MINNEAPOLIS — If you believe the PA announcer, the Virginia Cavaliers had lost. Their magical season had run out of magic. Storybook endings were just that — for storybooks.
The NCAA has released a statement from J.D. Collins, the national coordinator of officiating, on the call at the end of the 63-62 Virginia win over Auburn in the Final Four that sent Kyle Guy to the free-throw line for the eventual game-winning points.
MINNEAPOLIS — Jared Harper knew the message he wanted to send after winning the Midwest Regional. Taking the microphone on the stage at center of the Sprint Center court, he delivered it loud and clear for the nation — and for the Virginia Cavaliers — to hear.
A decade ago, Tony Bennett arrived at Virginia looking to turn around a program that hadn’t been to the Final Four in 25 years. He’d need time to implement his style and find recruits to fit his system. And 10 years later, he’s ended that streak.
Virginia is all about order. Auburn is all about chaos. On Saturday night in Minneapolis, one will have to give as the Cavaliers and the Tigers meet in the Final Four in a battle of contrasting styles.
Two weeks before making arguably the most important shot in Virginia basketball history and helping clinch the program’s first Final Four berth since 1984, Mamadi Diakite was playing some of his worst basketball at the most critical of junctures.
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