ATLANTIC CITY -- Well, Dayton had this game totally wrapped up for the first 39 minutes, and blew it all in the last one.
Up by nine, 54-45, with 2:41 remaining, the Flyers blew the whole lead, as Kevin Lisch tied the game on a three with 51 seconds to go. Except for some reason, the horn went off. It wasn't a shot clock violation, as there were 26 seconds left out of the 35.
The refs stopped play, and both coaches -- Rick Majerus and Dayton's Brian Gregory -- went ballistic. Majerus' assistants were able to restrain him from running too far towards the scorers, and insert your own line here if you want.
Then, with 21.8 seconds left, Brian Roberts drove to the basket, drew contact and hit the layup, but was whistled for a charge. I thought it was a block and so did most of the fans here.
Saint Louis got the ball, but Dayton guard London Warren stole it at the top of the key with eight seconds to go and raced away -- but missed the layup. The rebound was kicked out to Flyers guard Andres Sandoval, who had an open look from three at the buzzer to win it, but the shot clanked off the front of the rim.
So we go to overtime.
