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+====== March 25, 1991 - UMass vs. Stanford ======
+  * Season: [[season_1990-91|1990-91]]
+  * Date: Monday, March 25, 1991
+  * Opponent: [[opponent_stanford|Stanford]]
+  * Start Time: 7:00 PM ET
+  * Site: [[wp>Madison Square Garden]], New York NY
+  * Special Event: [[wp>1991_National_Invitation_Tournament|National Invitation Tournament]], Semi-Final
+  * Television: ?
+  * Radio: ?
+  * **Result: Stanford 73, UMass 71**
+  * Attendance: ?
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+===== Previews =====
+==== Boston Globe ====
+**NY look is missing, but UMass ready for NIT test**\\
+By Joe Burris, [[http://bostonglobe.com/|The Boston Globe]], 3/25/1991
+NEW YORK -- Remember the scoreboard that lied in the [[wp>1986 World
+Series]]? The [[wp>Shea Stadium]] screen that flashed "Congratulations Red Sox,"
+when the Sox led the Mets, one pitch away from the World Series title?((https://www.metspolice.com/2013/07/31/october-1986-diamondvision-congratulations-red-sox-world-series-champions/))
+You figure that no scoreboard would ever speak too soon again, right?
+Not so. With [[game19910321_siena|last week's National Invitation Tournament quarterfinal game
+between Massachusetts and host Siena at Knickerbocker Arena]] in Albany,
+the latter led by 3 with just 2.6 seconds to go. UMass called timeout to set
+up a final play and the scoreboard flashed, "Congratulations, Siena."
+Moreover, the public address announcer took the opportunity to tell Siena
+fans bus information for a trip to the NIT semifinals.
+Big mistake.
+[{{ ::1991_nit_final_four_t-shirt.jpg?direct&400|T-shirt as seen in an Etsy listing in 2021}}]
+When play resumed, UMass forward [[Tony Barbee]] sank a 3-pointer as
+time expired, sending the game into overtime. [[mccoy_jim|Jim McCoy]] hit the only
+bucket in the extra frame to give UMass an 82-80 win, sending the
+Minutemen into their first-ever NIT Final Four. UMass meets [[opponent_stanford|Stanford]]
+tonight at 7 at [[wp>Madison Square Garden]].
+"We should get great fan support; I hear the Siena fans are still coming,"
+joked UMass coach [[calipari_john|John Calipari]]. "I thought that our chances of tying the
+game were slim and none. We just happened to catch slim."
+"When I saw them flash 'Congratulations Siena' up there, I knew it would
+be the kiss of death," said [[Atlantic 10]] commissioner Ron Bertovich, who
+was pleased to see six of his conference's teams advance to postseason
+play ([[opponent_temple|Temple]], [[opponent_rutgers|Rutgers]], and [[opponent_penn_state|Penn State]] in [[wp>1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|the NCAA]]; UMass, [[opponent_george_washington|George
+Washington]] and [[opponent_west_virginia|West Virginia]] in the NIT).
+The Minutemen shouldn't expect the warmest of receptions tonight, having
+beaten two New York favorites -- Siena and [[game19910319_fordham|Fordham]] to join Stanford,
+[[opponent_oklahoma|Oklahoma]] and [[opponent_colorado|Colorado]] in the Final Four.
+"I don't think the NIT was excited about the possibility of having us in New
+York. We're here, and they're glad, but you wonder when they send you to
+both Fordham and Siena," said Calipari, who must concern himself with
+Stanford center Adam Keefe. "Our problem is that we have no center, and
+he's a pro prospect center.
+===== Recaps =====
+==== Boston Globe ====
+**Stanford ends UMass' NIT spree**\\
+By Joe Burris, [[http://bostonglobe.com/|The Boston Globe]], 3/26/1991
+NEW YORK -- This was just the kind of game they wanted in the final
+minutes -- close, tense and downright ugly. The poor foul shooting and
+turnovers that plagued the University of Massachusetts most of the game
+didn't matter. With 5:28 left, the Minutemen led by 1 and were prepared for
+another fantastic finish.
+What would it be this time? Another 3-point basket by [[Tony Barbee]] to
+send the game into overtime, [[game19910321_siena|as was the case against Siena]]? Another
+-pointer by Rafer Giles to win it, like the one he hit against [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]]?
