This OG MVP voted for '15 game--easy choice

1. It was in 2d round of NCAAs;
2. It was an integral part of 1 of the 2 greatest postseason runs (arguably the greatest) I've seen in 51 seasons of following program;
3. It was an integral part of program's visibly best season in 39 years;
4. It was an integral part of a season that showed those too young to remember 1974-81 what ND MBB once was;
5. See details below about what happened to '77 team in NCAAs.

All that being said, the 29 (clap, clap) and 1 win was a heady time for a frosh. Digger knew how to create the buildup for such occasions. He LIVED to come out and stoke up the crowd before those games. The upper arena student bleacher sections were packed to overflowing. IIRC, it was a close game for a half. Irish pulled away in 2d half and rolled to an 11 pt win.

A team that lost AD to the NBA, Laimbeer to grades, and Dice M (starting PG) to an early season foot injury beat MD there, UCLA there, IU, and USF en route to a 21-6/S 16 season. They would've made the E8 had Digger not tried to sit on a 14 pt 2d half lead far too early* v. the master of the delay offense**. Funny thing about that team is that fellow frosh R. Branning took over as starting PG after Martin's injury and had a quality season. B. Hanzlik was pretty much an afterthought as a frosh, yet he was the one who ended up having a NBA career. Toby Knight emerging from AD's giant shadow and averaging a double/double for the season should never be forgotten.

It was a hell of a coaching job by Digger through the first half of the season's last game.

*4 years later, Digger repeated the exact same behavior in the exact same round of the NCAA's and apparently expected a different result.
** Flowers fouling Phil Ford, a killer FT shooter, on the game's final possession didn't help, either.