Tag: game-winner

Virginia Cavaliers’ radio call of Reece Beekman’s game-winning three over Duke was too good

THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING!

Virginia went into Cameron Indoor Stadium as 10.5 underdogs (per Tipico Sportsbook) and a huge mountain to climb against No. 7 Duke. They left victorious after second-year guard Reece Beekman canned a corner three to give the Hoos a 69-66 lead with 0.7 seconds remaining.

Recent matchups between the two teams have been electric — the margin of difference is just 4.7 points in the previous 12 matchups — but Beekman’s game-winner shoots near the top of the list.

Despite facing mismatches in size and talent, the Cavaliers led for almost the entire game before Duke took a late lead with four minutes remaining. Virginia didn’t give up, forcing two turnovers in the final 32 seconds to give themselves one final shot at overtime or the win.

Here’s the call from John Freeman of Virginia Sports Radio Network:

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Jordan Nixon’s game-winner against Iowa State was wild, but her postgame interview was even better

What a play. Wow.

March is certainly the month of madness — at least on the basketball court. And we got a bit of a taste of that on Wednesday night when Texas A&M played Iowa State in the women’s NCAA tournament.

This was easily the best game of the tournament so far. It looked like we were primed for an upset with Iowa State (7) leading the entire way through regulation against Texas A&M (2). But A&M clawed back into the game, forced overtime and even took their first lead before Iowa State tied it at 82 at the end.

But then, Jordan Nixon happened. Iowa State misses on a chance to put them up 84-82, Nixon grabs the rebound, she goes the length of the floor and the rest is history.

Watch.

What. A. Play. Game-winner. Jordan Nixon. Her timing on the layup was so perfect. It’s unbelievable.

But what made the moment even more surreal was her incredibly emotional interview after the game. She gave so much praise to the team around her.

“I say it all the time. And it really just goes back to trust. They trust me. They trust me to make plays. They trust me to lead this team. Win, lose or draw, every single person on that bench is behind me. And it just makes these moments that much more special.” 

What an incredible moment. There was more! She spoke about how resilient her team is and how proud she was.

“We keep fighting. This team is so resilient. I said it, like, two days ago, I’ll say it again, I’ll say it all season. We never say die. We never say die. And I think you saw that tonight.” 

That just makes you want to run through a wall. What an interview. What a play. What a shot.

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WATCH: Texas basketball celebrates dramatic win, Twitter reactions

In dramatic fashion, Texas defeated Oklahoma on Tuesday night with a last-second shot.

There’s no doubt that some type of magic is surrounding the Texas men’s basketball team right now.

Luck or not, they’re peaking at the right time.

The Longhorns impressive winning streak continued on Tuesday night. In dramatic fashion, Texas defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 52-51 with only one second left on the clock.

Texas guard Matt Coleman III brought the March Madness to Norman. Leading the team with 21 points on the night, Coleman’s last-second three pointer may have punched Texas’ ticket to the NCAA tournament.

That’s a worthy cause of a celebration, right?

The Texas men’s basketball team weren’t the only ones celebrating. Longhorn Nation took to Twitter to express their excitement over the intense ending of a crucial conference matchup.

Check out Matthew McConaughey and quarterback Sam Ehlinger’s immediate reactions on the next page.

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No. 1 Kansas made the wrong kind of history in loss to Villanova

DOWN GOES KANSAS.

These days, it seems like being the number one ranked team in college basketball is a curse. No one wants it.

Kansas was the latest top team to fall in a close game. They lost 56-55 to Villanova in a close game that came down to the wire.

With just a bit over 20 seconds left to play in the game, Villanova forward Jermaine Samuels hit what would essentially be the game winning shot with 20 seconds to play. Overall, the Wildcats shot 10-41 from deep, but they needed every single one of them — especially the last one — to seal the game against the country’s top team.

Kansas nearly hit a game winner themselves on the other end, but came up just short after Devon Dotson missed a final layup attempt.

At this point, just avoid the number one spot if you want to keep winning. Kansas is the 5th different team to lose after being ranked number one and the third team to lose a game within a week of gaining their ranking.

It’s already the most number ones to fall before January in the history of the top 25 poll, per ESPN.

Man, it’s going to be so good when we finally get to March. We’ve already seen a ton of upsets. Hopefully, for us, it only gets better from here.

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