The only thing Adam Morrison could do was scream.
The former Gonzaga star is currently part of his alma mater’s radio team, and Morrison first beat Jalen Suggs in a 3-point score at the overtime buzzer against UCLA on Saturday night to keep the Bulldogs unbeaten and them in Monday to hold NCAA Tournament championship game. against Baylor.
While Tom Hudson, the play-by-play partner, explains the furious final series and the immediate celebration, the 36-year-old Morrison can repeatedly hear screaming “Yes!” and “Look!”
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 pick and teammate of the year that year alongside Duke’s JJ Redick.
Gonzaga (31-0), who was selected best, could become the first Division I men’s team to complete an unbeaten season since Indiana in 1976 on Monday night against Baylor (27-2). This will be Gonzaga’s second appearance in the championship game after losing in the final to North Carolina in 2017.