The band was playing and the cameramen swarming in the aftermath of Oregon’s victory over Kansas in the Elite Eight last weekend, and Jordan Bell couldn’t stand up. The Ducks’ standout defensive star crouched on the ground, overcome with emotion, his hands over his eyes. All the things he and his teammates had talked about had happened. They had taken the Ducks to their first Final Four since 1939.
After a moment to himself, Bell remembered the people he’d brought to the game, the people who’d brought him so far in his life, and went to hug them.