 In 1984, after Sampson was drafted first in the 1983 NBA Draft, Virginia made a Cinderella run back to the Final Four.There they lost 49–47, in overtime, to a Houston team led by the first pick of the 1984 NBA Draft, Hakeem Olajuwon, who then joined Sampson to form of the NBA on the Houston Rockets.John Crotty and Bryant Stith took the darkhorse 1988–89 team to the Elite Eight after defeating AP No.