In 1974, Digger Phelps, the Notre Dame basketball coach, was preparing his team to meet the perennial national champion UCLA Bruins in a basketball game. UCLA was the overwhelming favorite. The gamblers had "taken the game off the boards" because everyone knew Notre Dame did not have a chance. Everybody, that is, except Digger Phelps and his team.

He prepared them in an unusual way. On Monday after practice, he had his team go to the ends of the courts and cut down the nets. ...

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