Inside the buzzer-beater that led St.John's to first Sweet 16 since 1999
Inside the wild final sequence that sent St. John's and and Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino past Kansas at the buzzer and into to the Sweet 16.
SAN DIEGO – By the time the basketball rolled off the tips of his right hand, St. John’s guard Dylan Darling was moving so fast toward the basket that he didn’t even see if the ball went in the hoop. But he heard the noise that followed: The final buzzer sounded.
The crowd roared. And that’s how he knew. He had just won the game for St.
John’s on a banked-in layup as time expired to beat No. 4 seed Kansas Sunday in the second round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament 67-65. “I didn’t actually watch it go through the net,” Darling told USA TODAY Sports in the hallway outside the St.
John’s locker room after the game. “But I heard everybody’s reaction. ” He raised his arms in triumph right afterward.
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