Darral Willis pranced down the Koch Arena tunnel, yelling "Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're going for the milly." James Woodard followed, surrounded by family, talked into a cell phone and repeated "We guard. We guard."
Willis and Woodard got it right. The AfterShocks are two wins away from splitting $1 million from The Basketball Tournament, and in large part because they play defense in a way few can match. Mix in a red-hot shooting night and the AfterShocks are 4-0 and headed to the TBT semifinals for the first time.
The AfterShocks, carried by 12 three-pointers, defeated the Gutter Cat Gang 74-67 on Wednesday in front of 4,569 fans in a TBT quarterfinal.