What a tremendous basketball game. The defending champ Baylor Bears came all the way back from 25 points down with less than ten minutes to force overtime.
This game had it all.
It’s hard to remember a game turning so dramatically on one play, but that’s exactly what happened when former Sooner Brady Manek got the Flagrant 2 on the high elbow. The ejection was the correct call. A piece of poor judgement by Brady as he was well on his way to a 40-point game.
I’m happy for Brady, his teammates saved his ass in overtime. That would have been a very bad way to end a college career.
I thought Baylor had them heading into overtime, but give these gritty Tra Heels credit, they never quit fighting.
Amazingly, Texas which played its best game of the season yesterday in beating Va-Tech, along with Purdue look like very dangerous teams to advance in this region.
Just a fantastic Tournament game. It will be hard to beat that game.
Tar Heels…win, survive, and advance!