Knicks great Bill Bradley says he'll always remember Willis Reed as 'a man with great dignity and strength.'
"He was a tremendous leader," Bradley said."And, you don't always have players who so overtly put their whole career on the line for their teammates, which is what he did in 1970."
His alma mater, Princeton, a #15-seed, will face #6-seed Creighton in the Sweet 16 on Friday ... after the team pulled off two upset wins over Arizona and Missouri last week.
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