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March Madness: Saint Peter's coach Shaheen Holloway's Sweet 16 moment finally arrives 22 years later

PHILADELPHIA -- Back in the summer of 2009, two 20-something Iona assistant coaches walked out of an Orlando AAU event together. Out of nowhere, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski approached one of the men, draped his arm around Shaheen Holloway and informed him of his obscure niche in Duke lore.

More than a decade earlier, Holloway had twice visited Duke as a recruit. When Holloway walked into Cameron Indoor Stadium as a high school senior in 1996, a scene he described as being "like a movie" unfolded, as eight students painted the letters of his last name on their chests -- H-O-L-L-O-W-A-Y.