Hear me out...

[Abugabby]

5 seconds left in the national championship game. Purdue is down 2 points to UCONN, with the ball out of bounds. Mason Gillis throwing in to Braden, but UCONN gets a hand on the ball and it goes bouncing out to the top of the key. Zach gathers the loose ball and launches a 3 with perfect form, nothing but net.

Would that be the greatest ending to one of the best careers in NCAA history? I would literally pass out from screaming and jumping around the house. That buzz would live in my heart FOREVER. I would watch it THOUSANDS of times for the rest of my life. I'm getting goosebumps just imagining it.

 

[BoilerYergs]

it would not suck

 

[ImRonBurgandy?]

Loss of lives due to heart attacks would be immense. How about we run them out of the gym, and Zach puts up a 45/20 line?

 

[Schmedly_Whiplash]

5 seconds left in the national championship game. Purdue is down 2 points to UCONN, with the ball out of bounds. Mason Gillis throwing in to Braden, but UCONN gets a hand on the ball and it goes bouncing out to the top of the key. Zach gathers the loose ball and launches a 3 with perfect form, nothing but net.

Would that be the greatest ending to one of the best careers in NCAA history? I would literally pass out from screaming and jumping around the house. That buzz would live in my heart FOREVER. I would watch it THOUSANDS of times for the rest of my life. I'm getting goosebumps just imagining it.

Same scenario I played out thousands of times in my head on my driveway court growing up. Only "I" was Zach, and the hero of the day.

 

[DrEss]

5 seconds left in the national championship game. Purdue is down 2 points to UCONN, with the ball out of bounds. Mason Gillis throwing in to Braden, but UCONN gets a hand on the ball and it goes bouncing out to the top of the key. Zach gathers the loose ball and launches a 3 with perfect form, nothing but net.

Would that be the greatest ending to one of the best careers in NCAA history? I would literally pass out from screaming and jumping around the house. That buzz would live in my heart FOREVER. I would watch it THOUSANDS of times for the rest of my life. I'm getting goosebumps just imagining it.

We could all die very happy Boilermakers.

 

[Abugabby]

Loss of lives due to heart attacks would be immense. How about we run them out of the gym, and Zach puts up a 45/20 line?

That would be a close second on the lifetime memory scale.

 

[Boiler Buck]

5 seconds left in the national championship game. Purdue is down 2 points to UCONN, with the ball out of bounds. Mason Gillis throwing in to Braden, but UCONN gets a hand on the ball and it goes bouncing out to the top of the key. Zach gathers the loose ball and launches a 3 with perfect form, nothing but net.

Would that be the greatest ending to one of the best careers in NCAA history? I would literally pass out from screaming and jumping around the house. That buzz would live in my heart FOREVER. I would watch it THOUSANDS of times for the rest of my life. I'm getting goosebumps just imagining it.

Yes, our house much prefers to blow them out. Heart attack not needed.
And if Z wants to take a 3 before he departs to Boiler lore, go for it.

 

[pushal]

I had similar thoughts except mine was Purdue steam rolling every team by 40+ pts and Edey taking a bank shot 3 after putting down 40pts 20boards 12min to go and then sitting on the bench while the walk-ons start hitting 3's to further bury Uconn. Then the crowd funds $4M to keep Edey another year.

 

[mean_gene]

Loss of lives due to heart attacks would be immense. How about we run them out of the gym, and Zach puts up a 45/20 line?

I feel like I am an decent shape, just had a good heart scan, etc... but yeah... by heart could NOT take that scenario AT ALL. lololol

 

[Chi-Boiler]

5 seconds left in the national championship game. Purdue is down 2 points to UCONN, with the ball out of bounds. Mason Gillis throwing in to Braden, but UCONN gets a hand on the ball and it goes bouncing out to the top of the key. Zach gathers the loose ball and launches a 3 with perfect form, nothing but net.

Would that be the greatest ending to one of the best careers in NCAA history? I would literally pass out from screaming and jumping around the house. That buzz would live in my heart FOREVER. I would watch it THOUSANDS of times for the rest of my life. I'm getting goosebumps just imagining it.

I'd say there's very little chance of Zach being out by the 3-point line down 2 with 5 seconds left.

But you are right, that would be one helluva ending!

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Dan the Bastard, et al, would say "He's just a tall 3-point shooter" following the quorum call at Wal-Mart.

 

[Mandeville LA]

I hope know one would be looking for me the next day. Hell I might just take that week off.

 

[Old Gold n Black]

Same scenario I played out thousands of times in my head on my driveway court growing up. Only "I" was Zach, and the hero of the day.

And my guess is that "you" were the crowd, too, after the game winner? It wouldn't be proper any other way!

 

[Schmedly_Whiplash]

And my guess is that "you" were the crowd, too, after the game winner? It wouldn't be proper any other way!

oh, the crowd ROARED, to be sure!