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Following weekend play, another cut was made, this time to twenty. Among those not making it was Antoine Carr of Wichita State. Carr was good enough— he already had a $225,000-a-year contract with an Italian team and had played for the silver medalists at the 1982 World Basketball Championship. Carr played for sixteen years in the NBA. Yet Knight’s message had been clear: he would not be picking the twelve best players but the twelve making the best team.

There were no leaks about who was going to make it and no politicking by players or their advocates.

“I played in an era when there was no social media,” Alford said. “Not every person was able to voice their opinion publicly like they do now.”

Players returned for a minicamp in May and full practices June 15. The NBA draft, held June 19, was not the spectacle that it is now. Instead of traveling to New York for the draft at Madison Square Garden, those still in contention for the Olympics watched from Bloomington. Once drafted, players were led to a WTTV studio for a live feed to the USA Network.