Somebody can find an image of Opie Otterstad's painting of the 1977 National Championship, right? In the article he says it is his favorite (he paints every NCAA champion) but that it was not available for the article.
http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/visuals/post/_/id/11030/painting-the-way-through-75-years-of-ncaa-tournament-history
very interesting -
Also included: a few artist's extras -- Easter eggs, you could say -- hidden in the background, such as school logos, Final Four logos and even, in one case, a clown (Marquette coach Al McGuire decorated his office with clown images; unfortunately, that painting -- which Otterstad deems his favorite, for many reasons -- was not available for sharing).