![]() ![]() The Tigers scored the final nine points of the game and held Arizona scoreless for nearly five minutes to notch their first NCAA tournament win since 1998 (a team Henderson also played for). Princeton shot just 4-of-25 from three and was only 3-of-5 from the charity stripe, but they took down one of the biggest pre-tournament favorites by appearing to have a superior game plan, controlling the tempo, and by being the more poised side down the stretch. None of that really happened in this game. Typically when a teen seed advances in the tournament, it’s due to the little guy going nuts from the outside, or feasting at the free-throw line, or living off of a slew of uncharacteristic turnovers from their opponent. The shocker marked the third straight season in which we’ve had a 15-seed advance to the second round, and this one may have been the strangest of them all. On Thursday, he was the head coach of a Tiger team that became just the 11th 15-seed in the history of the NCAA tournament to win a first round game. In 1996, Mitch Henderson was a starter who had eight points, four steals and three assists in Princeton’s famous first round upset of reigning national champion UCLA. They’ll play Alabama on Saturday /U6Ti28I6s4- NCAA Buzzer Beaters & Game Winners March 16, 2023įirst-year head coach Kevin Willard, who won just one NCAA tournament game in 12 seasons at Seton Hall, can make himself the toast of The Old Line State if he can take out No. (8) Maryland hangs on 67-65 over (9) West Virginia at the buzzer. Even after an iffy foul call on Virginia’s Kadin Shedrick and two made free-throws by Garrett Hien, Furman needed something just short of a miracle to have their madness moment. Toss in the fact that Furman’s leading scorer, Mike Bothwell, fouled out with 6:30 still to play, and everything seemed to point towards being able to pencil the Cavaliers into round two.Ī Kihei Clark made free-throw to bring the score to 67-63 with 19 seconds to go put UVA within one stop of being able to all it an afternoon. Still, UVA led by 12 with less than 12 minutes to play, a situation in which a favored Tony Bennett coached team is almost always a sure thing. Virginia was able to keep upset-minded Furman at arm’s length for most of the afternoon, but could never quite gain the level of separation necessary to feel at ease. While the Cavaliers’ stunning loss in 2018 was slow, painful, and ultimately decisive, this one was more like a vicious left-hook smashing in out of nowhere from out of frame. Perhaps Thursday being the five year anniversary of Virginia becoming the first 1-seed in NCAA tournament history to lose to a 16-seed should have given away the ending to this one. The 3 Best March Madness Games Of Day 1 1. Let’s dive headfirst into all the best and worst from the first “true” day of March Madness. A 15-seed prevailing for a third straight year, a 13-seed winning on a crazy shot in the final seconds, a 1-seed being pushed deep into the second half The first Thursday of the NCAA tournament always seems to deliver, and this year was no different. ![]()
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