Our three Elite 8 games have all been thrillers - an overtime game and two 2-point games.
Jim Valvano's 1980 Iona team fell just short 64-66 to the 1990 Ball State team, but this was just the first half of a Valvano double header as his miracle 1983 NC State team from three years later faces Cooper Flagg and last year's Duke team.
Ball State figured out the one way to stop Iona's future NBA great big man Jeff Ruland - an incredible 17 steals to keep the ball from getting inside to him. The teams were almost as even as could be, with Ball State's -9 making them a 1-point underdog against Iona's -9.
However Ball State will be a big underdog against the Duke-NC State winner.
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