ON TODAY'S SCORECARD
“Utterly Impossible”
The subtitle of this recap? Straight from the great Bill Raftery — and it fit like a glove after UConn stunned top-seeded Duke Sunday in one of the wildest finishes March Madness has ever delivered.
Instant classic.
Duke looked home free — up 19 late in the first half, and still holding a 10-point cushion with under seven minutes to play. But UConn kept clawing, trimming the deficit to two with 10 seconds left.
Still, it was Duke’s game to lose.
Inbounding under their own basket, up 72-70… disaster struck.
A deflected pass found its way into the hands of UConn freshman Braylon Mullins — and just like that, history was waiting.
The unlikely hero of one of the greatest NCAA Tournament games ever didn’t even want the shot.
After corralling the loose ball near midcourt, Mullins immediately tried to give it up — whipping a pass to Alex Karaban on the right wing. Understandable. Mullins had been ice cold, mired in a month-long slump and 0-for-4 from deep on the night.
“I saw five seconds on the clock,” he said, “so I tried to get it to someone who’d made one.”
But the basketball gods had other plans.
Karaban, blanketed, sent it right back — now under three seconds.
No options. No time. No choice.
Rise. Fire. Pray.
Splash.
Mullins drilled a 35-footer from the edge of the logo as time expired, lifting UConn to a stunning 73-72 victory — punching their ticket to a third Final Four in four years while ripping Duke’s heart out in the process.
A shot for the ages.
Absolutely. And if you think this was a one-off miracle… think again.
Check the STAT OF THE DAY below — it says otherwise. | 
