They were in second place in the league when COVID-19 hit one year ago. Their first stop at the men's NCAA tourney came in 2019, where their 27–7 team got a wakeup call from Kentucky. It took the Wildcats five years in the Southland conference just to finish. Pleasant, the newly minted hero, later draped his left arm lovingly around the shoulder of Golding, who has been at the helm of the program for 10 years, predating its time in Division I. Let it be remembered that the Longhorns were that close to winning, with Kai Jones’s critical block on Daniels nearly saving the game. However brief, it was a moment the junior richly deserved after a battle with cancer that could have derailed his career. They were led in minutes by tenacious senior Reggie Miller, (this, of course, is Indianapolis), who set the tone for the night early with physical play.īy the final minute of the game, there was literally blood on the floor, and with Abilene up two, Texas guard Andrew Jones hit a three with 13.8 seconds left. The Wildcats became the first group in the last decade to win a tournament game on sub-30% makes. It was, arguably, the most fun anyone can have while shooting 29% from the field as a team. Abilene Christian had turned Texas’s worst run-and-gun inclinations against it, inciting a 53–52 rockfight that the Wildcats controlled for most of 40 minutes. What he couldn’t see coming was his own leaping steal of the ensuing, desperate inbounds hurl from Brock Cunningham. It’s no different than when there is no one in the gym.” So of course, after some brief visualization, breathing, and calm focus on the rim, Pleasant sank both, as March does.
Abilene Christian has only been a Division I team since 2013–14, when it finished 348th out of all 351 teams in Ken Pomeroy’s adjusted efficiency metrics.
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