March Madness Is Always a Special Time for Grant Hill

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Thirty years ago, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth took a tribute to their friend Troy Dixon—better known as Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D & the Boyz—and turned it into one of the touchstones of hip-hop’s golden age.

It’s a story of growth, family and friendship shown through the lens of personal loss, and it’s hard for those of a certain age not to think back to ‘92 once its signature horn sample hits.

Less than a week before that song was released, Duke University’s Grant Hill threw a now iconic inbounds pass three quarters of the way down the court to teammate Christian Laettner at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.

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