What a wild finish in the Big 10 semi-finals. Michigan’s Tre Donaldson had hit a three-pointer with 28 seconds to give the Wolverines the lead. But then they looked like they were going to implode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, Julian Reese hit a layup to cut the lead to 1 point. Then, after getting fouled, Danny Wolf missed his free throw and the Terrapins got the rebound, crossed half court and called time out with 7 second to play. Then, as Derik Queen tried to get free to drive the lane, Rubin Jones fouled him outside the three-point line giving the Terrapins a chance to take the lead from the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Queen hit both free throws and the Terrapins were 5 seconds away from the finals. I wish I knew who the announcer of the game was because he made an amazing statement. As the second free throw went in, he said something on the lines of “Tre Donaldson is passing the ball in, Maryland can not let them give him back the ball.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sure enough, Michigan immediately kicked the ball back to Donaldson and he looked like he was shot out of a cannon as he drove down the court, through the lane, to the basket, and made a pretty layup with 0.4 seconds left in the game to give the Wolverines the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, Michigan will play Wisconsin for the Big 10 title on Sunday. As for the SEC, Florida looked like they might have just locked down the last 1 seed as they beat Alabama 104-82. And any fan of a bubble team rejoiced as Memphis held on to beat Tulane in the American semi-finals 78-77. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three big games getting ready to kick-off, as the Big 12, Big East and Mountain West Championship games are about to start!!! So much more great basketball to watch!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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