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Greatest Moment
John McCain's opinion notwithstanding, we'll still argue that the
state's greatest moment was the University of Arizona's 1997 NCAA
men's basketball title. No team from the state had ever won a
championship of such magnitude until Mike Bibby, Miles Simon &
Co. defeated Kentucky 84-79 in an overtime game that was both
thrilling and--for Tucson's Wildcats--historic.
COLOR PHOTO: ADREES LATIF/REUTERS (INSET) UNDER LUTE OLSON (INSET), THE FOURTH-SEEDED WILDCATS BEAT THREENO. 1 SEEDS EN ROUTE TO THEIR '97 TITLE.
COLOR PHOTO: JOHN BIEVER [See caption above]
