Keith Smart

[laughs]

Nice move by Keith Smart.

Alford's first attempt.

[applause] They know here in Indiana how important Alford's shooting is, so they'll over cheer on everything he makes today.

...

Smart.

Good move by Keith Smart, and it's 21 to 15.

And a turnover to Indiana.

Indiana defeated Syracuse 74-73 to win the NCAA Basketball Championship.

Keith Smart hit the championship-winning jumper, only seconds remaining.

Oh, Baba Louie.

Oh, sweet Baba Louie.

The worst loss in my life was Syracuse losing in the Final Four to Indiana, where I was literally shaking uncontrollably.

It was the last second shot by Keith Smart to win that.

But getting back to Kirby H.

Is that Derek Coleman? Yes, yes.

That's right, that's right.

And it wasn't Steve Alford who took the shot.

It was Keith Smart.

Steve Alford, who is announcing that he's stepping down from coaching

You were talking about Jonah Coleman.

If Derrick Coleman had made the free throws in '87, Keith Smart never makes the national championship winning shot.

Thank, thank-

1,000%.

Yes

... that I no longer ...

When they do one shining moment, when they do the, the montage at the end of the NCAA tournament, the Syracuse clip for years and years and years was Keith Smart, 1,000%, from Indiana hitting the, hitting the baseline jumper.

And once Carmelo took over the team and Hakim Warrick blocks the ball from the Kans- I forget who the Kansas guy that shot the three was, but, um, was it Chalmers? I don't remember.

It was like my mentality was totally different when I got there.

So, and then when I got there, you know, I had people like Calvert Chaney, Derrick Fisher, Mario Elliott, Keith Smart, Paul, not Paul, Steve Silas, rest in peace, Paul Silas, his son, Steve Silas, who was there with me, Rico Hines.

Then, you know, I had BD and Jay Rich.

And I may have had those guys when I first got there was able to keep me on track and tell me what I need to do to be able to survive in this league.

Indiana wins the championship.

Remember, Keith Smart hits that baseline shot, right? So Scott was already in the NBA when that line came in.

But the Big Ten, in conference games only, Right.

Not in the tournament, not in the pre-conference, but only in Big Ten games.

We had a David Patrick interim game.

We had a Keith Smart interim game.

So you never know.

But if this happened with the current staff, where would Arkansas turn? And so from that standpoint, I am grateful for the Bahamas, where he let each assistant coach a game.

That was the biggest thing.

He can't keep anybody from a continuity standpoint.

But he had guys like Keith Smart, former head coaches like Todd Lee and obviously Gus and David Patrick.

Some seasoned assistants like Corey Williams and Coach Crutchfield, he's a head coach at Omaha now.