Thursday afternoon’s 72-68 overtime victory over Creighton in the Big East Tournament Quarterfinals perfectly embodied this team and its season.
Creighton brought the game’s two most talented players with them to New York. Marcus Foster was named 1st Team All Big East for the second season in a row, Khyri Thomas is the league’s reigning two-time Defensive Player of the Year and a potential first round draft pick, and Greg McDermott’s bunch is lethal when clicking on all cylinders (see: 192 points scored in back-to-back victories over UCLA and Northwestern, or 89 more in a spectacular win against Villanova).