CREATE HAVOC.
UNABLE TO DO SO AGAINST THE SIZE DEFENSIVELY OF NEWTON.
>> Ian: SWENSON HAD A THREE-POINTNER THE SEMIFINAL OF
THE ATLANTIC SUN TOURNAMENT TO BEAT JACKSONVILLE.
UCONN IS NOT MISSING. TRIED TO FLIP IT UP.
A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL YMCA MOVE DIDN'T WORK.
>> Ian: THERE'S THE SLAP BACK. IF YOU'RE NOT READY FOR IT, YOU
PAY. >> Ian: SPENCER MISSES FROM THE
OUTSIDE. TRACKED DOWN BY CASTLE.
SPENCER, THE LOG. CLINGAN IN.
>> Bill: SO UNSELFISH. INSTINCTS.
GREAT FEEL FOR THE GAME THERE. ATTACKING THE CLOSE OUT.
GREAT HANDS, GREAT FINISH. >> Ian: DID YOU SEE CAM'S
BROTHER, PAT? NUMBER 1 SEED IN THIS YEAR'S
TOURNAMENT. CASTLE GIVES IT UP.
GET IT BACK. NOW IT CLINGAN IN A CROWD.
SPENCER, AUTOMATIC. >> Bill: UNSELFISH.
SPACING, FEEL, RECOGNITION. SOCCER PLAYER.
YEAH, MY DAUGHTER IS A SOCCER PLAYER.
FINALLY AN ATHLETE IN THE FAMILY.
>> Ian: DID SHE TEXT YOU FOR A POP?
>> Bill: TALKED ABOUT VISITING GAMES AND CLEARANCE DURING HER
CAREER. >> Ian: SPENCER GETS THE BUCKET
ON THE INSIDE. AND IT'S A LOT OF TALENT.
>> Bill: AND DANNY HAD THE GREATEST RELATIONSHIP.
THEY WERE CONNECTED. LOOK AT THIS STEAL.
>> Ian: ANOTHER STEP-IN. IT'S CAM SPENCER.
THOUGHT ABOUT PULLING UP. NOW HE WILL.
THAT'S FOR THREE. >> Bill: THAT'S WHAT THEY KILL
YOU ON. HERE.
STAGGER, SLIP, SCREEN, RESCREEN. YOU'VE GOT THE REALLY PAY
ATTENTION. A SLIP.
>> Ian: SPENCER SHOWS OFF THE HANDLES, THE PIROUETTE AND THE
PAUSE. IT GOES DOWN.
>> Bill: A DOUBLE PUMP ACTION >> Ian: LANGBORG FEEDING IT.
GRAD TRANSFER, PRESTON, ONE-ON-ONE WITH CLINGAN.
>> Bill: BUIE DOING A NICE JOB, BUT NOT GIVING MANY TOUCHES TO
BUIE. SPENCER IS ON THE MOVE.
>> Ian: AND CASTLE UPSTAIRS TO SMACK THE BACKBOARD AFTER THE
FLUSH. >> Bill: SO MANY GUYS TO DO SO
MANY THINGS FOR UCONN. PRESTON WITH HIS HANDS ON IT,
AND IT IS CONTROLLED BY NEWTON AND THE HUSKIES.
>> Bill: LOOK FOR THE OPEN THREE.
>> Ian: AND THE OFFENSE OVER TO CLINGAN AND THE STUFF FOR THE
HUSKIES. >> Bill: AGAIN, THE ABILITY TO
RUN THE FLOOR. TAKE GOOD ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND
THE PICK-AND-ROLL ACTION THERE. >> Ian: AND SO, DIARRA WAS THERE
PHYSICALLY AND THAT IS ANOTHER MAN DOWN FOR NORTHWESTERN, AND
LANGBORG. >> Bill: DELAY HERE.
>> SPENCER DRIVES. >> Grant: AND WHAT THEY ARE
DOING NOW DEFENSIVELY, RAFT, IS FELT THAT THE UPSIDE WAS
TREMENDOUS. >> Bill: LOOK AT THIS.
NOBODY HOME, AND CAM SPENCER BY HIMSELF WITH THE LAY-IN.
AND IT WAS SUNOGO WHO HAD T AND THIS TIME, HE GETS BUIE.
NEITHER TEAM HAS MADE A THREE. SPENCER GOT A THREE.
>> Bill: HE IS A JOY TO WATCH, THIS KID.
FORGET LACROSSE, HUH? >> Ian: NOT NEGATIVE.
>> Bill: JUST INFORMATION? >> Ian: IT IS FACTOIDS.
BUIE SWATTED BY CLINGAN. A NEW CAREER HIGH FOR DONOVAN
CLINGAN. >> Bill: INTIMIDATION, AND HERE
COMES SPENCER TO THE OPEN FLOOR. THEY FIND ONE ANOTHER.