+Another baseline bucket by Giles with 7 seconds left, like the one that beat
+[[opponent_boston_college|Boston College]]? Having seen four contests go to overtime and five decided by 3
+points or fewer this season, this was familiar territory for UMass.
+But Stanford was equally equipped for such an ending. With players who
+could shoot from the outside, inside and foul line, the Cardinal didn't fold.
+Despite squandering an 8-point second-half lead, Stanford retook the lead
+seconds after UMass grabbed it and used clutch free throw shooting to
+hold on. No fantastic finish for UMass this time. Stanford claimed a 73-71
+win over the Minutemen in last night's National Invitation Tournament
+semifinal.
+The Minutemen, whose 20-12 mark was their best since [[season_1976-77|1976-77]] (20-11),
+won more games in this NIT (three) than in their previous seven
+appearances combined.
+"Last year when we went to the NIT, we were just glad to be there," said
+center [[williams_harper|Harper Williams]]. "This year we wanted to go to the NCAAs, but
+they sent us here. We just wanted to show people we belonged, that we were a
+team to be reckoned with."
+Stanford found out the hard way, blowing a 16-point first-half lead.
+"I didn't make many changes," said UMass coach John Calipari. "I just
+asked the players, 'What are you going to do on national TV -- get beat by
+or make a game of it?' "
+But after UMass took its 59-58 edge, Stanford guard John Patrick hit a 3-
+point basket for a 61-59 lead with 4:55 to go. After a miss by UMass
+forward [[mccoy_jim|Jim McCoy]], Stanford forward Andrew Vlahov sank two free
+throws to put the Cardinal up, 63-59.
+"Everything we did to try to get to them didn't affect them," said UMass
+forward [[herndon_will|Will Herndon]], who said his team played catch-up so much he
+didn't remember taking the lead. "We wanted to make the game sloppy,
+helter-skelter."
+It stayed that way over the last four minutes, and with 1:28 left, UMass
+cut it to 67-66 on a 3-point play by Williams.
+But in the final minute, with Stanford up, 69-66, the teams staged a free
+throw shooting contest. That favored Stanford, since UMass shot miserably
+from the line all game, including 36 percent in the first half.
+Herndon made 1 of 2 to cut the lead to 2 at :18.1. Andy Ammann sank two
+to put Stanford up, 71-67, at :17.6. McCoy sank two to cut it to 71-69 with
+:10.1 to go.
+Stanford put it away, however, with :5.7 left, as Vlahov, a 63 percent free
+throw shooter, sank two for a 73-69 edge. A bucket by Williams at the
+buzzer was too little too late.
+"The pressure down the stretch didn't faze me," said Vlahov, a native of
+Australia. "Being a senior and playing four years helps. It helped me all
+season."
+And it helped end the UMass season. But Calipari was pleased with his
+team's showing in NIT play; in fact, he said he preferred winning three
+games in this tourney over a first-round loss in the NCAAs.
+"Three wins gave our program a 20-win season, and that's big for us," he
+said.
+==== Stanford Cardinal ====
+//Excerpt from their 1991 NIT run coverage//((https://gostanford.com/news/2012/3/23/208077506.aspx))
+Yet again Stanford jumped out to a hot start, roaring to a 24-8 lead against the John Calipari-coached Minutemen. UMass clawed back to trail at halftime by only four. Stanford countered with a strong second half start, with Keefe scoring eight of Stanford's first 11 points, but with five minutes remaining the game was tied. But then Patrick hit a three pointer and Vlahov started hitting free throws -- lots of them. With five seconds left, Vlahov hit two free throws -- the second of which was his 12th made free throw in 12 free throw attempts on the night -- and Stanford had itself a 73-71 semifinal game victory. Keefe had 24 points, and Vlahov had 20 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
+===== Notes =====
+  * Harper Williams tallied 18 points and 7 rebounds, UM's high in both categories.
+  * Other UM point leaders: Jim McCoy 16, Rafer Giles 13, Will Herndon 11, Tony Barbee 10.
+===== Box score =====
+<code>
+          H1  H2  Total
+UMass     31  40    71
+Stanford  35  38    73
+</code>
+{{tag>"1990-91 season" "Stanford" "NIT (Post-Season)" "Work in progress"}}