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...tears and emotional hugs between coaches and departing seniors.Why is that? Why is the NCAA Tournament so unique in its unabashed outpouring of frustration and triumph? In other sporting events, why are there so few displays like the famous Bryce Drew bellyflop after sending Ole Miss home with a buzzer beater? After three weeks of agonizingly peripheral contact with the NCAA Tournament, I’ve come to a few conclusions. In the international world of sports, there remain few outlets for college athletes to attain the fame and renown so common to the NCAA Tournament. There are no Christian...
...chance to shoot the ball. In the college game, that usually sends the opponent to the line, forcing him to make the first free throw, and then miss the second one intentionally with the faint hope of grabbing an offensive rebound and tying the game before the buzzer sounds. There's no denying that the chances of that scenario succeeding are a lot slimmer than nailing a last-second three pointer...
...period, which was followed by a score by sophomore Devon MacLaughlin two minutes later. The Crimson rally died on the Bears’ next goal—a score by an undefended Ally Wyatt off a cross-pool pass. A final shot by MacLaughlin hit the pipe as the buzzer sounded and the first game of the teams’ two-game season series ended in defeat. “Well, it was three good quarters and one lousy one,” Harvard coach Erik Farrar said. “You can’t get outscored...
...looked around and the whole place was yellow,” Lonergan said afterwards—and the favorites pulled away from there. The fight in the Hawks stayed for the entire game, personified by Taylor, who had 22 points, six steals and five rebounds the night after his buzzer-beater had given Hartford a 49-47 win over Stony Brook in the first round. He fouled out with 1:37 left and walked off the court in a Hawk uniform for the last time to a standing ovation from the entire crowd and proceeded to hug coach Dan Leibovitz...
...three minutes remaining, holding the ball to take the game’s last shot, the same tactic with which they scored to earn their sole win of the season on Feb. 27 against Massachusetts.“Holy Cross is notorious for playing until the end of the buzzer,” senior co-captain Perry Barlow said. “All three of their games now have been decided by one goal in the last minute of the game.”With a single minute remaining, sophomore midfielder Sarah Bancroft nullified the threat, forcing a turnover...