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Tyler Griffey makes the right move for Illinois

"It's pretty amazing to think about it,'' said Griffey. "I'm still hyperventilating. People were yelling at me on the street. This hasn't sunk in yet.''

Griffey said the play call was one they had run in practice. He said the ball was placed out of bounds in an awkward spot on the side. For whatever reason, Indiana's Yogi Ferrell, Watford and Cody Zeller all were faced in one direction, leaving Griffey alone to cut to the basket with no one watching.

"It was bizarre how it happened,'' Griffey said. "I couldn't believe no one was in front of me to the basket."

Andy Katz

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