APTOPIX NCAA Santa Clara Kentucky Basketball
Kentucky's Otega Oweh (00) is congratulated by teammates after sinking a basket at the end of regulation to send the game into overtime in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament against Santa Clara, Friday, March 20, 2026, in St. Louis.
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Santa Clara may have lost to Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, but few will forget the way everything unfolded at the end of regulation. The two teams each hit a 3-pointer in the last 2.4 seconds, forcing them to play another five minutes in a game that the seventh-seeded Wildcats won, 89-84. The Broncos hit the first of them to take a 73-70 lead, only for Kentucky's Otega Oweh to answer at the buzzer from right in front of his own bench to tie the game. It was a crushing loss for Santa Clara, which was making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since Steve Nash was playing there 30 years ago.
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