Day 3 of March: Ty Rogers' Shot

One of the most popular small conference schools every March is the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. They dominate the Sun Belt and always seem to have their name called on Selection Sunday. They have a unique nickname and a really cool mascot who has been blatantly copied by about 50 schools. In the first round back in '08 they faced a Drake Bulldogs team led by Klayton Korver who loved to chuck threes and not play defense. The result was a game in which 200 points were scored and 30 total three pointers were made. The Hilltoppers were led by Tyrone Brazelton's 33 points and also featured future NBA players Jeremy Evans and Courtney Lee but it was Ty Rogers who hit the game winner at the buzzer and then proceeded to do the soccer celebration of running around while being chased by teammates. This sent Western Kentucky to the second round to take on the 13 seeded San Diego Toreros, who used similar heroics to send the Connecticut Huskies home. WKU ended up in the Sweet Sixteen, while a very sad Klayton Korver went back home to Iowa, but that's just the way March works. Stay tuned tomorrow as we move to number four on my list of great March moments as we see the Hilltoppers on the other end of a game winner.