Lyons was born July 4, 1989, seven days after the 1989 NBA Draft, in which Louisvilles Pervis Ellison was the No. 1 pick by the Sacramento Kings. 2 Lyons shares a birthday with NBA veterans Harvey and Horace Grant, who were born 24 years before him. 3 A...

Little known fact: Juan was just 4'1" when he got to Louisville...and he was white. It's hard to believe he played such a major role on that Final Four team. Don't be surprised if: The name Lamar Atkins is mentioned in the coming days. He's the brother...

Perhaps the best nickname for any sports team at any time: Griffiths Doctors of Dunk. And a contender for the best individual nickname: Never Nervous Pervis Ellison, the Most Outstanding Player in the 1986 national championship run. And one other...

U of Ls LaBradford Smith hit a 3-pointer 16 seconds later, and then mayhem broke out, with shoving and swinging. Beans, a fan, reached over the scorers table to lend a hand, or fist, connecting lightly with Herbert Crooks head and exchanging words with...

Providing the inside presence to complement Randolph Childress’ outside game, Rodney Rogers helped lead Wake Forest to its first NCAA bid in seven years (and start a string of seven straight seasons in the tournament). The 6’7” Rogers averaged 16.3...

Alvin Sims didn’t have much of an outside shot for a 2-guard, but he certainly knew how to get to the rim. Sims, whose 83 steals as a junior are the fourth most in school history, ranks second only to Pervis Ellison with 123 career dunks as a Cardinal.