In 1990 he made one of the most memorable baskets in N.C.A.A. tournament history, catching a length-of-the-court inbounds pass with one second left and swishing a 15-footer to give the Huskies a 71-70 victoverover Clemson in the Round of 16. (NYT).
Costa Rica's elimination consigns it to the laundry basket for good this tournament.
Ecuador's defeat by England in the round of 16 consigned Marathon to the laundry basket for good this tournament, where it joins Jomo, eliminated at the group stage.
His son scored the decisive basket against Louisville in the Big East tournament final, not quite his father's game winner, but close enough for Calhoun to call it payback.
Last week, at the exact moment that the broadcaster Gus Johnson learned he would no longer call the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament, he was shooting baskets.
Griner, who averaged 33 points in Baylor's first two games in the tournament, did not make a basket until she converted a putback with 15 minutes 20 seconds left in the second half.
HARTFORD Notre Dameme's women's basketball team left the Big East in style, winning the conference tournament for the first time when Natalie Achonwa's basket with 1.8 seconds left provided a 61-59 victoverover Connecticut on Tuesday night.
Butler, whose stock rose significantly when he averaged 26.5 points a game in leading Connecticut to the final eight of the N.C.A.A. tournament, is equally adept at slashing to the basket as in shooting long-range jumpers.
SOUTHERN CHATTANOOGA 64, NORTH CAROLINA-GREENSBORO 63: In Greenville, S.C., Nneka Irons's 3-pointer with 22.6 seconds to go -- her only basket of the game -- sent Chattanooga to the N.C.A.A. tournament as the conference champion.
The red discoloration on their tails, bellies and rear fins indicated that they were not caught during the weekend tournament, but caught days earlier and kept alive in a wire basket or some other device.
