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Throwback Thursday: Louisville erases a 20 point lead in the Elite 8 (VIDEO)

West Virginia Mountaineers v Louisville Cardinals

West Virginia Mountaineers v Louisville Cardinals

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The Elite 8 round of the 2005 featured some of the best college basketball games of the last 15 years.

The most memorable was Illinois coming back from 15 points down in the final four minutes to knock off Arizona, but it was far from the only classic. John Beilein, Kevin Pittsnogle and the surprise West Virginia Mountaineers built up a 20 point lead on Rick Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals, who came storming back and forced overtime: