The Akron Zips are going dancing within the NCAA Match because of a 62-61 win over Kent State within the MAC Championship sport on Saturday night time.
The story right here will not be how Akron gained, however reasonably how Kent State misplaced.
It is among the worst potential methods a university basketball workforce might lose a sport – to not point out a event bid – and it was all as a consequence of an absence of situational consciousness.
With Kent State trailing by one within the closing seconds, Cli’Ron Hornbeak hit a put-back shot to provide the Golden Flashes a one-point lead with lower than 10 seconds to play. That was when chaos set in.
When Akron inbounded the ball, Kent State’s Julius Rollins was unaware of the scenario and fouled Greg Tribble, presumably as a result of he thought they had been nonetheless dropping. That was absolutely the very last thing he wished to do and the response of the Kent State bench confirmed the frustration with the scenario.
