Antonio Lang Looks Back on One of the Greatest Teams and Greatest Moments in Tourney History
You probably saw it this week on Twitter: Christian Laettner somehow managing to break an entirely new generation of Kentucky fans’ hearts with his miraculous last-second turnaround jumper at the Spectrum.
With the 2020 NCAA Tournament cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, CBS is re-airing some classic Tourney battles, and it doesn’t get more classic than the 1992 East Regional between Duke and Kentucky. Like Dwight Clark’s “Catch,” Michael Jordan’s “Shot,” and the “Tuck Rule” that saved Tom Brady’s bacon, Laettner’s shot didn’t just send the Blue Devils to that year’s Final Four, it launched a dynasty and changed the sport forever.