In this week’s Maroon Moment of the Week, we’ll be taking a look at the 2008 SEC Tournament. It never will, nor should be forgotten. And that’s not for basketball reasons.
After manhandling Florida in the opening round of the tournament, the Alabama Crimson Tide were set to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the quarterfinals on March 14th. Alabama found itself trailing Mississippi State 59-56 in the final seconds of the first game of the evening session. Crimson Tide guard Mykal Riley sank a last-second three-pointer as time expired, sending the game into overtime. That shot not only extended the game for the moment, but it may have prevented thousands of fans from pouring into the city streets just as a tornado touched down outside the Georgia Dome a few minutes later.