The finish: Two jump shots lifted Memphis State in 1985. Andre Turner nailed both.
In the 1985 NCAA Tournament, Memphis State point guard Andre Turner, the Little General, hit two clutch jump shots in wins over UAB and Boston College, to help the Tigers on their road to the Final Four. (Courtesy NCAA.com)
As Andre Turner’s jumper sailed through the air, William Bedford pumped his fist in jubilation.
Bedford, and perhaps even those in Memphis almost 500 miles away from Dallas’ Reunion Arena, just knew.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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