How the heck did Virginia pull this one off?
CLOSE SportsPulse: Virginia is headed to their first Final Four since 1984 after beating Purdue in an overtime thriller on Saturday night. USA TODAY Sports' Scott Gleeson breaks it all down. USA TODAY
As Virginia guard Kyle Guy summed it up, "we made bad history last year. We’re making good history this year.”1. Ty Jerome's miss, Mamadi Diakite tip-out with five seconds left. Virginia looked like it was going to come up short, trailing 70-67 with 17 seconds left when Boilermakers coach Matt Painter smartly decided to foul and avoid a game-tying 3-pointer. That put Jerome at the line, who calmly made the first to slice the deficit to two.
3. Carsen Edwards from different area codes. The All-American guard was unconscious from 3-point range, draining 10 against UVA and setting an NCAA tournament record with 28 triples to become the first losing player to claim a Regional's Most Outstanding Player since Steph Curry in 2008. Edwards' 42 points against the nation's best defense were masterful and several of his long-range jumpers were well beyond the NBA's 3-point line.
5. Ty Jerome's scoop-shot and De'Andre Hunter's go-ahead basket in overtime. Jerome played a complete game and got a much-needed tear-drop high off the glass to go with 3:19 left for UVA's first points of the extra frame. Then Hunter, the team's NBA talent who was relatively quiet in regulation, made a go-ahead driving layup with 28 seconds left to give his team a 76-75 lead it wouldn't relinquish — before Guy and Clark sealed it with four free throws.
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