Syracuse, N.Y. - Paschal Chukwu heard the roar of 28,670 Carrier Dome fans, most of them on their feet and shouting full-throttle.
He had just blocked two shots in a span of six seconds. His team was locked in a low-scoring battle with Clemson on an afternoon when every point, every rebound, every turnover could mean the difference between falling into the abyss of NCAA Tournament irrelevance or surviving to see another bubble day.
Those blocks, occurring with fewer than seven minutes left Saturday in a game the Orange would eventually win 55-52 were among the most talked-about moments in a game filled with potential turning points.