Former Charlotte 49ers and NBA star Cedric Maxwell discusses his final game against Marquette in a 1977 NCAA semi-final game.

By Jeff Siner / The Charlotte Observer

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In 77 y'all made the final four you Referenced at the beginning beat number One Michigan an enormous win maybe the Biggest win in school history yeah and Then you got to the final four and Played Marquette a Marquette team that That ended up winning the championship Tell me about the sort of that game and The last play we were down we came back We took the lead Um I think we're up by one we were going Into the Dean Smith freeze they found me I missed the front end of one and one They got the rebound they came down and Scored and then we came down and missed The shot our team they came back we Filed again and Lee calls the timeout We're all sitting on the bench and he's Diagramming the play I said coach no Just give me the ball and get out have Them to get out the way and I come down Make a move and I score we is 49 49 and Now is Three seconds to go they try a long Inbounds pass my buddy Kevin King again Tells me to get back get back because it Threw it up I said no I know I'm Athletic enough I know I'm a catch this Ball up to drive those in my head and he Throws it and I catch it and a drone White head hits me from behind jars the Ball are loose Goes to Duncan my recovery was I don't Know how I even got there that quick I

Recovered so fast I was able to block His dunk before he dunked the basketball The ball hung on the rim was on the rim And he actually tapped it in while I was On the rim it was goaltending Um and that's how I lost my last college Game that's how luck were that's how I Lost not going to the final thing I Remember so well about the final about Playing uh The game against a Marquette was after You know when they said basket good and My essentially a career at that time and And it was walking off the floor And Dean Smith he stopped me and he said You're a great player And it was it it it was I even hold that To the day it just it makes me just Think like wow that was so cool to him Just to say that as I walked off you Know it's essentially like in tears Oh [Music] Foreign [Music]

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