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→Basketball: Nikola Jokić was drafted only 41st by the NBA, and yet shattered many records and is now ranked "amongst the very best to have ever stepped on the hardwood floor."
=====Basketball=====
=====Basketball=====
*[[Nikola Jokić]] was drafted only 41st by the [[NBA]], and yet shattered many records and is now ranked "amongst the very best to have ever stepped on the hardwood floor."<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/nikola-joki%C4%87-how-the-denver-nuggets-center-achieved-basketball-immortality/ar-AA1cuGVD</ref>
*[[Villanova University]] won two [[NCAA]] men's basketball titles in three years (2016 and 2018) despite having a relatively obscure athletic program. It also won the national title in 1985 despite being a #8 seed, the lowest seed to ever win the title, and defeated defending national champion (and conference foe) Georgetown in the championship game.
*[[Villanova University]] won two [[NCAA]] men's basketball titles in three years (2016 and 2018) despite having a relatively obscure athletic program. It also won the national title in 1985 despite being a #8 seed, the lowest seed to ever win the title, and defeated defending national champion (and conference foe) Georgetown in the championship game.
*The Dallas Mavericks, having few stars, swept the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers and then crushed the star-studded Miami Heat to win the 2011 [[NBA]] title.
*The Dallas Mavericks, having few stars, swept the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers and then crushed the star-studded Miami Heat to win the 2011 [[NBA]] title.