In 1974, NC State and Maryland met in the ACC Tournament Finals and put on one of the greatest games in college basketball history with State winning 103-100 in overtime.
Lefty Driesell had been at Maryland since 1969 and it looked as if he were about to turn Maryland into, as he had boasted, the UCLA of the East.
In those days, the NCAA tournament was limited to 16 teams and the Wolfpack got the ACC’s automatic bid. Maryland was left out.
Adding to the sense that the Terps were about to kick into overdrive was that high school great Moses Malone had signed with Maryland.