In last year’s Sweet 16 at Staples Center, Ohio State’s LaQuinton Ross broke open with three seconds left in a game tied at 70. UA freshman forward Grant Jerrett was slow to fight through a screen; by the time he got to Ross, the ball was gone, swish, and the Buckeyes won 73-70.
Jerrett wept afterward, covering his head with a towel in the locker room during the mandatory 30-minute media period. Finally, after 23 minutes, Jerrett removed the towel and said, “It was all my fault; the same thing happened to me in my last high school game.”
It was also Jerrett’s last college game; he bolted for the NBA D-League after his freshman season.
