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Sporting News:’40 Minutes of Hell’ to Hog Heaven

Memories from Arkansas' 1994 NCAA tournament run.

By Bill Bender

The defining sequence of Arkansas' 1994 national championship run came in the final game of its season, fittingly, with "1:00" left on the clock against Duke.

Clint McDaniel passed to Corey Beck, who took two dribbles to the right baseline; star forward Corliss Williamson was too close, so Beck flipped a pass back to Dwight Stewart, a 6-9 center with a smooth touch; he bobbled Beck's pass, but gathered control of the ball and flipped it to Scotty Thurman in the wing; Thurman splashed a rainbow 3 with just a second remaining on the shot clock and 50.7 seconds left in the game.

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