EDITOR'S NOTE — A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament.
They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The following game was voted No.
8 and this is how the story was published in the Charleston (S.C.) News and Courier on March 24, 1974. ___ By KEN RAPPOPORT GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State brought UCLA down to earth after seven straight national championships, beating the mighty Bruins 80-77 on David Thompson's crucial points in double overtime in the semifinals of the NCAA basketball playoffs Saturday.