Rick Pitino has a message for Mick Cronin after Final Four loss to Gonzaga
Jalen Suggs to advance the Bulldogs to the National Championship vs. Baylor.
Gonzaga closed as 14.5 point favorites in the game but UCLA battled all game long thanks to leading scorer
Johnny Juzang, who scored 29 points with six rebounds. Jaime Jaquez Jr. also chipped in with 19 points in UCLA s loss. The Bruins were highly effective from the field all night long, shooting 57.6%.
On Sunday morning, former Louisville coach and current Iona head coach
Rick Pitino took to Twitter to shout out UCLA head coach Mick Cronin and his team’s effort.
When Jalen Suggs sank a nearly halfcourt shot with less than one second remaining in overtime to send the Gonzaga Bulldogs to the NCAA Men's Basketball championship on Saturday (April 3) to keep the team's perfect season intact, most fans in the state of Washington and across the country watched on CBS Sports and heard the call by the great duo of Jim Nantz and Bill Rafftery. Not everyone else, however, heard it called the same way.
Jalen Suggs banks in buzzer-beating 3 to beat UCLA in Final Four, keep Gonzaga perfect
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Jalen Suggs buzzer-beating 3 in OT sends Zags to title game (0:59)
Jalen Suggs drains the long 3-pointer as time expires to send Gonzaga to the title game. (0:59)
INDIANAPOLIS Three dribbles, 55 feet and one of the greatest shots in NCAA tournament and Final Four history.
UCLA s Johnny Juzang scored with 3.3 seconds left to tie the score, and Gonzaga coach Mark Few elected not to call a timeout. Bulldogs forward Corey Kispert grabbed the ball out of the net, while Jalen Suggs began to curl toward the ball to catch it on the run.