For bubble teams, every game is a fight for your March Madness life. Thanks to Darius Maddox, Virginia Tech's men's basketball team lives to see another night.
Maddox sent the Hokies into the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament by hitting a game-winning, buzzer-beating three-pointer to lift Virginia Tech over Clemson in overtime on Wednesday. The clutch shot capped a wild back-and-forth contest that the Hokies desperately needed to keep their at-large hopes alive—especially after losing to the Tigers to end their regular season Saturday.
The Hokies led by nine with under four minutes to play in regulation, but Clemson ended the game on a 15–6 run and actually held the lead with under a minute to play after Hunter Tyson’s layup gave the Tigers a 64–63 lead.