With a little help from the brass and percussion sections, the Trojans had won their third straight NCAA Championship. The win puts Smith, his ninth year at USC now complete, in rarified air.

The Wildcats’ first title still holds the record for the lowest-seeded team to win the NCAA tournament ... t make it back to the championship game until 1968, in Dean Smith’s seventh year ...

Their relationship eventually turned into a friendship, but back in the day, North Carolina’s Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski ... had lost to eventual 1988 champion Kansas. With the ACC on ...

Former boss Dean Smith believes Aston Villa are beginning a new era after reaching the Champions League. The Charlotte FC head coach expects Unai Emery's side to consistently challenge for the top ...