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Nearly 30 years after Bruins fell to Michigan, Tyus Edney wants UCLA to take its best shot

INDIANAPOLIS —

Two years before he drove for the shot of a lifetime, Tyus Edney made the pass he might regret for eternity.

Edney was UCLA’s jitterbug point guard who had the underdog Bruins bidding for an upset of top-seeded Michigan — sound familiar? — in the second round of the 1993 NCAA tournament at the McKale Center in Tucson.

The Bruins had outdueled the Wolverines’ “Fab Five” for much of the game, building and losing a 19-point lead. After briefly falling behind, UCLA pulled to a 77-77 tie when Edney made two free throws with 6.