They got a standing ovation, Washington’s four seniors. With 31.7 seconds remaining, head coach Mike Hopkins subbed them all out at once: David Crisp, Noah Dickerson, Matisse Thybulle, Dominic Green.
They untucked their jerseys, walked slowly toward the bench. They each stopped to give Hopkins a hug and then worked their way down the line, greeting teammates as they went. There were more hugs, some pats on the back. But there were no smiles.
The four of them stopped at the edge of the tunnel, watching the clock wind down. And as the buzzer sounded on Oregon’s 55-47 victory at Alaska Airlines Arena, Crisp and Dickerson shared a long embrace.