CBS Sportsline listed Jimmy V’s celebration after winning the NCAA Tournament, now 24 years ago, as the number 2 most memorable moment in college basketball.

… [O]ne day you look up, see the date and realize Jim Valvano hasn’t coached in 17 years, hasn’t been alive in nearly 14.

Maybe it seems strange because we still see him on TV every once in a while telling us not to give up, not to ever give up, a visibly sick man who would succumb to cancer less than two months after delivering his legendary speech. Either way, 14 years feels like a long time, particularly because it means it has been 24 years since Valvano made the most famous jog by a coach ever.

If that was #2, I can’t wait to see what #1 will be.

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