

and more recent and local....Coldwater Cavaliers in like 1993 or so...were 4-16 in the regular season and went to the state semi's
Mar 30, 2011 2:10pm
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Mar 31, 2011 12:06 PM
Kent State a few years ago and also Butler last year. George Mason would probably be third.

I'll also throw Indiana's 2002 run to the title game as a #5 seed as a top Cinderella moment. Even though they aren't a mid major that team had no business getting all the way to the final game.

I was also a big fan of Davidson and Northern Iowa (Ali Farokhmanesh) in recent years.
Mar 31, 2011 12:06pm
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thavoice

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Mar 31, 2011 12:13 PM
If we are gonna talk about specific players, likek Curry, who no one knew who exploded on the scene....how about Oscar Schmidt of Brazil national team years ago. Guy was a scoring maching shooting from all over the court.


or at least that is how I remember it
Mar 31, 2011 12:13pm
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Mar 31, 2011 2:44 PM
Easy...NOVA and NCST...they beat the "unbeatable" teams. Nova put on an absolute clinic in beating mighty Georgetown.
Mar 31, 2011 2:44pm
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Mar 31, 2011 8:11 PM
I think if VCU beats Butler to get to the NC game, it'll have to be VCU for me. I mean, think about how hard it is to win 6 games in the tournament, let alone trying to win 7 (since they played in the "first four" game) to win it all. Factor in that they have been the "underdog" by seed every game they've played so far, and will be the rest of the way AND some of the traditional powers they have knocked off, all from different conferences (Georgetown, Kansas) and the fact that they didn't even make the tournament last year, they have a 2nd year head coach AND most "experts" and avid college basketball fans didn't even feel they belonged in the tourney this year before it started...and you figure that what they're doing is pretty phenomenal. I think if they win the final 4 game against Butler, giving them 6 wins for the tournament, it'll be the most outstanding run since the '85 Villanova team that WON the NC. The only reason I think Villanova stays higher is because they actually won the title...If VCU manages to win it all, it will be them hands down. George Mason was remarkable, considering all the powerhouse teams they beat, but they only won 4 games, and they had a much more experienced coach leading them.
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Apr 1, 2011 2:54 PM
VCU didn't even get together to watch selection sunday. Imagine that feeling when you see your name get called, when you totally don't expect it.
Apr 1, 2011 2:54pm