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Were you confused how Boeheim's Army won on a free throw? That's the new Elam Ending

New York -- First team to score 90 points Saturday night won The Basketball Tournament game between Boeheim's Army and the South Jamaica Kings.

The radical concept has been introduced into TBT this year as a way to shorten games where excessive fouling turns endings into tedious trips to the foul line.

The idea, conceived by Nick Elam after years of experimentation and thought, has been embraced by those who hate watching the endlessly excessive late-game free throws and cursed by basketball purists who wonder why anybody would tamper with the game they love.

"That's terrible, man.