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"best dam sports show period" presents shocking moments in sports. we begin our countdown with an inspirational upset. coach jim valvano's most famous quote was don't give up. don't ever give up. never did his words have more meeting on the basketball court than the night in 1983 when his underdog wolfpack tried to conquer the high-flying cougars of houston. >> driving for the basket. down to the second. clinton berg. it's a long way. they won it! >> they used to see outfielders crash into the wall to make a play. but in 1981, riley mccray took his commitment of dense to a whole different level when he ran through the fence at portland's park. mccray was lucky and walked away with only minor scrapes and bruises. sock iris the most popular sport on the planet. except, of course, in america. so when the world famous david beckham went looking for a new team to play for, who expected him to come to the states? >> the decision to join the galaxy wasn't hard. >> $250 million over five years is what david will make. >> i'm coming there not to be the superstar. i'm coming there to be part of the team on the american side. it's very exciting for me and my family as well. ? fans have endured a century worth of failure and bad cluck. in 2003 the team was within five outs to the trip to the world series when madam misfortune reared her ugly head yet again. >> down the left-field line. into the stands. they could get it. >> awfully close to fan interference right there. that was very, very close. >> that's a tough way to try to make that catch. >> why? here at wrigley when the opposing teal hit the home run, they throw the ball back onto the field. i'm surprised someone hasn't thrown that fan onto the field. the 2007 dallas mavericks dominated the nba's regular season. finishing with a league high 67 wins. in the playoffs they were matched up against eighth seed golden state. a team that only qualified for postseason on the final day of the regular season. somebody forgot to tell the warriors they were huge underdogs as they shocked the mavericks in dallas to win game one. >> an incredible, stunning victory. >> golden state proved it was no fluke by winning games three and four on their home court. >> listen to the crowd! >> and then in game six the warriors completed their mission, blowing out the mavs in the second half and eliminating big d. the first number one seed to lose to an eight seed in a seven-game series. >> the greatest upset in the history of the nba playoffs. before the news bulletins on performance enhancing drugs, most baseball fans trusted that the accomplishments of their home run heroes were genuine. >> oh, my goodness. that is going to explode. >> 2003 suspicions were raised regarding one popular slugger. >> right here. bouncing ball up the middle. a run is gonna score. anderson, throw to first in time. >> this is looking for a few more pieces of the lumber. >> they are looking to see what's in the bat. they want to so if he if what's in the bat is really the bat or if there's anything 234 in there that shouldn't be in there. >> wow. >> the only time you see something in there is if the bat is corked. this is a very interesting development. >> when sammy hit the ball, his bat split obviously. his catcher picked up the bat and said look at this, and there was a small piece of cork in the bat. >> sosa was ejected from the game and served a seven-game suspension for using the illegal bat. the legendary bobby knight, famous for his outrageous behavior both on and off the court. >> i will handle this the way i want to handle it the way i'm here. you [ bleep ] it up to begin with. >> but it was this game in 1985 when coach knight shocked us the most. >> excellent free-throw shooter whether have the honor of the technical. looky here. looky here. bobby knight just threw a chair across the free-throw line. and i think he picked up another t. the baltimore colts won four titles as one of the nfl's top organizations. but in 1984 they went looking for greener pastures. when they moved in the middle of the night, they shocked and angered their most loyal fans. >> i hate to see a man cry. the colts had to sneak out of town at night. it's a great tradition of a city in football. when we return, an act of thievery at the ballpark. an assault on the ice. >> it was> we now return to "the best damn shocking moments in sports." in 1978 the yankees and red sox needed a one-game playoff to decide the champion of the american league east. and the story of the heated rivalry added a new legend. >> bucky, the yankee shortstop twoxt outs, two on. red sox lead 2-0 in the seventh inning here at fenway. deep to left. yes strimky will not get it. it's a home run! the yankees now ahead 3-2! bucky has just hit his first home run of the year. and look at the yankee bench. the last guy on the ball club that they expected to hit a home run just hit one in the ven. and the yankees lead it 3-2. spring train 20ging 2001, randzy johnson on the move. before the fastball leaves the plate, there's an explosion of feathers. and unfortunate duck was in the wrong place at the wrong time. and its fragile frame stood no chance against the big unit. this infamous game in 1978 was a case of victory being snatched from the jaws of defeat. the giants neededed to run just one more play to ensure the win of division rival philadelphia. >> inside 30 seconds. eagles have no time-outs. wait a minute. i don't believe it! the eagles pick it up