>> Ian: SPENCER USING CLINGAN SCREEN AND TAKES IT IN FOR TWO.
>> Grant: THIS INSIDE GAME, >> Ian: 1998, AND VALPARAISO.
AND HERE IS BUIE WITH THE FEND OFF.
AND HUNGER IS STRIPPED BY SPENCER.
DEFENSE, OFFENSE, INTANGIBLES. AND NOW, SPENCER WITH A ASSIST
FROM CLINGAN, AND HE ACCELERATES AND A SOFT TOUCH.
>> Bill: THEY ALL HAVE GAME. POINTS FOR THE AZTECS.
>> UCONN IS LEAKING OUT A LITTLE BIT THERE, ASSUMING THEY CAN GET
THE REBOUND. >> Kevin: UNDERNEATH, CAM
SPENCER. FIRST TEAM ALL BIG EAST.
COMES FROM BUT RUTGERS, A SHOT LET IT GO THE ENTIRE GAME.
>> Kevin: LeDEE, AND REBOUND BY THE HUSKIES AS THEY HAVE BROUGHT
IN DIARRA OFF THE UCONN BENCH. SPENCER GETTING POSITION,
DOUBLED INSIDE. IT'S LOOSE.
AND THEY GO IN, STEWART, SPENCER, FREE.
>> Stan: FIFTH IN THE NATION IN POINT SHOTS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. >> Kevin: UCONN, THE NUMBER ONE
TEAM IN THE AP POLL FOR A WHILE. WHAT A GREAT FEED BY DIARRA.
A 12-2 RUN. HUSKIES COME IN, THE NUMBER ONE
OVERALL SEED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
JAY PAL IN KARABAN. SPENCER.
AND TWO SETS OF TEAMS, AND HERE COMES NEWTON ON TOP.
AND SHOT CLOCK AT 7. CAM SPENCER, ONE OF THE BEST
THREE POINT SHOOTER IN THE COUNTRY, AND MANEUVERS FOR TWO.
>> Stan: THAT IS A TOUGH STEP BACK.
EL YEARS.
>> Kevin: DIARRA, SIXTH MAN AWARD WINNER THE EAST.
CONTROLLING THE TOP. AND SPENCER, THREE.
16. OUTSTANDING PRESSURE ON BUTLER.
>> Kevin: NEW TORN'S GOT IT. P A SCREEN N THE CORNER, AND
SPENCER, ON THE BASELINE, AND OH, CASTLE.
>> Stan: THAT A GREAT PASS BY IN.
A WHISTLE AND A DUNK BY LeDEE. >> Stan: THIRD IN THE NATION IN
ASSISTS AND WE SEE SPENCER GO HERE, AND THEY LIED THE NATION
IN ASSIST TO TURNOVER RATIO, ALMOST 2 TO 1.
>> Dan: THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE NOBODY IS GUARDING CASTLE.
>> Stan: WENT TO HELP ON THE WITH DAMASK CONTROLLING THE BALL
IN THE HALF COURT AND GOING TO THAT BACKDOWN GAME.
>> Kevin: SPENCER DOWN THE WAY. ON THE FLY.
HE LOVES THAT. >> Stan: THAT'S TOO EASY RIGHT
THERE. AND THE OTHER WAY FOR THE
HUSKIES. CLINGAN, A SCREEN.
DIARRA WILL COMPLETE IT. NEWTON HAS THE REBOUND.
KARABAN, A THREE. NO.
REBOUND INSIDE. SPENCER! THEY JUST CAN'T GET ANYTHING
GOING. >> Kevin: GOODE THROWS IT AWAY.
SPE LET IT PLAY OUT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT DAN HAS DONE.
THEY PLAYED OUT PERFECTLY. ILLINOIS IN SHOOTING, ONE OF 19
IN THE SECOND HALF. REMATCH.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST MARGINS OF WINS IN A SWEET 16 GAME.
CAM SPENCER! AMANI HANSBERRY, NUMBER 35, AND
THEY'VE GOT NICCOLO MORETTI FROM ITALY.
SPENCER. HE TAKES IT INSIDE.
WHAT A PLAY. A LITTLE TOO LATE BEFORE THEY
GOT TO A MORE INTELLIGENT APPROACH.
HOW ABOUT THAT PASS? >> Bill: YOU WOULD BRING IT UP.
>> Ian: 10-8, UCONN. NEWTON, GIVE HIM ROOM, AND
NEWTON, MISSES, PUT IT DOWN LOW, AND TAKEN AWAY BY CAM SPENCER.
THE JUMPER IS PURE. NOW FOR UCONN.
MOST OF UCONN SHOTS HAVE BEEN THREE POINT ATTEMPTS.
SPENCER. THE ROLLER, JOHNSON, CAMPS IT
AND LAYS IT IN. THAT'S WHAT HE CAN DO.
>> Grant: GREAT HANDS THERE, AND FROM DOWNTOWN.
