This is the definition of not knowing your own strength.
It was the Elite Eight match-up between Xavier and Gonzaga, another run of the mill game, and things were heating up with the teams pretty close on points.
Xavier’s Trevon Bluiett took a shot, missed, Gonzaga’s Johnathan Williams tried to take over, and then this happened:
OFF THE FLOOR AND IN! #Elite8 pic.twitter.com/3hXUWUI6P1
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 25, 2017
Damn you, gravity!
If that wasn’t enough though, the game gave us another amazing moment, when seconds from the end, Xavier’s JP Macura took this magnificent three-pointer shot:
This didn't count but WOW! #Elite8 pic.twitter.com/YyL7pvIM0U
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 25, 2017
Unfortunately officials ruled that Macura took the shot less than half a second after the full time buzzer went off, so the shot was disallowed, and his team lost 39-49.
So there you have it.
Two amazing shots that you could never re-enact under normal, pressure-free circumstances.
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