When the e-mails started arriving from soldiers in Iraq, from cancer patients, from a car-crash survivor who was told she'd never walk again—that's when George Mason University basketball coach Jim Larranaga knew his team's stunning run to the Final Four last spring had transcended mere basketball. "We were inspiring people to reach beyond expectations," he says. "To say, 'I'm going to prove the experts wrong, just like George Mason proved the experts wrong.' " … Back to Article
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