PROVIDENCE, R.I -- With 14:29 left in the game, Brandon Sherrod took a seat on the Yale bench alongside Justin Sears. Somewhere in the Dunkin Donuts Center, expelled team captain Jack Montague sat in the stands, watching.
Together that trio accounts for virtually all of the Bulldogs’ leadership, not to mention three of the team’s top four scorers.
Yet with their first NCAA tournament game in 54 years left in the hands of mostly underclassmen, the Bulldogs stretched their then 2-point lead over Baylor to 9.
There are two ways for Cinderella to win in the NCAA tournament: Play either a flawless basketball game, or play harder than your opponent.