and edwards runs it in for a touchdown! an incredible development. >> unbelievable. >> georgetown, led by dominant center patrick ewing, was one win away from being the first nba repeat champion in over ten years. his opponent was a villanova squad that barely sweked into the tournament with ten losses. the wildcats proved the adage on any given night. >> villanova did the impossible! nobody thought they could do it. >> nobody thought we could do it. but i did! the images engrained in the mipdz of those who witnessed it. a couple on the big court between the lakers and rockets. tomjanovich ran to the fray. l.a.'s kermit washington saw the flash from the corner of his eye and instinct lively swung a fist. tomjanovich hit the floor. his face shattered by the punch. the incident caused the nba to significantly alter its rules against fighting. ozzy smith was famous for his brilliant defense. but he was not known for his power at the plate. in fact the switch hitting shortstop had never before hit a home run while batting left-handed in the bigs. that is until the 1985 nlcs. >> smith courts one in the right down the line. it may go. go crazy, folks. go crazy! it's a home run. the cardinals have won the game by the score of 3-2. home run! >> smith's improbable home run won the game and helped propel the card to the 1985 world series. a famous comedian once said, i went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out. on a board with as much hostility as hockey, it would take a lot to shock the average fan. >> knocks him down. and brashear is down on the ice and standing over brashear. >> they have his neck in a brace, a precaution. >> as most of the people here, i'm a little in shock. it was sickening to see. >> that's no i wanted to do. i wanted to go fight. coming up -- a wild finish on the gridiron and an act of thievery at the ballpark. >> what happens here? >> stay tuned for ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. but it wasn't what i wanted to do, and i thought, i don't want to do this for the rest of my life i probably don't want to do it tomorrow. i told my dad, "i want to start a brewery." i told him, "i think you're crazy." i started sam adams with boston lager to make rich, flavorful beer. and he went and sold it one bottle at a time. no one had tried an american beer that had that kind of flavor. boston lager really was a groundswell. there's that saying, "do something you love "and you'll never work "a day in your life." i don't feel like i've worked for 24 years. myspace.com and "the best damn shorts show." check it out. we now return to "the best damn shocking moments in sports." tennessee was on the brink of losing their opening round playoff game to buffalo. they fielded a kickoff with only seconds remaining on the clock. >> do the titans have a miracle left in them? christie kicks it high and short. batch to wycheck. he throws it across the field. >> he's got something! he's got it! he's got it. >> 50, 40, 20 10shgs -- >> he's got it! >> touchdown! there are no flags on the field! it's a miracle! tennessee has pulled a miracle! in game one of the 1996 alcs, the yankees trailed baltimore by one. in the bottom of the eighth inning, a rookie name derek jeter stepped up to the plate. >> in right field tarasco going back to the track, to the wall. and what happens here? he contends the fan reaches up and touches it, but richie garcia says no. it's a home run. the contention by tarasco is the ball is descending and the fach fan touches it. he's right! he's right. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> oh, wow. meanwhile, here's the kid, receiving congratulations all around. >> it was one of the wildest finishes in nba history. after kobe bryant had put the lakers up by one, the spurs turned to their big man. >> to duncan. he gets doubled. zach all over him. he get as way the fade away. he makes it with .4 left. unbelievable! >> the lakers were left with just .4 on the clock, and needing a miracle. >> here they go. they get it to gary fisher. he scores! gary fisher scores at the buzzer! it will have to be reviewed. they will review it. >> it was very close. the ball has to be out of his hands. yeah, it's out of his hands. it's out of his hands. >> wow. it's good. >> just an unbleblable game. >> one lucky shot deserves another. >> that was the cruellest loss i have ever been involved with. >> fans are used to fights breaking out at hockey games but in 1979 the fans at madison square garden were a little too eager to join in on the action. >> the fans are now getting involved. as the rally is out into the stands. this is going to be something. o'reilly is at the stands fighting with ranger fan. all the bruins are going over. they are all into the stands. going up to grab somebody. about seven or eight rows up. >> you have to worry about a spectator. >> the bruins are at quite a disadvantage with those stakes out there. somebody can get seriously hurt. >> take another look at mike milbury removes the fan's shoes proceeds to feed him with it. after never before finishing higher than ninth place, the mets in 1969 enjoyed a magical summer that saw them reach their first world series. they were heavy underdogs to the powerful baltimore orioles. but new york was up for the challenge. >> the 2-1 pitch. there's a fly ball out to left. the mets are the world champions! gary is being mobbed. look at this scene! >> we must not forget all of the beautiful fans that we had in shea stadium all year long. it's just been a great year and thank god it's over now. >> i thought he was here. >> oh, i just can't believe it! it's been a year of miracles and it's marvelous. coming up -- a wild finish on the gridiron. a bizarre brawl. and the biggest upset in (announcer) pizza hut knows you've been good. so here's a great holiday meal deal. right now get two medium one topping pizzas and five breadsticks for just $14.99. that's enough to feed the whole family. carryout and we'll throw in a free two liter pepsi. happy holideal from pizza hut. happy holideal in 1977, in johannesburg, south africa, an 8-year-old boy picked up the game of golf from his father. by the age of 9, he was already outplaying him. the odds of this gentle lad winning the junior world golf championships at the age of 14? 