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- ↑ "Past Tournament Fields". Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
- ↑ "COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Last-Second Tip Saves Kentucky". Los Angeles Times. December 24, 1993.
- ↑ "Basketball Stats and History". Sports Reference - College Basketball.
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