All Adam Morrison could do was scream.
The former Gonzaga star is currently on his alma mater’s radio team, and Morrison went nuts when freshman Jalen Suggs landed a 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer against UCLA on Saturday night to keep the Bulldogs unbeaten and take them to the NCAA Tournament Championship game. from Monday to piloting. against Baylor.
As play-by-play partner Tom Hudson explains the frenetic final sequence and immediate celebration, 36-year-old Morrison can be heard repeatedly shouting “Yes!” and “Wow!”
A tearful Morrison was on the other side of a heartbreaking loss to UCLA in the Sweet 16 of the 2006 tournament, with the Bruins scoring the last 11 points of the game for a 73-71 victory. Morrison was a first-team All-America roster and national co-player of the year with Duke’s JJ Redick that season.
The best Gonzaga (31-0) could become the first Division I men’s team to end an unbeaten season since Indiana in 1976 on Monday night against Baylor (27-2). It will be Gonzaga’s second appearance in the championship game after losing in the final against North Carolina in 2017.