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Tournament Tales ... with Dylan Windler

Lefty Sharpshooter Recalls His Huge Shooting Night in Upset Bid Against Maryland

This past Saturday night, not long after the Wine & Gold stung the Nuggets at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, injured rookie Dylan Windler watched Belmont University knock off Murray State in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in the Cavs trainer’s room.

One year earlier, Windler’s Bruins dropped the OVC title game to the odds-on favorite to win Rookie of the Year, Ja Morant, and his Murray State Racers.

In the end, both mid-majors both reached the Big Dance.

As OVC champs, Morant’s 12th-seeded Murray State squad stunned 5th-seeded Marquette in the opening round behind the eventually No.