George Wilson sits in a dark mahogany leather chair in his Fairfield home, reflecting on the bond he built with a group of men 60 years ago.
He smiles.
In his basement, Wilson is surrounded by shelves full of hundreds of photos, books and memories of those men, those teams.
"It's special," he said. "Ain't nobody else going to do what we did. That's affirmative."
What they did
On March 24, 1962, less than two years after traveling from where he grew upon the west side of Chicago to the University of Cincinnati, Wilson and his UC teammates defeated Ohio State to win basketball's national championship.