Saw the end of Monday night's Colonial Athletic Association Championship Game while working out. When the Tribe's Omar Prewitt hit a three-pointer, he gave his team a 74-68 lead with 81 seconds left in the game ... and then Delaware proceeded to end the game on a 7-0 run. When W&M's Marcus Thornton missed an unplanned, disorganized jumper for deep and the horn sounded, the Blue Hens won the title game and the automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament, their fifth overall but first since 1999.
Meanwhile, the Tribe were in the driver's seat on winning their first-ever trip to the Big Dance. They are one of only five charter Division I schools never to have made it to the tournament. And they were 1:21 away from doing it with a six-point lead. And they couldn't close the deal.
Saw the losers' reaction just after the buzzer. As Delaware players and fans stormed the court and met in the middle, Tribe players were drifting around their offensive end of the court. I saw one with his hands on his head, another who pulled his jersey over his head in shame. And all of them were dazed, unable to comprehend how they had lightning in their hands and couldn't hold on. So the drought continues.
Poor bastards.
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