In a world uprooted by pandemic, The Basketball Tournament attempted to provide fans a return to normal: basketball.
And what’s more fundamental to sports fan than a come from behind upset?
The Men of Mackey - originally designed to be a team of Purdue alumni’s returning to the gold and black that’s turned to a hodge podge of former Purdue basketball players mixed with familiar midwest college players - went into the Elam Ending trailing Heartfire 77-71, with Heartfire just 8 points away from victory, the Men of Mackey forced a 14 to 2 run over the final stretch and will advance to the winner take all tournament in Dayton, Ohio.