Who said this year’s men’s NCAA tournament was lacking madness? Playing deep into the night, the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Arkansas Razorbacks delivered the game of the tournament to date Thursday in the Sweet 16.
For much of the evening, it appeared John Calipari’s March revenge tour was destined to extend another two days. Instead, a ferocious comeback from a deficit that had ballooned as large as 16 in the second half lifted Texas Tech to an improbable come-from-behind victory and a date with the Florida Gators in the Elite Eight. The hero? Red Raiders veteran Darrion Williams, who powered through shooting woes for most of the game to hit a tying three with 10 seconds to go in regulation and the winning bucket in the final seconds of overtime.
