As a basketball lifer, UMBC coach Ryan Odom marveled at Virginia and Purdue on Saturday night, quality programs hunting an elusive Final Four amid breathtaking tension. “Champions always answer,” Odom said. “That’s what we say around our place, and they both just kept answering one another. It was incredible, absolutely incredible, a joy to watch.” But Odom’s take on the Cavaliers’ overtime victory goes far deeper. Tthe result brings him the unfettered happiness he couldn’t derive from his signature professional accomplishment.