During the final minutes in last Sunday’s second-round matchup against the Rutgers, Houston guard Quentin Grimes was at the free-throw line to shoot two crucial shots.
The junior for the Cougars had just hurt his elbow on the previous play going up for a rebound, which led to the foul call that put him on the line. Grimes calmly stepped to the line and clanked the first shot. UH still trailed by five.
He took the second one, and it missed again. Gutwrenching, two points that could have come back to haunt the team. But UH did not grovel, instead, it did what it does best: crashed the boards.