SPENCER, TWO-MAN GAME WITH CASTLE.
DRIVES IN, AND INSIDE! JOHNSON WITHSON A SLAP.
20 23-20 ALABAMA. >> Bill: THAT IS PART OF THE
DEFENSE, AND THEY HAVE NO TOP GUY DOING DOWN TO TAKE THE
CUTTER AT THE RIM. >> Ian: AGGRESSIVE MIND SET, AND
INTERCEPTED BY SPENCER. MIGHT HAVE HIT PRINGLE LAST
SECOND. >> Ian: UCONN RETAINS IT.
AND SPENCER, BOTTOM. >> Bill: THAT'S WHAT CLINGAN
DOES. THE WIDE BODY, AND SPENCER KNOWS
HOW TO UTILIZE IT. >> Ian: TRANSFER FROM OHIO,
PLAYING IN MUSSEL S SHHOALS, ALABAMA.
SPENCER WITH THE PERFECT PAUSE. SPENCER IN FOR THE REBOUND.
DOESN'T TAKE THE THREE, AND RETURNS IT FOR SPENCER, AND
TIGHT DEFENSE THERE. AND SPENCER, GETS -- WITH THE
JAM! HE ROCKS THE RIM!
TO. >> Bill: THIS IS HOW THEY
CONTROL TEMPO AND USE CLOCK AND GOOD A LOOK AN A CURL.
>> Ian: SPENCER, TOPS, POPS. DOUBLE FIGURES.
40 SECONDS LEFT. >> Bill: THE BEST THING THAT
HAPPENED TO THEM. TESTED BY A VERY GOOD TEAM.
>> Ian: IT'S A BARRAGE. >> Bill: LOOK AT DANNY OVER
THERE, SHOWING EVERYBODY. >> Grant: BUT CASTLE HAS THE
SIZE AND PHYSICALITY TO TRY TO
KEEP SMITH UNDER WRAPS. >> Ian: UCONN WAS IN A TIGHT ONE
AGAINST ALABAMA, FIRST TIME
THEY'VE BEEN TESTED MANY THIS TOURNAMENT.
SPENCER KNOCKS ONE IN FROM THE
OUTSIDE. IT'S A THREE!
>> Bill: A LITTLE FLOPPY SET,
BUT HE'S JUST ALWAYS ON THE >> Bill: HE DOESN'T FALL ASLEEP.
GOOD DEFENSE THERE.
SLAP BACK FOR THE OPEN LOOK IN THE EARLY.
>> Ian: UCONN RIDING A 12-GAME
WINNING STREAK. SPENCER PIVOTS INSIDE FOR TWO.
>> Bill: AND HE FROZE TH
FELLA TOO. WITH FOUL PROBLEMS, JUST UNDER
TWO FOULS PER GAME.
PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK OF IT.
EDEY PLAYS MORE MINUTES.
>> Ian: CLINGAN SLAMS IT DOWN! >> Bill: RIGHT NOW, THE BIG
FELLA'S NOT SURE OF WHAT EXACTLY
TO DO. >> Bill: THEY'RE USUALLY GOOD
END OF SHOT CLOCKS.
>> Ian: CLINGAN ASKING FOR IT, SPENCER BOTTOMS.
>> Bill: THAT'LL MAKE YOU GOOD,
HUH? WILL TAKE IT, RIMS OUT ON THE
JUMPER. >> Bill: LOOK AT THE TRANSITION
D. NICE PASS BY SPENCER.
>> Ian: AND IT'S BOUNCY CASTLE ON THE INSIDE.
>> Grant: LACROSSE MATCH RIGHT WAY OUTSIDE.
CLINGAN, HANDOFF, NEWTON ON THE MOVE.
DRIVE AND KICK. KARABAN, CONTACT, NO CALL.
SPENCER PENETRATES, AND THE SCOOP GOES.
C SPENCER.
SPENCER HAS BEEN THE DESIGNATED TRAPPER.
LOOK AT THIS MOVE HERE. ATTACK THE BIG FELLA.
EXTEND, ELEVATE. KIND OF HUNG IN THE AIR A LITTLE
BIT. SUSPENDED THERE.
GREAT TOUCH. A FANTASTIC SHOOTER, A
THREE-POINTER, BUT, MAN, HE'S >> Grant: EDEY ON DIARRA.
>> Bill: THERE IT IS AGAIN. >> Ian: SPENCER STOPS, POPS,
YES, SIR! >> Grant: WOW.
HE'S GOT SOME STUFF. >> Bill: SPENCER FOR HIRE.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS IS THIS KID HE THOUGHT HE WAS IN EAGLE HALL.
DAN STARTED THOSE GREAT ST. ANTHONY PROGRAMS.
>> Ian: JONES BLOCKED BY SPENCER!
EDEY ON A KICK. JONES PENETRATES.
AND GETS THE ROLL ON THE INSIDE.
