With the Final Four upon us, we're taking a look back on a team that took New York City by storm.
NEW YORK - With the Final Four upon us, we're taking a look back on a team that took New York City by storm. It was a time when bell bottoms were in fashion, and a gallon of gas cost just a few coins. In 1971, a team from the Bronx came out of nowhere to captivate New York. An unlikely band of brothers from Fordham University embarked on a basketball journey that would etch their names in the annals of the city's great sports lore. 'We did something special that year.
Fordham games were the toughest ticket in town. 'You couldn't get in here. You just couldn't get in the building,' Charles said. 'It was packed. You couldn't get in. They hold seats between the stanchions and the baskets. So when we took the ball out, we had to step around people. That's how crazy it was in '70, '71.'Their connection with New York crystalized when they played Notre Dame at Madison Square Garden.
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