Temple storms court, unstorms, then storms again, a breakdown
What Happened
In a thrilling battle between cross-town rivals, the Temple Owls and the Villanova Wildcats find themselves locked in a 64-64 tie with just 45 seconds remaining. Villanova, the higher-seeded 16th team, has possession as they look to secure the win. Junior forward Jermaine Samuels drives to the hoop, posts up, and takes a contested shot, but the ball bounces off the rim as the Owls gain possession with 25 seconds left. The raucous Temple crowd senses an opportunity for an upset victory and begins to storm the court in anticipation. "Make the shot, win, we storm the court! It's exciting," exclaims the excited announcer. As the Owls bring the ball down the floor, the fans are on the edge of their seats, counting down the seconds - 15, 14, 13. Sophomore guard Khalif Battle holds the ball, waiting for the right moment to attempt the game-winning shot. With just 1.1 seconds left, Battle is fouled and steps to the free-throw line with a chance to give Temple the lead. He calmly sinks both free throws, putting the Owls up 66-64. The delirious Temple fans immediately storm the court, embracing players and celebrating the potential upset victory. However, the officials quickly clear the court, indicating that there is still 0.2 seconds remaining on the clock. Villanova senior forward Jermaine Samuels inbounds the ball and gets off a last-second heave, but it falls short as the buzzer sounds. The Temple fans once again rush the court, this time to truly celebrate the hard-fought 66-64 win over their crosstown rival. "How is that not a technical foul?" protests Villanova head coach Jay Wright, arguing that the fans had already stormed the court before the final play. The officials explain that they had called the foul on the previous possession, and the court was only stormed after the final buzzer. Regardless, the Owls and their raucous supporters savor the sweet victory over the 16th-ranked Wildcats.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentTemple and Villanova are tied at 64
points apiece 45 seconds to go this
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choice now Nova's got the ball they're
the 16 seed they're supposed to win and
they're going to he drives the lane
posts up triple triple dribble looks old
school basketball gets his shot oh he
misses it that's not good now Temple's
got the ball 25 seconds left that guy's
wiping up the court the fans are getting
excited make the shot win we storm the
court it's exciting I got it I got it I
got it 15 seconds left 14
13. he's waiting down waiting down he
says I'm gonna end the game on this play
here we go
and foul misses the shot gets the Falcon
this dad and his son celebrate they're
super excited they got front row seats a
hugging moment that fan he's an older
gentleman he's celebrating like he's a
younger man this guy's going crazy he's
uh was it the radio announcer he's
excited you got this you got this
this guy's checking on his fly it was
down it was a good check it was a good
check blows into his hands warms him up
here we go
just gotta make some shots this guy's
like hey hey
uh we winning
no
oh
oh okay probably asking who they're
gonna guard or whatever but anyway boom
makes the shot let's go baby
Tempo yeah let's go
up by one
point one left up by two
with 1.1 seconds left nobody's gonna
have to do a something heroic here a
little flop on the Baseline oh
intercepted a foul is called the fans do
not care they're storming the court
they're getting excited everyone's
running the cheerleaders getting mopped
the dad in the center on the court and
the dad's being like let's not get into
the mix but yes we're so excited and
this kid's on the corner he's like oh my
chance finally my chance to touch some
net let me bam grabs the net okay I'm
back to celebrating back to celebrating
yeah that's what you [ __ ] the double
thumbs up too extend it for me to be
honest
okay see ya but the official like get
off the court we call to found the coach
says how is that not a technical foul
they stormed the court
ref says well it was a live ball on the
ball I called it and then they stormed
afterwards and the coach is like nah
they were running on the court before
that
they were running on the court way
before
so let's take a look
we got the the foul here yep with like
5.5 they call it point two then people
storm the court so Nova coach he had his
facts wrong it's okay it happens oh
shit's Wild guy looks like the brother
from uh Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's
Dead cheerleaders planning their Escape
Route okay if he makes this I run this
way you run that way let's not get beat
up again by the crowd sinks that one
thumbs up double thumbs up both hands
makes the second one now it's a five
point game and instead of it just
accepting the loss Nova caused a timeout
to drop this .2 second play runs the
Baseline throws it in
they get the shot off they still would
have just been a three-point game they
stormed the court again this guy makes
sure the band sounds great bands like oh
we just want to storm we don't care man
let's go
Mayhem double stork double stork cording
double storm God L what happened that
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