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By Andrew Holleran A legendary college basketball head coach who led his team to a stunning run to the NCAA Tournament national title game has died. Joe Williams, who led Jacksonville University to the 1970 NCAA Tournament national title game against John Wooden’s UCLA team, passed away on Saturday. He was 88 years old. Williams passed away in hospice care following a cancer battle. His son, Joe Williams Jr., confirmed the news. Williams started out as an assistant at Furman before taking the head coaching job at Jacksonville University. He coached at JU for six seasons before returning to Fur…