Day 4 of March: Demetri Goodson Coast to Coast

Yesterday, we took a look at Western Kentucky's nice run in '08 and a year later they were back in the Second Round after another upset over Illinois. This time they were matched up with the original Cinderella, Gonzaga, coming off a double digit win over Akron. Down nine with just over two minutes left to Gonzaga, the Hilltoppers went on a crazy run ultimately tying the game on a Steffphon Pettigrew put back with seven seconds left. Those seven seconds were all it took for Demetri Goodson to drive coast to coast and bank in the runner sending the Zags back to the Sweet Sixteen. It also led to one of my favorite scenes in basketball, where an angry coach shakes hands with the winning team and pretends to show good sportsmanship. This was the highlight of Goodson's basketball career, as he ended up transferring to Baylor to play football and has entered this year's NFL Draft. Anyways, the moral of today's story is to get back and play defense. Finally tying the game up with so little time left only to lose on an uncontested runner has to be one of the most gut wrenching ways to lose, but then again 63 teams have to end their season on a bad note (I know I said 63 - the play in games don't count).