Arkansas is planning to honor the 1994 NCAA Championship team in a ceremony before the Razorbacks' game against Georgia March 1. It will be 15 years since Scotty Thurman and the Razorbacks beat Duke for the title.This is quite a development since former coach Nolan Richardson will be there. If you remember, Richardson was fired in 2002 after 17 seasons as head coach. He filed -- and lost -- a discrimination lawsuit against the school and there has been some bad blood between the two sides.
Interestingly, the ceremony will take place seven years to the day that the school announced they were buying out Richardson.
The AD at the time, Frank Broyles, stepped down at the end of last year and was replaced by Jeff Long. While there are still some hard feelings, it seems that Richardson and the school have put that aside so the students, alumni and players can celebrate the pinnacle moment of Razorback basketball.
On a personal note, I remember the '94 Final Four pretty well. It was held in my hometown, Charlotte. I was attending UNC-Charlotte, which was the host school for the Final Four. Anyone who has had the pleasure of having your city host the Final Four knows the kind of atmosphere it brings. It's especially cool when the President of the United States flies in to watch his state's school.
My favorite memory was walking along uptown Charlotte and seeing Maryland's Gary Williams and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim chatting in a booth at a Subway sandwich shop.
