Later on Saturday afternoon, UConn fans will return to the same gut-twisting state of constant panic they experienced for a few hours on Friday. The Huskies and Temple tip-off at 3:00pm on ESPN2.
We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. In the meantime, let’s marinate in the good vibes from the Huskies’ four-overtime shockfest over Cincinnati for a few more hours.
We gave you the gist of what happened, and our feelings about it, in our aptly-titled game recap last nigh: “Holy Shit.” Now let’s have some fun.
For starters, you can watch the whole damn game again right now on the greatest website on the internet: UConnHuskyGames. If you just wanna watch Adams’ shot, head to the 2hour-5minute mark.
Immediately after the shot on the twitters, reaction from past UConn elite rolled in.
What a shot shorty 💯💯💯😂🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
— Ryan Boatright (@Ryanboatright11) March 11, 2016
👀 #huskies #uconn pic.twitter.com/X8TVLmYQqB
— Kemba walker (@KembaWalker) March 11, 2016
#Adams shot that from Roxbury!!!
— Shabazz Napier (@ShabazzNapier) March 11, 2016
Not everyone was happy. After the game, Cincy coach Mick Cronin decided to give the world a salty physics lesson.
Unfortunately for mini-Mick, math seemingly disproved him.
Ball was held for 45 frames at 59.94fps, or 0.75 seconds. Clock read 0.8 upon inbound. Shot was still good https://t.co/IERJkPD0En
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 12, 2016
If you’re not Mick Cronin and you want to relive the moment in new and exciting ways, here’s Joe D’Ambrosio’s radio call. And here, for some reason, is Mike Francesa doing likewise.
UConn put up a video of Adams getting mobbed in the locker room after the game.
It was a rough stretch for Adams, considering Sterling Gibbs was wailing on him a few minutes earlier.
Bruh, chill! 😂😂 @sdotgibbs4 @jalenadams2 #UConn
A video posted by A Dime Back (@adimeback) on
If he’s looking to branch out, it appears Adams would be a viable presidential candidate.
This is official.
— Russell Steinberg (@Russ_Steinberg) March 11, 2016
Lastly, here’s a fun chart from our bud Puneet. Follow the line from the beginning of the game to to the end to see each team’s percent chance of winning at that moment. If you want to be temporarily mad, check out UConn’s collapse at the end of regulation. If you want to understand just how insane Adams’ shot was, look at the end of the third overtime, where Cincy had almost a 100 percent chance of winning. Almost.
Here it is. A masterpiece. @Tim_Fontenault @LoudBristol @RationalPastime @CostaRica79 pic.twitter.com/785U06ihRy
— Puneet Nanda (@UConnPuneet) March 12, 2016
Mr. Adams name is now Cash, as per Caron.