PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- This is how it looks, the big-shot dream that every little boy conjures in his driveway or at the park.
The crowd is screaming, fans are covering their faces in hope and prayer and the television guys are stage whispering the setup -- game on the line, NCAA tournament hopes in his grasp, Nick Victor steps to the line for underdog Yale.
Swish on the first free throw.
This is not how it ends: Net-skimming, ball-plunking-harmlessly-to-the-floor, audible-gasp-inducing, that-did-not-just-happen airball.
"Yeah, Coach [James Jones] has an award called The Brick for the worst shot in every game," forward Brandon Sherrod said.