Tough three games for Cinderella


How about the play by Davidson, Stephen F Austin and San Diego State.  Davidson gave Kentucky fits in Boise (guess we now know why Calapari was so upset).  14 seed Stephen F Austin was leading at half at Texas Tech until the Red Raiders went on a run at the end of the game to survive and advance.

But the biggest heartbreak has to be San Diego State.  The Aztecs Devin Watson and the Cougars Rob Gray put on a great show of anything you can do, I can do better.  Watson tied the game with a big three pointer with about a minute left.  Gray then answered with a three of his own to put Houston back up by 3.   So, Watson comes back on the field and hits another impressive three to tie the game.

But all that did was set the stage for Rob Gray, who scored 23 of Houston’s 28 second half points..  With the shot clock off, Gray waited until 5 seconds left in the game before driving to the basket with an impressive drive into the lane and an acrobatic lay-up that went in with 1 second left.  Somehow, San Diego State got a perfect baseball pass down the court to give Trey Kell one chance to hit an amazing buzzer beater, but his shot missed to the left.

Great job to all the double digit seeds for making things interesting – but the chalk so far is hanging on.


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