Sports Fact of the Day 3/17/2007

St. Patrick's Day (and of course our own Lee's birthday! Happy Birthday Lee!)

3/17/1979:
Led by Larry Bird's 31 points, unheralded (but also unbeaten) Indiana State upsets Arkansas, 73-71, to win the NCAA Midwest Regional and advance to the Final Four. Sidney Moncrief leads Arkansas with 24 points and contains Bird down the stretch. Bob Heaton's off-balance 10-foot shot at the buzzer pushes the top-ranked Sycamores (32-0) past the Razorbacks (25-5) after Bird is double-teamed on the last possession.

Birthdays:
Sonny Werblin b. 1910
Sammy Baugh b. 1914
Hank Sauer b. 1917
Chuck Muncie b. 1953
Mia Hamm b. 1972