Kansas State’s Mike McGuirl swished a corner three and tumbled as Creighton’s Marcus Foster committed the foul. As he stood, McGuirl started to look back at Foster, in that “I-got-the-better-of-you“ way. Immediately, teammate Xavier Sneed grabbed McGuirl’s chin and turned it away, saving perhaps a taunting technical.
“Oh, no, I was just checking to see if he was all right,“ McGuirl tried to say with a straight face.
In an NCAA Tournament game with countless surprising developments, this may have been the best; an unexpected freshman star who entered the game averaging 1.8 points coming up with a quick and clever response.