TNIAAM Roundtable: So do we hate the Elam Ending, or no?

Boeheim’s Army was halted in the Elite 8 of this year’s The Basketball Tournament, after losing on three from Golden Eagles to get to the “Elam Ending” score of 90.

While the finish there was brutal, it’s not as if Boeheim’s Army lost right away as a result of the alternative way to play out the end of basketball games. They’d won the first three matchups, and in each, hit some sort of game-winner to do so (as is the case with all Elam Ending contests). The Super 16 win over Armored Athlete came via Hakim Warrick free throw.

When the idea was first floated, it seemed weird, sure. But now that we’re well familiar with what the Elam Ending can and can’t do, it’s probably worth seeing just how…