New York • Less than a minutes left and the Utes’ 5-foot-8 senior point guard, Justin Bibbins, dribbled fearlessly into the paint on a possession that held the potential to change the game drastically.
As has been his habit this season, the smallest player on the floor made a huge play. Bibbins got swarmed by a sea of bodies seemingly twice his size, but somehow still found a way to pass the ball out to Tyler Rawson on the wing.
Rawson made the go-ahead 3-pointer to give the Utah the lead with 38 seconds remaining, and 14 seconds later Bibbins drew a charge to seal the 69-64 win and the program’s first NIT championship game appearance since 1974.