Alabama State Secures Historic Program Win with Last-Second Shot

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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.

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