Under-seeded and unlucky, Vanderbilt deserved better than March Madness gave it | Estes
Vanderbilt missed chances to win, but it's what wasn't in its control — the crowd — that'll make this loss to Nebraska even tougher to digest.
OKLAHOMA CITY — It almost didn’t matter. All of it. All those Nebraska fans.
All the roars and heckles and boos. Vanderbilt had the gumption to stare it down, hopes teetering after another slow start, yet never dissipating. Not until that final impossible heave by Tyler Tanner impossibly touched every bit of the rim but didn’t drop through, meaning his spectacular night somehow still wasn’t spectacular enough.
Nebraska 74, Vanderbilt 72. March Madness, am I right? No event in American sports like it.
But gracious, it can be cruel. Sometimes, that’s for someone else to endure. But eventually, it comes for you, too, and then you’re sitting there uttering the truly heartbreaking words that Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington did: “I just want one play back.
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