Minnesota’s Buzzer-Beater Sounded Like Home
Source: Defector
Published 1 week ago
The beauty and tragedy of taking part in a great crowd pop is that you had to be there. The TV sound mixers will not do it justice, nor will that guy who filmed the whole thing on his busted iPhone. The YouTube video you’ll pull up years later, trying to remember the moment, will only underwhelm you in relation to the real thing. (You don't understand: I swear this Tim Hardaway Jr. three prompted the loudest reaction in the history of professional sports. I SWEAR!)
So here's the highest praise I can bestow on a highlight: The game-winning shot that sent fourth-seeded Minnesota to the Sweet 16 on Sunday caused such pandemonium that even the sound-mixed, through-a-screen YouTube version of it absolutely rules. Look at the cameras shake!
A packed Williams Arena had just watched senior Amaya Battle hit a baseline jumper to put the Golden Gophers up 65-63 over Ole Miss with 0.8 seconds left. That Battle was the one taking the shot made it extra sweet. A Minnesota native and former Miss Basketball who won two state championships at nearby powerhouse Hopkins High, she's playing in her first NCAA tournament this year, her fourth...
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