The greatest moment in sports is when a team wins a championship. I???ve been fortunate enough to see it happen twice in the last two weeks.

Perhaps the youngest team to ever win a national title, the Maryland Terrapins refused to die, and came back from a double-digit deficit to beat ACC rival Duke tonight, 78-75, in only the second overtime championship game in history.

It was the kind of game you never wanted to see end. I wish they would have played for the next three hours, and I never had to leave my seat. I don???t know if I breathed in the last hour and I don???t know if I can speak yet.

As I???m writing this, confetti is falling from the rafters, and Maryland???s players are hugging each other, their families, anyone within an arm???s reach. They are up in the stands, they are on the floor, they are everywhere.

With a few seconds left in regulation, I rang my sister, who is a freshman at Maryland, just to check and make sure she was taking in the game. She responded like I was a moron ??? as if she would ever miss this game. My sister never showed any interest in any type of basketball before she went to college, but she spent her Tuesday evening with her sorority sisters, taking in the final game of the year. It says a lot about the game of women???s basketball and what intercollegiate athletics means to our college campuses.

I know I have to leave this seat and go back to my hotel soon, but I really don???t want to. I might watch them cut down the nets all night.

Congratulations to the University of Maryland, and a special cheer for Laura Harper, who shared her hopes and dreams with us all season long on this blog. Just one minute ago, she was named the Final Four???s Most Outstanding Player. I couldn???t be any happier.