Imagine you're a college basketball team. Imagine that your opponent just a hit a 3-pointer and now you're down 1 point after leading by 8 a little more than a minute ago. Imagine you now have 0.4 seconds left in the game and a full court to cross, with no automatic ball advancement like they have in the NBA.
It sounds like the final moments of a painful loss.
That was the dire situation of the Portland State men's basketball team on Saturday, which found itself down a point to Northern Arizona on Saturday.