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DePaul advances in controversial fashion to Big East tournament meeting with Xavier

Was it a block? Was it a goaltend?

The 10th-seeded DePaul Blue Demons stunned the No. 7 Seton Hall Pirates on Wednesday by rallying from a four-point deficit with 17 seconds left, advancing in the Big East tournament to a meeting Thursday with the second-seeded Xavier Musketeers.

A blocked shot at the buzzer by DePaul's Nick Ongenda initially was ruled a goaltend, which would have given the Pirates' Femi Odukale a game-winner. Officials met and reviewed it, and overturned the call, giving DePaul a 66-65 win at New York City's Madison Square Garden.