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Video: Tony Bennett on UVA's National Championship: 'This Is a Great Story'

"This is a great story."

You can say that again, Tony Bennett.

The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball coach referenced Rocky, discussed the ups and downs his team experienced going from the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 in the Big Dance to national champions and gave credit to his players when discussing Monday's 85-77 overtime victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the national title game:

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"I got a poster of Rocky on the steps and I told them: I just want a chance at the title fight one day.