Highlights from the Colorado State Rams vs. the Virginia Cavaliers in the First Four play-in game in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
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00:00 Nearly lost it.
00:02 Three straight possessions where they take that shot clock all the way down to one.
00:06 The spinning fade and done! Somehow sticks it for Virginia.
00:11 Beautiful separation of his hand. Watch the separation on this one here.
00:15 He's going to end up all the way out there because he sets him up.
00:18 And the key right there is not only with the body.
00:21 Down low now and stay up to date on all the action.
00:27 Down to Stevens. Boy, little hesitation. Pretty maneuver by Scott.
00:32 Jimmy, we expected this one to be a blinder.
00:36 I hope it's not the first team to ten wins.
00:38 Done! Pretty little leader for Virginia.
00:42 Stevens off balance. Bangs in a triple.
00:53 Watch for Palmer, number 20 in green. He's a three-point shooter.
00:58 On the floor now.
01:01 Boy, Jalen Lake, good looking stroke.
01:05 Beekman. Yeah, he had 16 against Nevada, so he can score.
01:09 Oh, good look. Clifford. That's good!
01:13 It's almost time for a Tony Bennett timeout, but he's going to let his guys try to play through this.
01:18 As they've opened up this six-point lead.
01:22 (crowd chanting)
01:25 Brody. McNeely. That's good!
01:29 Clifford.
01:36 Chisels into the paint. High off glass.
01:40 The Amigo Medveds program.
01:44 Shot clock at nine. Boy, Beekman walking a tightrope on that baseline.
01:50 Somehow managed with that last little explosion.
01:53 Nice look. Beautiful lead pass. It's good!
01:57 Clifford's on a nice little roll in terms of set-ups and defensively.
02:02 As we come up on the midway point of this opening half, Virginia and Colorado State.
02:07 With the winner moving on to take on Texas.
02:11 McNeely from deep. Fits a three.
02:14 Missed that quickly. Once again, though, driving it towards the middle of the baseline to kick it back.
02:20 This is Scott. Boy, suddenly this Rams offense has come alive.
02:26 Look at the cuts. Boy, they are really, really sharp cuts for the basket.
02:31 Here comes Clifford. Boy, he is heating up.
02:35 I stand corrected. I think that was going to reach the rim.
02:40 There's that drive for the basket. Nice little flip shot.
02:44 But then their season hit a bit of a lull. Early part of January, that 11-9 stretch.
02:50 Boy, beautiful work on the interior. That's Joel Scott.
02:55 There's a slice off the top with Stephens setting a screen.
02:59 Cartier, the graduate senior. Boy, he goes left-hand!
03:03 Little trickery in his back pocket.
03:05 Shot off. And then we look at the same thing. A little fake coming down.
03:09 And Cartier just goes for that left-handed flip.
03:12 Boy, they look up. Jimmy, they're only down 8 miraculously with 3 minutes left in the half.
03:21 Cartier from deep. Splash!
03:24 Dee Evans looks like he's okay. Cartier slinging it for the Rams.
03:30 And he's still down. He's down. Yeah, I think he took a shot to the right side of his face.
03:34 Scott inside! Officials are going to stop it here with McNeely just getting to his feet.
03:40 But can Reese Beatman get this offense energized?
03:44 As they have now missed 17 straight shots.
03:49 Stephens! Pretty floater!
03:52 This is Scott. Back to the rim. Gets it back from Cartier.
03:55 Double-team with Miner coming over.
03:58 Clifford. Skips it near side.
04:02 Strong's 3-0. Offensive rebound. Clifford.
04:06 Strong to the wreck!
04:09 Clifford. He thinks he can score on McNeely.
04:15 Spins! Contact! And it's all Colorado State!
04:20 From our AT&T Connected cam.
04:24 And this kid, Nick Clifford.
04:28 The Rams have started the half on an 8-0 run.
04:32 Just going to say, where is the offense going to come from?
04:35 Finally. Beatman.
04:38 Reese Beatman!
04:40 It has been brutally difficult.
04:43 Nice slip cut. Watch the ball keep moving.
04:46 Here comes Clifford. Boy, he's doing everything. He has been the orchestrator.
04:50 Hard to chip your way back into a game like this here if you're so methodical on the...
04:56 Boy, Beatman trying to pick up the pace. He'll shoot a free throw.
05:00 Remember this Virginia program reached the college basketball mountaintop in 2019.
05:06 Would have not tasted victory in the dance since.
05:10 Strong move, it's Scott.
05:13 He's really turned the corner. Proving his coach right.
05:16 16.7 rebounds that he's averaged in his previous six entering tonight.
05:21 Boy, the putback! It's Buchanan.
05:25 And this awful Virginia shooting continues.
05:28 Rose is a 42% free shooter. Oh, man.
05:31 Boy, Scott just wide open. And Clifford dicing him up.
05:36 I have him in my bag. That's postgame activity.
05:41 Beatman, little pick and roll action. Miner, good footwork.
05:45 Jordan Miner!
05:47 Powering his way in. There we go, nice step in.
05:51 Miner to steal.
05:53 Miner trying to bring some life into Virginia.
05:57 Nearly perfect. Watch the scoop up. He gets down on the floor.
06:02 That's not too shabby for a big guy running the floor.
06:05 Very athletic play.
06:07 Miner, the graduate senior for Tony Bennett.
06:11 Couple of big baskets back to back and then it is Clifford.
06:16 Getting a lot of jersey flavor tonight from you.
06:20 McNeely's going to reset into the corner.
06:24 Groves and finally!
06:26 And he just saved the layup too by pressuring the ball because the cutter was wide open.
06:31 Jimmy, look up. This is a 15-point game.
06:35 Cartier opened three and he gets a friendly bounce.
06:39 They keep going back to Groves over here in the corner.
06:43 McNeely's been quiet.
06:48 Beekman knifes in and he goes glass.
06:52 Not going to get it done.
06:54 They just don't have enough firepower for McNeely to have this kind of a shooting night.
06:59 That pretty ball movement continues. They locate Scott.
07:03 And they are picking him apart.
07:05 This has been ugly so far for the Cavaliers and Dayton.
07:10 Rams using that entire shot clock.
07:13 Clifford leans in to create some space. Just brilliant.
07:17 A little hesitation. He gets himself into the lane.
07:20 Not in a hurry. A little timing. A little push in the bump there with the hip.
07:25 Watch for a backdoor cut eventually out of this set.
07:28 This is Clifford.
07:32 Into the corner for Lake.
07:35 And that's a three!
07:37 Their potential Thursday date with Texas.
07:41 As they look to be moving on to Charlotte.
07:45 A little turnaround shot.
07:47 Have your shooters making the shots.
07:50 As we've seen here, it's just so hard to get back into a game when you get down ten plus.
07:56 They're down more than that now, obviously.
07:58 This has been a level of futility that we haven't seen in a long time in a tournament.
08:04 Look at this. Pretty. Top cut right off the middle of the...
08:09 Sometimes you're a victim of your own success.
08:12 There's a little bit of that with Tony Bennett, Virginia.
08:15 As Clifford, the relentlessness continues.
08:19 UConn doesn't have to get on a plane before the Final Four.
08:22 It's two games in Brooklyn. You handle business there.
08:25 You have a quick stop in stores.
08:27 And then it's a 90-minute drive from stores to Boston for the Sweet 16 and their lead eight.
08:32 As they'll inbound here with .6.
08:35 And it's over.
08:39 Colorado State dominates Virginia.