what a memorable game. it'll always be the nightmare one girl will never wake up from, but there were several other incredible facets to it:
--the play call by the xavier coach was brilliant. passed it to his star post player, who then backed away from the basket while drawing two defenders, opening up that incredible opening right underneath the basket;
--stanford called time out with four seconds left. but on review they added a few tenths of a second, which seemed insignificant at the time, but was exactly the mini-time span necessary for the stanford gal to drive the length of the court and make that shot;
--after stanford got the ball, xavier had all five players press, leaving nobody to defend their own basket. this was a coaching blunder as huge as the last-shot call was brilliant, and one the color announcer was quick to point out. if i had been the xavier coach in the post-game interview, i would have stressed this blunder over and over again, as a way of protecting that broken-hearted senior who missed those bunnies;
--and finally, for us montana fans, as the game was coming down to its last intense few seconds, the announcer going off on a spiel about how joslyn was the daughter of wayne and leslie tinkle, and how wayne was the head coach at the university of montan--oh, there's a shot by xavier!!!!
