“X gon’ give it to ya. #@$! waiting for you to get it on your own, X gon’ deliver to ya” — Earl Simmons, aka DMX
The Kansas State Wildcats defeated the UMBC Retrievers, 50-43, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2010, and nobody played a bigger role in the victory than sophomore Xavier Sneed. Sneed only scored 8 points, but they were eight phenomenally important points, six coming in the final five minutes and change, including a pair of thunderous dunks — one on a scoop and score, the other on a putback.