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On Saturday, Vanderbilt's Tyler Tanner put himself in similar company with Gordon Hayward for the ultimate March Madness "what if?" And it was immediately clear that the Vanderbilt star will be thinking about that shot for a long time.
With the Commodores down by two points against Nebraska in Saturday's second-round matchup against Nebraska and just 2.2 seconds remaining, Tanner received the inbound with some space to get a shot off. His heave from beyond half court banked off the glass high but went halfway down before rattling out.
It really doesn't get any closer than that. And players of Tanner's caliber practice that shot regularly. They have a good idea of if the ball is going in the moment it leaves the hands.
Tanner was asked after the game if he felt he made the shot, and his answer personified the heartbreak of March Madness. He thought he had it.
After nodding to signal he thought it was going in, Tanner said:
The Nebraska players also thought it was going in. Just a matter of inches can change a trajectory for a team. With the win, Nebraska reached the first Sweet 16 in program history.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Vanderbilt star had heartbreaking reaction to his missed buzzer beater
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With the Commodores down by two points against Nebraska in Saturday's second-round matchup against Nebraska and just 2.2 seconds remaining, Tanner received the inbound with some space to get a shot off. His heave from beyond half court banked off the glass high but went halfway down before rattling out.
It really doesn't get any closer than that. And players of Tanner's caliber practice that shot regularly. They have a good idea of if the ball is going in the moment it leaves the hands.
Tanner was asked after the game if he felt he made the shot, and his answer personified the heartbreak of March Madness. He thought he had it.
After nodding to signal he thought it was going in, Tanner said:
The Nebraska players also thought it was going in. Just a matter of inches can change a trajectory for a team. With the win, Nebraska reached the first Sweet 16 in program history.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Vanderbilt star had heartbreaking reaction to his missed buzzer beater
Continue reading...
