Michael Jordan, who was elected to the Hall of Fame on April 6, raised his national profile when, as a freshman, he made the go-ahead jumper in the closing seconds of North Carolina's 63-62 victory against Georgetown in the 1982 national championship game. Not bad for a player who was once cut from his high school varsity team.
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