IT IS A >>> STARTS NOW. >>> 37 YEARS AGO TODAY THE WOLF PACK CAPPED OFF ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL RUNS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WITH MAYBE THE MOST THRILLING FINISH. COLLEGE BASKETBALL HAS EVER WITNESSED. ONLY ONE LOCAL TELEVISION REPORTER TRAVELED STEP-BY-STEP THE ENTIRE WAY WITH NC STATE. JAY JENNINGS. JAY'S SON, JASON, SAT DOWN WITH HIS DAD TO ASK HIM ABOUT THAT CHILD RUN. >>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS, STATE HEADED TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT ADDS THE ACC CHAMPS. TONIGHT IN OREGON, THEY BEGIN THEIR DRIVE TO THE NATIONAL TITLE AGAINST THE WAVES OF PEPPERDIME. >>> WHEN THEY GOT SHIPPED OTHER BUT TO COVV -- CORVALLIS, THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WHEN THE STATE LOSES, AND THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE, YOU CAN JOIN UP WITH TOM WHO IS COVERING CAROLINA. >>> IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THE WOLF PACK HAS LOST ANYTHING SINCE THAT BIG WIN OVER VIRGINIA. >> RIGHT NOW, ALL THESE CLOSE GAMES AND WE ARE PULLING THEM ALL UP. >> THERE BEGAN TO BE THIS BUZZ OF ARE THEY REALLY A TEAM OF DESTINY. >> YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT. IN MOST OF THE GAMES, WE WERE BLIND AND WE CAME BACK AND WON. I THINK WE MIGHT GET SOME BELIEFS. >> NOW IN UTAH AFTER TWO STRAIGHT THUMPER IN OREGON, THEY MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE EVER TOLD YOU THIS STORY OR NOT. >> THERE WAS THIS WEIRD SAYING THAT BEGAN AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO COVERED STATE DURING THAT RUN IN MARCH. ONE OF THE TOP SONGS IN THE COUNTRY WAS HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF. SO IT BEGAN TO BE THIS THING WHERE YOU COME TO THE PRESS ROOM AND WE HAVE HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF TODAY, SO I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO WIN. I WENT TO THE VIRGINIA GAME AND I HADN'T HEARD THE SONG, AND NOBODY ELSE HAD HEARD IT THAT DAY EVENING EITHER AND THE CRAZY THING WAS I HAD TO GO BACK AND GET A PIECE OF GEAR OUT OF MY CAR AND JUST FOR LAUGHS, I'LL TURN ON THE RADIO AND TURN ON THE CAR REAL QUICK AND SEE WHAT IS PLAYING. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF. THE NORTH CAROLINA WOLFPACK FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SHOOT GAMES, AND SO THERE IS HOPE THAT WE CAN GET ON THE COURT AND SHOOT POST-GAME CELEBRATION. SO BOB AND I GET IN POSITION. SO WE ARE IN THIS TUNNEL. I AM NOT A TALL GUY. WE ARE ABOUT 10 OR 15 PEOPLE BACK. WELL, I SEE HIM GO UP AND TAKE A SHOT AND THE BALL ARCS AND IT DISAPPEARS BEHIND SOMEBODY'S HEAD AND THE LOUISVILLE FANS WHO WERE SITTING BEHIND THE NC STATE BASKET WHO WERE PULLING ALL NIGHT LONG JUST -- I JUST ASSUME SHOT ONE IN. SO WE WERE HUSTLING NOW ON THE COURT. WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS LORENZO CHARLES WHO TOOK A PASS AND DUMPED IT FOR THE WIN FROM CHANCELLOR OR BRUCE WHO IS RUNNING ALL OVER THE COURT LIKE CRAZY. >> THE 1983 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPION, THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE WOLFPACK UNBELIEVABLE. HAIL TO THE CHAMPIONS. NO ONE DESERVED IT MORE. >> OH, JUST WATCHING THAT IT