Twenty-eight years.
By 1997, it was nearly three decades since the Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball program had been to the NCAA Tournament.
During that span, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, the Ramones had their entire run as a band and few of the current Buffs were out of diapers.
Enter 20-year-old phenom guard from Denver named Chauncey Billups. The King of Park Hill put Colorado basketball back on the map. A second-team All-American, he guided the Buffs as a sophomore to a 21-9 record and a No. 9 seed in the big dance.