By Ben Bolch, LA Times via Yahoo: It was a team without height, without expectations, without a prayer.
Underdog UCLA barreled its way into the Final Four that season, not just discounted but ignored, Sports Illustrated describing the Bruins as “the team nobody heard of.”
They faced a heavy favorite in the national semifinal, scratching their way toward a taut finish before falling short in the last seconds, on a crazy shot nobody expected to go in.
The year was 1962 — and 2021.
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