I'll never forget this game. It was the greatest ACC game ever played.

This game is the reason multiple teams per conference get in the tournament now. Both these teams were 2 of the best teams in the history of the ACC!

Maryland had the third best team in the nation that year, yet didn't qualify for the N.C.A.A. tournament.

What everybody else said. I’ve heard about this game for nearly half a century, and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen it. That Maryland team lost by 1 to UCLA at Pauley and they lost this game. Them not even going to the NCAA tournament was a cruel fate. This game was the greatest argument for expanding the field. A classic — probably the most underrated game in basketball history.

Jim Thacker one of the best play by play guys ever. He and Billy made a great team. RIP Jim and Billy.

Seriously underrated in a season of amazing upsets, one of the best college basketball games of all time

One of the greatest games ever.

One of my siblings grew up to be a sportswriter and he still insists that this is the greatest college basketball game in history. We were all huge NCSU fans and followed every game in the early 1970s, I remember this game well, the audience was on the edge of their seats, an amazing game with amazing players, including the incomparable David Thompson!

This is the very game changed college basketball forever it’s still true to this day. This is exactly the reason why March madness is what it is, the final four, mid-season games, the competition, the upsets, every single team in America with the crowd everything this is what changed it forever this is what made it America’s true spectacle to now as we all have always known it to be since day one.

The days of non greed , no transfers and few flunkies.

This is the game that my mother sat both me and my brother in front of the television, and we "officially became University of Maryland fans for life.

The best 2 teams in the country. MD lost and didn't go to the tournament yet this team is one of the greatest in NCAA history.

Burleson was becoming a big time player in the NBA when injuries took him out.  Check out his playoff performance against Bob Lanier, he was headed for a hall of fame career before the injuries ended his career.

This was the greatest college basketball game ever and the end result led to the expansion of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament field from 32 teams to 48.  That's when the term at-large teams was invented....HISTORIC.  The game went to 2 or 3 OTs.  ACC still the best basketball conference in the NCAA.  The two Mo's, Jim Thacker and Billy Packer, ACC basketball announcers (he later went national), and sponsored by Pilot Life Insurance....just takes me back to a time when I was a little boy and had my dreams in front of me.

Thanks, Lefty, for getting these guys for the Terps. They lost this and other big games, but Washington area sports were way more exciting than they had been thanks to your recruiting. RIP

A historic game and I will never forget it....sitting in the upper deck, near the ceiling in the corner with my parents and brother....Both teams were National Championship contenders and of course, NC State won it....The talent on the court that day was legendary! The Glory days of ACC hoops

RIP Billy Packer

I was only 11 years old when this game was played but I remember it well. My dad was an NC State alumni and was extremely passionate for his beloved Wolfpack. I remember him watching this game and yelling throughout all the while begging my mom to bring him a fresh towel as he literally sweated out the 2nd half. I believe this game has often been referred to as the greatest ACC tourney game ever played.

Incredible jump shooting ability by both teams here. I remember the following year Maryland used Davis to team with Howard and Lucas for a great 3 guard lineup

I was 15 and a big Terp fan...still am...and this game broke my heart. Best game in NCAA regular season history and it altered the course of NCAA Championship participation opening up invitations to the Dance to non conference winning teams.  This was the last year that only the ACC Champ received and invitation.