1 in 16 million. the odds of that same boy then making it to the u.s. and european pro-golf tours? 1 in 7 million. the odds of the "big easy" winning the open championship once and the u.s. open championship twice? 1 in 780 million. the odds of this professional golfer having a child diagnosed with autism? 1 in 150. ernie els encourages you to learn the signs of autism at autismspeaks.org. early diagnosis can make a lifetime of difference. we now return to "the best damn shocking moments in sports." it was the ultimate example of david versus goliath. tiny chaminade university of hawaii, with an enrollment of 800 students, hosting powerful virginia, ranked number one and led by player of the year ralph sanchez. >> basketball players a tiny college in hawaii fliering high and with good reasons. >> chaminade actually pulled off one of the upsets of the entry, handling the nation's top ranked and previously undefeated virginia team. legendary ohio state football coach woody hayes was famous for his temper. and in 1978 that temper proved costly. >> woody hayes has been fired as coach of ohio state because of what happened in the gator bowl last night. woody hayes punches clemson's charlesy bauman because bauman had the audacity of setting off an reefer pack. so eddie hayes is out after 28 years of coach of ohio state. in 1982, the cal bears proved why teams should always keep fighting until the final whistle. >> the bears have to get out of bounds. roth areas long the sideline. another one. they are still in trouble midfield. the ball is still loose as they get it to rogers. they get it to the 30, down to the 20. all of the band is out on the field! he's going to go into the end zone! he's going into the end zone! the bears have scored. the bears! the bears have won! the bears have won! duke was down by a single point with just two seconds left in overtime. and they were forced to go the length of the court. only a miracle would keep alive their dream of back-to-back titles. >> they throw it the length of the floor. comes down and drizzles. shoots, scores! he hit the bucket at the buzzer! 104-103. lack out, minneapolis! the rivalry between the yankees and red sox reached a boiling point in the 2003 alcs. >> that is not even close. >> you talk about looking for a reason. >> absolutely. >> and then the team took a bizarre turn. >> oh, my goodness. don zimmer and pedro martinez --oh. that's awful. don zimmer, a 72-year-old man, went into pedro martinez's face and med pedro martinez threw him down. >> he was the best hockey player in history, and canada's most famous citizen. and then rumors of a trade began to swirl. what, they traded who? >> they got traded? no way. >> they traded him? >> we think he lacks the most in house. >> there comes a time when -- when -- >> wayne gretzky was now in hollywood and the nhl would never be the same. he was the heart and soul of the yankees team that was the two-time defending world series champions. >> the new york yankees and sports fans everywhere suffered a great loss tonight. that of star catcher thurmond munson, who was killed this afternoon in an airplane catch. >> we pause to pray for thurmond munson, our brother and your faithful son. he won the kentucky derby by the largest margin in 60 years. at the preakness, all eyes were on barbaro as he tried to move one step closer to the triple crown. but fans were shocked as the horse pulled up shortly after the race began. the colt had suffered a freak accident, breaking several bones in his right rear leg. his career was over and barbaro's injuries led to near complications that ultimately proved fatal. nancy kerrigan was america's best skater heading into the 1994 winter olympics, until a vicious attack. >> why? why? >> we have more now on a breaking story. figure skating champion nancy kerrigan was attacked. >> i'm pretty upset and angry that someone would do this. i really want to skate today, but the doctors all said i shouldn't. >> why? i worked really, really hard. >> i a major twist to the story was learned when it came to light friends of tonya harding were involved in the attack. but it didn't come to light in time before she captured the silver medal. >> over 700 million people around the world watched the 2006 world cup final. france and italy went to overtime. that's when french captain zidane tangled with italy's marco mat rossi. the surprising headbutt crumpled the italian. zidane was ejected from the final game of his otherwise brilliant career. italy took advantage and went on to win the world cup in a shootout. that concludes part one of "the best damn shocking moments" in sports. in part two, we will reveal our 20 most shocking moments in sports history. >> i'm innocent. >> from the amazing -- >> there's a plane coming down on the field. >> to the surreal. >> i will have to retire from the lakers. >> the shocking moments in sports, only on "the best damn sports show period." caption funding provided by fox sports net tonight the rhode island rams make the trip to face off against al skinner and the bc eagles. can rhode island knock off their big brother from the acc? we'll find out right now. on ak sunday night hoops. sports fans in boston have endured a dark december day. get out of foxboro and come into the warmth of chestnut hill, the conte forum here on the campus as they play host to rhode island rams on acc sunday night hoops presented by pizza hut. my holiday transition to hoops. i first ran into jim baron when he worked for digger phelps back in the '80s, now the rhode island coach. he was one of those wise guys that new the xs and os of the game. now that he's head coach, he's got them running and gunning. >> and he came in at a very tumultuous time. but he has calmed things down. three-time coach of the year. things are not calm out on the court. he has them running and gunning and pressing pore than they ever have. they want to get more turnovers, fullcourt pressure. they want to try to get out in the open floor, run as much as possible. they average 4 1/2 blocks per. a bunch of steals. will you see a very frentic pace. >> it helps to get your top scorer back, sanders has only played four minutes this year. he returns tonight for the first time since the first game of the season. >> they need him desperately. surprised they have a very good record without him but he is by far their best player. it's not always easy to work back a guy that dynamic back into your lineup. it will be interesting to see how many minutes he gets. the guy who might be affected is the 6'3" reggie jackson. he has been terrific this year. averaging 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 # assists per. you'll see in the highlight package that he really is the complete package. he is fearless, able to get into the lane inside, very good defensively. unselfish in the open floor. talked about him 6'3", he'll get in with the front line player and make his presence felt. and to add insult to injury, he can knock down the three as well. >> looking for the leadership from a scorer and they may have it with rakim back in the lineup to go along with jackson. when we we come back, more from jen hildreth. she'll have a look at al skinner's days back in rhode island. so we're shooting in china. no! no! so we're shooting in argentina. i don't hate this. you good? hey, i'm the producer. i just make it happen. and did i mention it's a film about... parisian squirrels that ride bikes? scooter. who ride scooters? i like what you're doing very much. my director... he can be a bit... i want to go back to china. much. but on tonight's flight... i can just sleep. 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(announcer) pizza hut knows you've been good. so here's a great holiday meal deal. right now get two medium one topping pizzas and five breadsticks for just $14.99. that's enough to feed the whole family. carryout and we'll throw in a free two liter pepsi. happy holideal from pizza hut. claimed their first conference win of the season. today they host al skinner's former team, the rhode island rams. ♪ i am tired to overcome >> the rhode island rams seem to overcome gravity ppt atlantic 10 conference are young, quick, and have an arsenal of high-flying weapons. except fireworks. rhode island and boston college, "acc sunday night hoops" action starts right now. here come the running rams, only oncen on the road at virginia commonwealth and they had a shot to win it at the end perform boston college coming off a difficult loss to harvard. tries to rebound at home tonight. "acc sunday night hoops" presented by pizza hut. the eagles are out and so too are the rams at conte forum. happy to have you with us. contrasting styles will be the focus of this night. jim baron, the head coach of the rams, getting his team ready. you see what they do. i mean, they score and they steal. that's what they're all about. turnover margin, a real catalyst. if they get to the free throw line, even their low post players know how to sink the freebies. the starting lineup for this very deep team, and they will use 10, 11 guys. delroy james along with ulmer, martell is the 7-footer but as much a faceup as much as a post player. cothran, and jones, outstanding junior player. boston college runs the flex and wants to control tempo. now with biko paris at the helm, this is a club in transition with the loss of rice. they did win their opener a week ago against miami. ron was on hand for the g-man for that and subsequently lost to harvard, doing so on their home floor. tommy has a pretty good club, we know that. here is the lineup. it does have rakim sanders, as advertised, the junior, back in the lineup. we'll see how chemistry is effected. trapani, southern, raji and biko paris. let's get the g-man game plan. >> for the rams, they want to dictate tempo in this game. they want to play in the 80s and 90s, score a lot of points. for bc, how do they handle the pressure to have the poise to do that? once you get by the press, you'll get some easy scores. >> veteran officiating crew in the acc, carl hess and mike eaves. the tap is controlled to boston college and biko paris will operate at the point. >> you know, this team, boston college, has developed a chemistry without sanders and