Ivy League purists can blame Gabas Maldunas for helping upend 60 years of tradition.
Maldunas was a versatile 6-foot-9 post player for Dartmouth, although he never had the opportunity to showcase his talent on a national stage. In his four seasons playing for the Big Green basketball team, from 2011 to 2015, Dartmouth never finished above .500 in conference play.
But in his final Ivy League game, Maldunas experienced a sliver of March Madness euphoria and forever became a villain in New Haven, making a winning layup against Yale that helped extend a Bulldogs N.