Ursinus was down two with less than 30 seconds remaining when Remy Cousart drove the lane and got a foul called… allowing Cousart to get to the free-throw line. He hit BOTH with 17 seconds on the clock.

BUT, Coast Guard had a chance. Al Sowers found himself wide open beyond the arc and took the shot. I don’t think a ball can be any further through a basket than it did on Sowers show, before bouncing out. I was SURE it was in, but it was not to be.

Overtime was dominated by Ursinus, but they almost threw it away again. With less than 30 seconds left and up 6 points, the inbounds pass for Ursinus was caught… and the player promptly stepped out of bounds! That gave Coast Guard a chance… but they couldn’t get the shots to fall.

I was very impressed with CGA… who had Commandant Thad Allen in attendance, wearing an orange CGA t-shirt. They represented themselves very well. Hat’s off – or should I say, I salute – a team that represented themselves and their academy extremely well… and no disrespect to Urinsus, I would have been thrilled to have seen the CGA Bears in Salem.

Now, that being said, congrats to Ursinus. They certainly rose to the challenge in tonight’s game, which feated more mini-runs by both teams than I could keep count of. They certainly did a great job of controlling the overtime and deserve to be dancing to Salem. It is the first time since 2000 that a Centennial Conference team is dancing in final four… and they certainly deserved it. I will be very interested with their game against Amherst, since Ursinus has weapons on every point of the floor!

(2)Howard Payne v. (8)UW- Whitewater

Looks like the final 4 is set