The noise emanating from the crowd in Omaha, Nebraska was deafening. So loud it almost drowned the PA announcer for the Creighton Bluejays (8-3) alerting the crowd there was one minute remaining in regulation.
The score was deadlocked. Yet another low-scoring, bare-knuckle fistfight of a basketball game. It was intense pressure on this Arizona State basketball team (5-6) still in its early stages of playing together.
It took three seconds for the Sun Devils to find their defining moment of the young season. Forward Jalen Graham ripped a pass from the wing to guard Jay Heath, who was cutting along the baseline.