RALEIGH, N.C. — The N.C. State men's basketball team won the NCAA championship 40 years ago.

What You Need To Know

  • N.C. State won the NCAA men's basketball championship 40 years ago

  • Wolfpack player Ernie Myers and trainer Jim Rehbock remember the title run well

  • The 1983 championship trophy and net from the championship game sits inside Reynolds Coliseum

The story is well known. The shot. The miss. The dunk. Jimmy V. Looking for someone to hug.

Ernie Myers was a player on that 1983 championship team coached by Jim Valvano.

“I was watching the tournament last night, and they had Coach V. running around the court. It's really one of the iconic NCAA championships," Myers said.“I was watching the tournament last night, and they had Coach V. running around the court. It's really one of the iconic NCAA championships," Myers said.

Myers helped the Wolfpack cut down the nets in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

“When I came into N.C. State I was a McDonald's All-American. I won a championship every year in high school, and then when I got here it didn't stop. We won the ACC championship and then the national championship. I don't know. I think I was a good-luck charm," Myers said.

Last weekend, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Valvano will be inducted as a member of the 2023 class.

Myers knew him well, but perhaps no one kept tabs on Jimmy V. on the court as much as the team's trainer, Jim Rehbock.

“He went to change the defense, and when he did that he barely got by me, and all I could was grab the tail of his coat," Rehbock said.

Rehbock treasures a picture of himself trying his best to control the legendary coach. He was a Wolfpack team trainer for 13 seasons.

Tuesday, Myers and Rehbock met at Reynolds Coliseum for a trip down memory lane.

“Nobody paid a ticket to come see me. I was just part of the staff and was trying to get the best result from all of the athletes," Rehbock said.

“Rehbock kept us healthy, man. He kept us healthy, made sure we all had what we needed to have and then he had our money," Myers said.

The '83 championship trophy and net sits inside Reynolds, where Myers works as a play-by-play analyst for the Wolfpack women's basketball team.

He says there's one thing he thinks about whenever he passes the historic display case.

“I gravitate towards the people not here anymore, Quinton Leonard, Lorenzo Charles, Coach V. It's been 40 years, and we’ve lost some members of that team," Myers said.