Kevin Mackey, the first Division I men's basketball coach to win an NCAA tournament game with a so-called "Cinderella" team, died Tuesday from an apparent heart attack, his son, Brian, told ESPN. Mackey was 80.

On March 14, 1986, Mackey coached the Cleveland State Vikings in a first-round game against the No. 3 seed Indiana Hoosiers, coached by Hall of Famer Bob Knight and led on the floor by All-American Steve Alford.

But the scrappy No. 14 seed Vikings, from a conference few people were familiar with (the Association of Mid-Continent Universities) and playing an in-your-face style of ball known as the "run 'n' stun," upset the heavily favored Hoosiers 83-79, a year before Knight, Alford, Keith Smart and Indiana would return to win the 1987 NCAA tournament.

Led on the court by guard Ke

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