Arizona coach Lute Olson holds the trophy after Arizona's only NCAA title on March 31, 1997.

You wished Lute Olson was your grandfather, wore a Wildcats basketball jersey to school every day and your teachers turned on March Madness games in class.

The Arizona Wildcats won the championship in 1997 and your dreams came true. Your parents let you skip school and go down to Arizona Stadium to greet the team when they came home.


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