St. John’s Won Funny
St. John's was blowing it. After building a 56-42 lead against Kansas with eight minutes left to play, they suddenly started getting outworked and outplayed by a Jayhawks team that had spent the previous 32 minutes looking totally uninterested in advancing to the Sweet 16. Kansas came all the way back to tie the game at 65 with 14 seconds left, and then the funny stuff started happening.
After Darryn Peterson hit his second free throw to tie things up, Kansas noticed an opportunity. The Jayhawks had only committed two fouls in the half, meaning that they had a handful of intentional fouls to dish out without sending St. John's to the line. Over the next 10 seconds, Kansas committed four fouls, forcing St. John's to inbound the ball over and over again as seconds ticked off the clock. Finally, with 3.9 seconds left, St. John's was able to take their final shot. Senior guard Dylan Darling received the inbounds pass just beyond half court, took a few hard dribbles to his right, and finished at the rim with his right hand, mostly unbothered by a Kansas defense that had seemingly cleared the paint for him.
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