now they have to reinvent themselves, work him back into the lineup and the rhythm of their offense. >> the good news is it still happens eay in the season. there's a rejection by martell. and on the wing, trapani can't get it to fall. loose ball last touched by sanders. it will be out to rhode island. >> right now the thing that sanders is going to have to battle is the mental part of getting past an injury and trusting that ankle. he's going to be thinking about it for a while, but eventually the game will be instinctive again for him. >> marques jones, junior, co-captain of this club, he can put the pedal to the metal. that's what they want from him, to push this tempo and get it the way they want. there's a steal. sanders comes out of there with it. >> bc is going to change defenses. they played zone that time. rhode island is not a great three-point shooting team at all, so we have a feeling in the halfcourt you want to make them prove themselves from the outside. >> rhode island has averaged 21 wins per season for the last three years. but they're in a tough league with 14 schools, difficult to get more than three bids out of and they've been the fourth team of late. >> if you're jim baron, you want josh southern taking the jump shot outside. you'll accept that shot out of bc's offense. >> jones, now working on harris. >> watching sanders here early on, only 1:30, but he's a little tentative out on the floor. that's not to be unexpected coming back from an injury. >> teams that like to motor up and down the floor sometimes get frustrated when playing a team like bc. that reverse does not fall. and it's rebounded by trapani. >> this is what bc wants you to do, keep them in the halfcourt on both ends of the floor. they want to make you defend on stretches of time on offense and then just keep them calmed down on the other end. >> raji off the feed. southern with the rebound. one extra pass for trapani, but if track. there's another example, he could have taken a point-blank shot and he turned it down, did southern. >> i think that the big beneficiary of sanders coming back is going to be joe trapani. he's much better as a supporting actor, like a scottie pippen to a michael jordan. i'm not comparing levels of talent, but just for a point of illustration. >> absolutely. sort of like you with the number two option when you play with barkley. >> sometimes the third. >> yes. sanders, nice scoop to the hoop. that's what he can do. he has great strength and the ability to slash to the basket. they're 1 of 5 from the floor. there's the quick answer coming from rhode island, as keith cothran nails it. >> cothran is their best player, their leading scorer at 17 per. like we said, they don't make a ton of threes, but he does shoot 33%. >> delroy james committed the foul, the junior from brooklyn, new york, his first. speaking of brooklyn, jimmy baron is from brooklyn. we were sharing conversation today. he was a big al mcguire fan, big colleague of ours. we miss al. jimmy went to the same high school as al in brooklyn. high school coach was there for 41 years. trapani using the glass. >> i would like to see the attendance record for al in high school. >> evidently, i'll say this, on the way to school, al turned to the left and everybody else turned to the right. not quite three minute gone, boston college leading by one. delroy james, not there. trapani collects his second rebound of the night. >> we talked about tempo. so far this game, i said it early on, but it is very much in bc's favor. this is how they want to play. harris trying to utilize that screen to his benefit and stays with it. nice job by biko paris, pushing the issue. >> jim baron was concerned about rebounding, especially on the offense glass. we saw boston college destroy miami in that category last week, outread reigh bounding them by 25. >> ulmer stays with it. sort of a pass to himself off of the backboard. his first bucket. >> now with that success offensively, they can get him some pressure. they haven't been able to do that up to this point because they haven't been making baskets. >> biko paris, as we mentioned, certainly a different kind of point guard than what they've become accustomed to with rice. sanders, baseline was wide open. no one cut him off and he get the reversareversal. he has four. >> i've seen that tentativeness go away. it was with his first big layup. it was like a sigh of relief and now he's playing ball. >> rhode island has got long lengthy players but they don't have a lot of girth. every time boston college goes inside, they're in a strength advantage. here's an example of it. baseline wide open and he takes advantage. bc out to a quality start. it's 400 calories but... something's definitely missing. - here it is! - kentucky grilled chicken. all that great kfc taste for 395 calories? - and for $3.95? - how do they do it? think watching your calories can't be delicious? - it's time to unthink. - two pieces. - green beans. - mashed potatoes. - and gravy. - i love gravy. all for 395 calories and just $3.95. colonel, i like your number. unthink. and taste the under 400-calorie side of kfc. r your favorite colonel, i like morning of the year?ber. the morning you were so excited for that you almost couldn't sleep. except you knew that if you stayed awake that night a certain sleigh might never land on your roof. let's get back there. this year the magic continues at santa's wonderland in bass pro shops. where kids can enjoy arcades, a slotar track make a craft and