What It’s Like to Make the Shot Before the Buzzer-Beater Everyone Remembers

Posted Apr 7, 2016
North Carolina guard Marcus Paige made one of the greatest shots in NCAA basketball history Monday night, a leaping, split-legged, double-clutch three-pointer to tie up Villanova, 74–74, with just seconds remaining in the NCAA championship game. (Slate)

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