These days, I don't get too upset when Baylor loses at anything, but there wasn't exactly a consistent way the game was called. Baylor was way more athletic, but this one official kept calling phantom calls on them when they doubled Yale's best foul shooter, when nobody else on the floor could shoot over 65% And that guy didn't miss. Baylor played sooooo sloppy for more than 30 minutes and Prince basically phoned it in on the defensive end. Yale was the perfect opponent to upset the Bears in the first round.
One teammate (Gaithers) got so mad at Prince for his half hearted effort, that got into a shoving match during a time out huddle at the bench. When Yale got separation with like an 11-2 run after it had been tied with ten minutes left, Prince gave up two or three uncontested layups just from pure lack of effort. If I was a senior team mate, I'd be furious with him, even though he scored in the high 20s.
Perfect storm, a bunch of phantom or touch fouls called on Baylor, whose zone wasn't too effective and they played man the whole second half which they don't play so well. Halfhearted effort. And for a while in the first half, given some open looks from three, Yale was over 70% shooting, building a small lead.
Then on the basket what tied it, Prince dunked the ball, then did a chin-up with rim so high that his knees touchded the bottom of the backboard. The technical ruined their momentum. Baylor screwed themselves, and got a little help with the task.
Then down two with 7 seconds left, their guard, Medford, drove the lane from the right wing there was an opening just before he got to the elbow went behind the back and lost the ball. Went right to a Yalee and he made both free throws. I think it was 72-68.
Keep in mind, Yale's captain wasn't in the game because he was expelled and is suing Yale I believe. So they beat Baylor without one of their best players.
