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Was pulling for Va. but really feel for those Auburn guys. I didn’t know the double dribble rule and maybe it was a foul. The problem I have with it is officials almost always choke on their whistles in the last 10 seconds and don’t call anything regardless of the amount of contact. This time an official actually made the call. I guess I’m more shocked that he called it than anything.

Enjoyed the podcast. Rammer and Pistol were excellent!

St. Louis is my dad's hometown and where me and my older brothers were born. I came along pretty late and was little when my dad was transferred by his employer. I grew up learning about St. Louis from my family and returning back for vacations. My parents would take my brothers to Billiken games in Kiel. My mom tried to describe the inside of Kiel to me when I was a kid talking about the high seats and the attractiveness of the place, but it turns out my image of it was way off as I finally saw pictures of the inside a few years ago. We followed the Hawks, both Cardinals' teams, and caught some baseball games on trips back the last two years they played at Sportsman's Park, as my Dad called it. Saw Willie Mays hit two homers there one day. Back in the 80s, I could catch Billiken games at night on fuzzy broadcasts from KMOX. I knew we could get that station from listening to Cardinal games back in the 60s when "Hoot" Gibson was the best pitcher in baseball. So, I adopted SLU as my 1-A favorite college team and over the years, they've become my prime favorite team.

Seemed like they weren't familiar with the rule either.

Totally. The type of play we saw today is the Billikens in 2021.

Or Carolina!!! To hell with all of them.

What an awesome inbounds play by MSU. Izzo is a freakin' genius.

Ballgame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down goes Duke, Down goes Duke, Down goes Duke!!!!!!!

Second, good. MSU ball, duke only has 4 team fouls, 4.7.

First NO!!

Barrett to shoot two at 5.8.

MSU has a foul to give, but only up two so shouldn't matter.

MSU up two, 8.4 to go, Duke ball.

BANG he got it!!

Zion doesn't touch it on that possession. That's questionable. MSU down one with ball, :44 to go.

Zion is unstoppable when the game is on the line. He's the edge between these two teams.

I thought it should be 17, but they were in the neighborhood.

Beautiful O by Duke leads to the open three. Duke up one w/ 2:26 to go.

Seems like Duke will find a way to win, but MSU is as tough as nails.

Tremendous half of basketball. Both of these are Final Four teams. Too bad one has to lose.

Jamtime, Tillman!! Whistle, foul, count the basket... for real. Oh, Doctor!!

"Whistle, foul, count the basket!"

For sure, almost an exact duplicate.

Give him credit, Zion's not bad.

How many frickin' layups is MSU going to miss this half?