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Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

Just to add a little more info, this was a regional championship game, where the winner qualified for state and the loser was done for the season. The host school won in OT, after being the team that trailed pretty much the entire game until it got to OT. They were considered the favorite, but after previous games in the tournament, I had told my partner that if the "underdog's" top 3 players played the way they were capable of playing, I thought they had a chance to pull off the upset, and they almost did. The home team made up an 8 point deficit in the final 90 seconds. Losing team missed 4 FTs in the final 25 seconds, and we later heard from their coach that they only made 4 of 17 FTs in the 4th quarter. Tough way to lose.

I should also add that I've never seen more wasted tears in my LIFE. The team that ended up winning was down about 9-10 points when tears began to flow from various players, both on the floor as well as on the bench, with about 4 minutes left in the game.

From the sound of it they weren't so wasted.