AT HOME. HE'S DOING IS A CHAMPION. PAT WELTER LIVE FOR US IN PHOENIX BACK. THANK YOU. >> YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE PRESENT WITHOUT VISITING THE PAST. THE WOLFPACK'S IMPROBABLE RUN IS FAMILIAR TO MANY FANS, INCLUDING ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST DEREK WITTENBERG TOOK THE SHOT THAT WAS TIPPED IN AT THE BUZZER TO GIVE IN THE STATE. THE 1983 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. GERALD OWENS SAT DOWN WITH THE FORMER POINT GUARD TO TALK ABOUT LIFE AFTER THAT. THE LIGHT. >> WHAT'S IT LIKE WE HAVE PEOPLE HANGING TREES. ABSOLUTELY. WAS LIKE THIS. IT'S PROBABLY DOUBLE BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. SO NOW THEY HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, SOCIAL MEDIA. I BECAUSE OUR FANS THIS AND THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT AS UPS AND DOWNS AND FOR BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN, 2 TEAMS THAT WHAT ON RATE UP IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON IT'S JUST NOT JUST FOR NC STATE BUT THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE ACC FOR THE HISTORY OF BASKETBALL. >> THERE COULD MERGE 1983 SQUAD WENT THROUGH A GAUNTLET OF HIGHER RANKED TEAMS ALL THE WAY TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. HE'S CONFIDENT THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAMS THIS YEAR CAN DO THE SAME THING. IT'S ALL ABOUT BELIEF AT THIS IS >> SOME TIME OF THE PRESSURES ON THE TEAM, HE'S EXPECTED TO WIN. YOU CAN NOT PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN SPORTS AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. KNOW. THAT'S WHY THIS IS STATE GIVEN HIS THEY WERE. NOBODY PREDICTED THAT. BUT THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF SPORTS. >> THAT ANYBODY CAN WIN ANY TIME IN ANY GAME THAT WE CONTACT LENSES ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL. THE FORMER WOLFPACK START AS ANOTHER REASON TO SMILE. HE RELEASED A NEW BOOK DURING THE PACKS ACC TOURNAMENT RUN IN WASHINGTON. I'M SO EXCITED TO TIME. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. HAHA CHRONICLES HIS LIFE FROM HIS UPBRINGING IN SUBURBAN WASHINGTON. >> COLLEGE AND THE MAGICAL RUN THAT FANS HOPE THIS YEAR'S TEAMS WILL REPEAT ITS CALLED THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD. HOW I WENT FROM THE PLAYGROUND TO THE WHITE HOUSE, A KID GROWING UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. >> AND WITH HIS DAD GOING THIS SUMMER JOB AND SAYING DAD, WHAT IT WAS LIKE THE TO MEET THE PRESIDENT GOING TO WHITE HOUSE AND 12 YEARS LATER HAS TO GO INTO MATH. HIGH SCHOOL GO TO THE NC STATE. WE'RE GOING TO WHITE HOUSE AND THE RONALD REAGAN AND 30 YEARS AFTER THAT, PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHAT EXPERIENCE SOMETHING TODAY'S PLAYERS CAN ALMOST TASTE EXPERIENCE OF THESE. THESE KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. >> IT'S LIFE CHANGING. PEOPLE ALWAYS ROSSO WITH A WALK AROUND THIS CAMPUS, BUT ARRESTS IN LIFE WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE. PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER THIS ROCK GERALD