RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – It’s one of the most lasting images from the NCAA basketball tournament.
A buzzer-beating two-handed dunk by muscular forward Lorenzo Charles gives heavy underdog North Carolina State a stunning national championship game win in 1983 versus powerhouse Houston – known as Phi Slamma Jamma. Wolfpack coach Jim Valvano spills onto the court, scrambling for someone to hug.
Elite Coach general manager Brad Jackson says 47-year-old Charles, the hero from that memorable game, was killed Monday when an empty bus he was driving for Elite Coach crashed along Interstate 40 in Raleigh.
That game in Albuquerque, N.M., capped an improbable run to the championship for N.C. State.
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