Emanuel Sharp of Houston was consoled by his cougar and Walter Clayton Jr. teammates from Florida after his near and bottom trip, no blow to take during the final possession of the national championship match.
Sharp had the chance to take a long distance pointer with less than five seconds in the match, but pulled the ball on the field, choosing not to take it.
Sharp could not touch the ball, otherwise it would be a turnover, which would cause the clock and the cougars losing the national title.
In Houston’s offensive possession of the game, Sharp also failed at critical moment, losing his dribble of his leg and turning the ball in Florida.
The Gators beat the cougars 65-63, overcoming a 12-point deficit to eliminate the Big 12 champions, refusing to Kelvin Sampson his first national title as a chief coach.
Sharp was one of the best Houston players throughout the season. Now her season may be in the best way to remember the way she has finished, not her efforts to lead the school to an appearance in the national title.
Emanuel Sharp was consoled by his cougar teammates after his enormous error
Sharp’s late error did not allow Houston to shoot the final possession of the match
A single Houston player scored two -digit, LJ Cryer, who finished the match with 19 points.
Sharp finished the match with 8 on shot 3 for 11, including 1 in 7 of the 3 -point beach.
This Beyond Arc clip makes Sharp’s decision to take the long -term shot with the season of his team on the line all the more daring.
Sharp was in tears on the courtyard of Alamodom and given the sight of the place of San Antonio.
Perhaps the only silver lining for Sharp is that he has not exhausted all his eligibility and can come back to play for Houston next season and get reprisals.
The cougars led for a large majority of the game, continuing with the theme of Florida’s return from the whole tournament.
In only the Gators matches against Maryland and the state of Norfolk, Florida has not followed by several points or more. Florida fought by parts against Uconn, Texas Tech, Auburn and Houston.
However, the closing thesis of the March Madness final will be the lack of shot on the final possession of Sharp.
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Sharp in his teammates left the field in agony after losing the national championship
Sharp made his huge error on the game, but it was too late to correct his horrible error
A university basketball fan on social networks has joked that the NCAA should investigate Sharp because it is from Tampa, Florida.
Tons of videos and memes at Sharp fees were quickly published on social networks after his Flub, including one of WWE wrestlers, Kevin Owens, hitting the face with a steel chair.
Another person has published a clip for the documentary “Beyond Scarred Straight” from what Houston’s teammates felt Sharp in the last moments.
After his horrible error, and Confetti began to fall after the victory of Florida, Sharp did not pass his squatting position for almost 30 seconds.
Even with television cameras on his face, he did not move to reach the handshake line until he was supported by his teammate Ja’Vier Francis.
Sharp recorded an average of 12.8 points per game this season, with only 0.8 turnover a competition. He chose a brutal moment to lose his composure, because his Flub was the closing of the university basketball season.
“My heart breaks for Emanuel Sharp,” said Jon Rothstein, CBS Sports “, a few moments after the end of the match.
Rothstein also evokes Fred Brown of Georgetown who passed the ball in North Carolina to the end of the 1982 championship match.
Chris Webber calls Chris Webber, when the Wolverines did not, to cost the “Fab Five” a national title against North Carolina in 1993.