Digger Phelps
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"Richard F. "Digger" Phelps" is a former American college basketball Coach (sport)/coach, most notably of the University of Notre Dame/Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball/Fighting Irish men's basketball team from 1971 to 1991. For 20 years, from 1993 to 2014, he served as an analyst on ESPN. He got the nickname "Digger" from his father, who was a mortician in Beacon, New York.

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The mystique of this game ... its just been eerie around here all week. When we beat UCLA, you just knew it was going to happen. This feels like that.

We did the same thing to them. We went to (John Paxson) and 'Pax' was covered and Jimmy Dolan made the game-winner. It goes both ways. Doc Rivers hit that shot but I'll trade Doc Rivers for Jimmy Dolan and still go with Dwight Clay and that buzzer shot.

They're going to get eight teams in every year. You just want to get in the hunt. You can be a 5 seed and win it like Syracuse did a few years ago. Just get in it. Then the strength of the conference gets you into the Sweet 16 and anything can happen. You saw that happen last year with West Virginia.

If this happens, this is time for Steve to make that move.

Let's get serious. Glen Davis, he's so tough in the paint. They can't handle him.

We'd stay at the Hyatt and I'd go up to that church up there across the street from the river. Oh man, I'd be frozen stiff and I'd go up there to light candles before the game just to get out.