even get their picture with santa, all for free. time passes. hold on to christmas. boss . > boston college up 8-9 here. we've seen the return of their best playing, rakim sanders. getting into the flow of the flex offense, such good size. he's able to get inside and he's done a nice job of attacking the rim. that's going to be the jump shot. is he a prototypical al skinner type player. we might remind everybody he's from rhode island. he might be motivated. >> just a little. i believe he touched it. it will be awarded to boston college. i think a number of rhode island rams thought, perhaps, biko paris may have touched the ball. he did not. >> and i think rhode island is the last time to touch. he might have deflected. i don't like that long backcourt pass. he's just insigciting disaster. >> trapani, the type of player, can really open up the low post when effective. he starts hitting that midrange jumper, even the outside jumper, then life inside can become much easier for bc. >> i think delroy james is tough cover for him. long, athletic, can stay on him in the perimeter and match him down low. >> raji not there. martell clears it into the hands of delroy james. those long gaits we're talking about. boston college sets their defense, though, forces rhode island to go into the halfcourt situation. >> it's kind of a mini rush. they forced rhode island to get into the backcourt. >> very rare you would see an al skinner team undisciplined on getting back on defense. boston college gets it after the third rhode island turnover. >> that was not a great angle for ulmer to get the ball into the low post. one dribble down to the baseline. he could have thrown a bounce pass because martell had an angle. >> jones has been replaced by steve mejia, sophomore out of lawrence academy. players from hometowns playing against each other, high school. another turnover. this time the press. very rarely have they been able to set it up. >> the inbound pass they'll cramp immediately on that first pass. they get a lot of deflections on this defense. and then the long home run pass. raji unable to come up with it. even though they turn it over on the end, on the other side it was a dead ball turnover on the end line which allowed rhode island to get into their press. >> mejia is only 5'9". you can usually find a few cracks in penetration in the halfcourt set. pick and roll at the outset. there's a strong move. oh, what a move by delroy james. a little brooklyn in that reversal. his first bucket. >> and that's a tough cover because josh southern was faced up against him out on the perimeter. and james recognized that and did a beautiful move with the pump fake. >> another steal. the pressure now coming to the forefront. mejia gets the easy tip-in. >> reggie jackson trying to feed it off the dribble. i'm talking about the pressure. that's not always the best way to go. >> reaching in, keith cothran picks up the foul. his first, the senior from nearby new haven, connecticut. the look again. just trying to do things, as we talked about, the long limbs they have. cothran doing a nice job of getting the steal. you know, we talked about bc dictating pace in the first four minutes. these last four it's been rhode island. >> ulmer off the steal. he's fouled by trapani. >> you could see the body language change for the rams already, al skinner watching things on the sidelines. you've got to avoid throwing it into the corner like that. that's just -- that's the death zone of a trap. >> we've certainly seen rhode island's best. jen has more on that pressure. >> jen: talking to the players today, it was very clear this pressure defense is what this team hangs its team on. it's where everything starts for them. keith cothran told me, he said the biggest thing he was worried about was matching bc's toughness and intensity. it definitely start with these guys right there on defense. >> the thing is what rhode island has to do, since they don't take a lot of threes, they have to take more possessions and they do that with turnovers. that part is paying off for them in this stretch of the game. >> rhode island leads by two. harris being doinged by mejia. >> the other point is once you keep that pressure, if you show poise, teams are shooting 47% against rhode island. so the offense is there if you can get past the first wave. southern rejected. nice play by ulmer, senior, notre dame prep out of new haven. >> a good slip of the screen right here. southern just a little slow in getting the ball up. he had a tough night against harvard. >> mike: rogers down in the low post hasn't gotten a touch in this game. >> tim\: he >> he tried to pick it up. ryan outerbridge slapped that one away. >> mike: we talked about the blocks and raji going in with his left hand, unable to get the ball up. in an effort to retrieve it, stepped on the baseline. >> tim: outerbridge, sophomore from boston area, new hampton school. looking for a high pick. he gets it from outerbridge. another great spin move. the iron unkind and pulled down by raji. gets it into the hands of biko paris. trapa trapani, floater, not there. raji with the answer. >> mike: raji is so good on the glass, averaging eight per. 58% shooting. they never want to play for him. >> tim: well, that sweet soft shot of delroy james. he's got five. and the uri lead is three. >> mike: only a 22% shooter coming in from three. big difference between home and road. >> tim: it's stripped away by the bik

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