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20 years after the Final Four, legendary coach Cheryl Burnett watches the Lady Bears in amazement

When Cheryl Burnett was finished jumping around cheering after watching the Lady Bears win a game at the buzzer in January 2020, she grabbed her phone to ask Amaka Agugua-Hamilton a question.

Burnett, the head coach responsible for building the proud Lady Bears program into what it is today, couldn't believe the play that she just watched.

Drake played some strange matchup defense. Burnett saw the cuts from the Lady Bears' offense and the different maneuvers — something she said took years for her to learn how to coach her players. It was only Agugua-Hamilton's first as a head coach.