Today in sports history: March 15
In 2016, Dallas Seavey won his third straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in a record time of 8 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes, 16 seconds.
1940: Colorado beats Duquesne 51-40 for the NIT championship
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1940 — Colorado, led by Bob Doll's 15 points, beats Duquesne 51-40 for the NIT championship.
Retrieving a rebound from the board, Bob Doll (5) of the Colorado University Quintet, leaps high into the air during play in the championship round of the National Invitation college basketball tourney at Madison Square Garden in New York, March 15, 1940. Lou Kasperik (9) of the Duquesne Dukes, fouled Doll on the play followed. Guard Don Hendricks of Colorado is shown left foreground. The Colorado boys won the title, 51-40 and Doll was MVP of the tourney. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)
1985: Larry Holmes KOs David Bey to retain world heavyweight title
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1985 — Larry Holmes scores a 10th-round knockout of David Bey in Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight title.
Challenger David Bay doubles over late in the tenth round bout with Larry Holmes in Las Vegas Friday night after taking a series of punches from Holmes. Referee Carlos Padillo stopped the fight in the 10th declaring Holmes the winner. (AP Photo)
1997: Dean Smith becomes the career victory leader with 877 wins
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1997 — North Carolina's Dean Smith becomes the career victory leader when the Tar Heels beat Colorado 73-56. Smith, with 877 victories, passes Kentucky coaching legend Adolph Rupp.
North Carolina head basketball coach Dean Smith celebrates with players Charlie McNairy, left, and Makhtar Ndiaye, right, after posting his record breaking 877th win over Colorado durign the NCAA east regional secound round game at the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday, March 15, 1997. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
2001: No. 15 Hampton stuns No. 2 Iowa State, 58-57
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2001 — The NCAA men's basketball tournament opens with a series of close calls and upsets, with 15th-seeded Hampton beating second-seeded Iowa State 58-57 in the biggest surprise of the day.
Hampton head coach Steve Merfeld looks to his team as they play against Iowa State during the first half of their first-round NCAA West Regional game Thursday, March 15, 2001, in Boise, Idaho. Hampton upset Iowa State 58-57. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
2012: Syracuse rallies to avoid becoming first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16
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2012 — Syracuse avoids becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 when it rallies for a 72-65 victory over North Carolina-Asheville in the East Regional. The Bulldogs were up 34-30 at halftime — the seventh 16 seed to lead at the break.
UNC-Asheville's Jaron Lane, left, and Syracuse's Baye Keita, reach for a loose ball in the first half of an East Regional NCAA tournament second-round college basketball game on Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
2016: Dallas Seavey
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2016 - Dallas Seavey won his third straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in a record time of 8 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes, 16 seconds.