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The Shot Remains a Vivid Memory


Special to USF Athletics

TAMPA, NOVEMBER 23, 2020 – Nearly nine months later, even from half a world away, former USF men's basketball player Laquincy Rideau still thinks about the shot.

Excuse me.

The Shot!

"It comes to my mind all the time, every single day,'' said Rideau, now a professional player in Luxembourg. "And just about every time, I'm asking myself, 'How did that even happen?' I couldn't imagine a better finish to a game.''

Even if you weren't among the 3,587 fans at the Yuengling Center for USF's regular-season finale on March 7, you've probably been awed by the highlights of Rideau's impossible 3-point buzzer-beater that lifted the Bulls past the SMU Mustangs 61-60, completing a ridiculous comeback from a seven-point deficit with 24 seconds to play.