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00:00In Alabama State, the champions of the SWAC into the big dance for the first time since 2011.
00:06In St. Francis, PA, the champions of the NEC dancing for the first time since 1991.
00:14DRS tied at 68-all with less than four seconds remaining.
00:19Alabama State inbounding the ball on their own end of the floor.
00:22They throw a Hail Mary pass down to the opposite end near the basket.
00:26Ball gets tipped around, ends up in the welcoming arms of Alabama State's Amar Knox,
00:33who is right there to make the layup for the win with less than a second left.
00:39A near buzzer beater in our first game in a tournament known for its madness.
00:45There is nothing quite like the month of March.
00:48The Hornets victorious for the first time in program history
00:52in the NCAA tournament in their fifth ever trip.
00:5570-68 over the red flash of St. Francis.
00:59Now St. Francis, PA, does cover as a three and a half point dog,
01:02but Amar Knox will be a legend for Alabama State for eternity.
01:07That guy on your screen.
01:09Fantastic stuff.
01:10Loved the game.
01:11Enjoyed it all the way through.
01:12One of those games I figured I'd probably tune in for a couple minutes,
01:14then tune out and maybe hopefully be able to stay up for the North Carolina game.
01:17Watch it all the way through the second half.
01:19Back and forth.
01:20They meant monster shot after monster shot under two minutes.
01:23Was so much fun to watch.
01:24And also, when we talk about fun to watch and where the NCAA gets it right,
01:29and not even just talking about the tournament then.
01:31You know what we don't get in the NBA?
01:32Unbelievable plays like we saw to end that game.
01:35Two seconds left.
01:36Throw it up.
01:36Maybe something good happens.
01:37The layup and the buzzer.
01:38Unbelievable theater.
01:40Maybe we could have just called a timeout and advanced it to the front court.
01:43And, you know, somebody would have got a shot off.
01:45Like the NBA misses out on so many golden opportunities
01:48with that horrendous timeout rule that we always get.
01:51And it always shines the brightest with all the eyes on March Madness.
01:54And it filtered yesterday.
01:56We weren't talking about Carolinas.
01:57Hey, what a great victory by them.
01:58This was the game everybody talked about.
02:00When it's supposed to be the game that everybody forgot about.
02:03Loved what I saw.
02:04But understand this.
02:05If you did take St. Francis, you covered that spread.
02:07But if you would have gave me, Ben, the old crystal ball before this game.
02:10Hey, Don, I got a hot tip for you.
02:11St. Francis is going to shoot 50 percent from the floor.
02:13I mean, 46 percent from three-point range and 71 percent from the free throw line.
02:18St. Francis moves on easily.
02:19But when you mix in the turnovers and extra rebounds,
02:22you see one team shot the ball 48 times.
02:24The other team shot it 70 times.
02:26Extra chance opportunities, which included the biggest extra chance opportunity
02:31at the end of the game.
02:32Right place, right time.
02:34And by the way, Coach, great play calling that.
02:37How many players would have just thrown it in around the top of the key
02:40and shot a 75-footer?
02:42And OK, we're going to extras.
02:43Fantastic move to say, hey, you know, what do we have to lose?
02:46Throw it down the other end.
02:47If it gets tipped around and it's the end of the game, no big deal.
02:50But we might get a bonus break.
02:51And they got the biggest bonus break in a victory.
02:54And moving forward, love the final couple of minutes.
02:56These kids were competing at the highest level.
02:59And I thought it was great.