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But after Abar Rouse, an assistant coach for Baylor at the time, began secretly recording meetings with players and coaches, the extent of Bliss’s involvement is made clear to investigators. Days after Dennehy’s body is found, Bliss is recorded attempting to convince other players that Dennehy made money from dealing drugs. In another meeting, Bliss tells Rouse that Thomas would back up their stories about Dennehy dealing drugs. (Thomas has never been charged with anything related to the killing.) The audio from the tapes, revealed toward the end of the documentary, is chilling. At one point, Bliss assures other players that Dennehy won’t be able to deny their statements because “he’s dead.”
Or it was Vital, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound fullback in basketball shoes. He had three offensive rebounds before the game was 3 minutes old, finished with six points and 11 boards and made life miserable for Gonzaga star Drew Timme.
The teams were supposed to play in December in Indianapolis, but an outbreak of COVID-19 within the Gonzaga program forced the game to be called off. The two teams spent most of the regular season ranked 1-2 in the AP poll, and they were anointed the co-favorites for a most unique NCAA Tournament played entirely in central Indiana.
Despite only 8,000 fans in the crowd, the vast majority of them wearing green and gold, there was a palpable excitement about the game - perhaps it was still lingering from the Final Four, when Suggs hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in overtime to beat UCLA in one of the most remarkable finishes in the history of the NCAA Tournament.