Was TCU forward Desmond Bane really going to try and dunk in this spot?
Nobody would have blamed him if he had taken a safer route to the basket on Monday. West Virginia, or “Press Virginia” as its known, has an uncanny ability to make opposing players rethink just about everything.
Mountaineers forward Sagaba Konate, who might best be described as a rim-protecting leviathan, happened to be pushing hard to get back on defense. The 19 year-old sophomore has recorded 62 blocks in 19 games, good for the sixth best average in the country.
With a minute to go in the first-half, Konate came flying towards the basket, but Bane took off and stuck to a flight plan that targeted the front of the rim.