Mitch Lightfoot and his Kansas basketball teammates stood in the southeast tunnel of Vivint Smart Home Arena on Thursday afternoon, eyes fixated on the court for the last 47 seconds of No. 5 seed Auburn’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against No. 12 New Mexico State.
“It took a while for that 47 seconds to go by,” said Lightfoot, who was anxious to start warming up for the Jayhawks’ first-round game over Northeastern, which KU would win 87-53.
“It was interesting,” added the 6-foot-8 junior from Gilbert, Ariz.
The Aggies’ Trevelin Queen launched a possible game-winning three-point shot from the corner just before the final horn — a shot that, had it fallen, would be forever part of NCAA lore.