This Day in Sports History: March 6

Memorable ACC college basketball tournaments, cricket milestones, history-making sporting events, and remarkable individual achievements occurred on March 6. Let's explore some of these moments. ACC Tournaments and NBA Milestones March 6 has seen college basketball upsets and remarkable NBA scores: 1954: At the first ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, North Carolina State beat Wake Forest 82-80 in overtime. 1965: NC State defeated Duke University 91-85 at the 12th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. 1976: The 23rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament saw Virginia beat North Carolina 67-62. 1982: Alabama defeated Kentucky 48-46 at the 23rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament. 1982: In the NBA's highest-scoring game, San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 in three overtimes. 1999: At the 20th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Connecticut defeated St. John's 82-63. 2019: Lebron James scored his 32,293rd point in the second quarter of the Lakers' 115-99 loss to Denver in Los Angeles to pass Michael Jordan into fourth place on the NBA all-time scoring list. Cricket Debuts and History Some international upsets and records on March 6 include: 1895: England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2, and Jack Brown scored the fastest 50 in test cricket in 28 minutes. 1965: Bruce Taylor scored 105 for New Zealand in the first innings of the test match against India. 1971: Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar made his test cricket debut in a match against West Indies at Port of Spain. He went on to play 125 tests, scoring 10,122 runs at an average of 51.12 and making 34 centuries. 1974: Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145 and 121) and Greg Chappell (247 not out and 133) made unique twin centuries in the drawn first test against New Zealand in Wellington. 1996: Aravinda De Silva smashed 145 in Sri Lanka's 5 for 398 in 50 overs in the match against Kenya in the Cricket World Cup in Kandy. Sri Lanka won by 144 runs. Sports History Great moments in boxing, skating, and hockey on March 6 include: 1976: In his tenth title defense, WBA light welterweight champion Antonio Cervantes of Colombia was beaten by 17-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Wilfred Benitez in a 15-round split decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Benitez became the youngest-ever world champion. 1976: American Dorothy Hamill won the women's event at the World Figure Skating Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. 2000: Long-time Boston Bruin defenseman Ray Bourque was traded to the Colorado Avalanche. Looking back at these March 6 sporting events, two legendary performances in basketball and cricket stand out. LeBron James is currently the all-time points leader with 41,759 points and counting. King James shows no signs of slowing down, consistently averaging elite numbers for two decades. Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar was a superb driver and cutter of the ball and the first player to score 10,000 runs in test cricket. He was also an excellent fielder, recording 108 catches in his career. He became the first Indian, apart from wicketkeepers, to reach the milestone of 100 catches.