To understand the savagery of Wisconsin’s buzzer-beating three-pointer to knock Xavier out of NCAA’s March Madness, we need to duck back into Year 10 physics and discuss the concept of potential energy.
It’s everywhere in the clip: it’s in Bronson Koenig’s cocked arm before draining the last-second shot. It’s in the bench, prior to its explosion of frantic towel-waving. Hell, you can even feel it evaporate from Xavier’s hapless squad.
You crazy for this one, Wisconsin #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/gaXwEdmJS3
— Mashable News (@MashableNews) March 21, 2016
Now, that potential energy is reserved solely for the seventh-seeded Wisconsin as they enter the tournament’s Sweet Sixteen. The Badgers – yeah, really – will be taking on Notre Dame on Friday.
It’s been a stellar tournament for neutral fans so far, and the college competition’s apparent love of ice-cold threes echoes the ruthless buckets currently on show in the NBA; just two days ago, Northern Iowa also blew out sixth-seeded University of Texas with this half-court soul-destroyer:
PAUL JESPERSON FROM HALF COURT! #MarchMadness https://t.co/kiZW9MSQUe
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 19, 2016
Just absurd. Expect the final to be decided by shot catapulted from the opposite endline.
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