All Adam Morrison could do was shout.
The former Gonzaga star is currently part of his alma mater’s radio team, and Morrison was emaciated when freshman Jalen Suggs incorporated a 3-point marker into Saturday’s overtime bell at the night against UCLA to keep the Bulldogs undefeated and turn them into the NCAA Tournament Monday Championship. against Baylor.
As Tom Hudson, playmate by play, explains the frantic final sequence and immediate celebration, Morrison, 36, can be heard repeatedly shouting “Yes!” and “Wow!”
A tearful Morrison had been on the other side of a heartbreaking defeat to UCLA in the Sweet 16 of the 2006 tournament, with the Bruins scoring the final 11 points of the game for a 73-71 victory. Morrison was an American first team selection and co-player of the year nationally that season with Duke’s JJ Redick.
Gonzaga (31-0), the series leader, may become the first men’s Division I team to complete an unbeaten season from Indiana in 1976 on Monday night against Baylor (27-2). It will be Gonzaga’s second appearance in the championship game after losing in the final against North Carolina in 2017.