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Jacksonville’s got a team: 50 years later, the Dolphins’ improbable NCAA Tournament run still celebrated
EDITOR’S NOTE:This story has been updated to correct the details of Dan Hawkins’ death in 1997.
Most of them scattered after becoming Jacksonville’s team 50 years ago.
They became doctors, lawyers and businessmen.
There was one highly successful coach and one decorated police officer.
They moved to Oregon, Colorado, Ohio, Illinois and New York, and within Florida, from Pensacola to the Keys.
Yet, they’ve always found the time every few years to return, if not for each other, then to keep alive the memory of the historic 1969-70 Jacksonville University basketball team that shocked the college basketball world and captured the imagination of a city with its march to the NCAA championship game against UCLA at Maryland's Cole Field House and a 27-2 record that remains the best season for any college team, at any level, in Jacksonville.
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