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| | ==== Travieso fall ==== |
| **Travieso UMass' fall guy\\ | **Travieso UMass' fall guy\\ |
| His platform plunge nearly sinks hopes**\\ | His platform plunge nearly sinks hopes**\\ |
| [[https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2019/02/12/clive-rush-electric-shock-patriots-coach-1969|Patriot aficionados recall that Clive Rush was nearly electrocuted during his inaugural press conference.]] NBA buffs know that [[wp>Mike Schuler]] toppled out of his chair right off the stage when he met with the press after taking the Trail Blazers job. But this is the first known player casualty. | [[https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2019/02/12/clive-rush-electric-shock-patriots-coach-1969|Patriot aficionados recall that Clive Rush was nearly electrocuted during his inaugural press conference.]] NBA buffs know that [[wp>Mike Schuler]] toppled out of his chair right off the stage when he met with the press after taking the Trail Blazers job. But this is the first known player casualty. |
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| [{{ ::19960320_travieso_fall.gif?nolink|As a Median Relations representative brings the players in, Marcus Camby goes to the right, then Carmelo Travieso loses his footing and goes down. The grainy quality represents the internet video of the time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwK_XI4cc44|Video version with sound.]]}}] | [{{ ::19960320_travieso_fall.gif?nolink|As a Media Relations representative brings the players in, Marcus Camby goes to the right, then Carmelo Travieso loses his footing and goes down. The grainy quality represents the internet video of the time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwK_XI4cc44|Video version with sound.]]}}] |
| One minute there was a Carmelo Travieso, and the next minute there wasn't. The junior guard had fallen right out of sight as he was heading for his seat on the platform in the interview room, a drab enclosure in the Georgia Dome with a sign outside which says, "Turf Storage." For a few minutes, it appeared that the only thing being stored here yesterday was UMass' NCAA title hope. | One minute there was a Carmelo Travieso, and the next minute there wasn't. The junior guard had fallen right out of sight as he was heading for his seat on the platform in the interview room, a drab enclosure in the Georgia Dome with a sign outside which says, "Turf Storage." For a few minutes, it appeared that the only thing being stored here yesterday was UMass' NCAA title hope. |
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| Arkansas played hard and forced frequent turnovers, but didn't have the talent to turn the turnovers into points. Other than Reid, a freshman from the Bronx, the Razorbacks' talent level is several notches below that of the team that played in two successive championship games, winning the 1994 title. They'll be back. But not this year. | Arkansas played hard and forced frequent turnovers, but didn't have the talent to turn the turnovers into points. Other than Reid, a freshman from the Bronx, the Razorbacks' talent level is several notches below that of the team that played in two successive championship games, winning the 1994 title. They'll be back. But not this year. |
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| | ===== Other content ===== |
| | * Video: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vKsu5oxwMk&t=3s|Full game recording]] |
| | * Video: [[https://youtu.be/oFEqdk_9WHQ?t=408|Brief highlights from post-season banquet]] |
| | * Video: [[https://twitter.com/Alcides_Coop/status/1438877142662713348|Tyrone Weeks highlights]] |
| | * Retrospective: [[https://www.si.com/college/arkansas/men-s-basketball/calipari-razorbacks-umass-providence-madness-ncaa-sec-kansas-jayhawk-self|Calipari, Razorbacks Return to Scene of Past NCAA Glory]] (2025) |
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| ===== More Pictures ===== | ===== More Pictures ===== |
