Can we please discuss what an insane flex it is to have your NIKE commercial and your GATORADE commercial play BACK TO BACK during a commercial break WHILE you’re dropping your career high with 36 points in the Sweet 16?
Paige Bueckers. Icon. Just unbelievable.
On this day in 2012, CJ McCollum dropped 30 points to send Duke home in a huge upset: “When we got on the floor for warmups, the Duke guys were trying to get in our heads. The trash talk started early. ‘What’s a Lehigh? I never heard of a Lehigh.’ Stuff like that. I tried reverse psychology on them. I was like, ‘Man, you guys got a lot of fans here. Would be a shame if you guys lost, huh?’
When the game tipped off, I knew we had a chance right away. A few minutes in, I crossed-up Josh Harrison on the baseline and I ran back on defense licking my lips.
I don’t know what I was thinking. That’s just how I’m wired. I was hungry. It was time to eat.
The key moment in the game happened with two-and-a-half minutes left. We were up 56 to 54. I had just gotten blocked at the rim. Duke missed a shot at the rim and we got the rebound. I brought the ball up called for a high pick-and-roll. I went into the in-and-out crossover, pulled up and launched a three.
Right when it went through the net, in my head, I said, ‘Game.’
That’s when Jim Nantz yells ‘Absolute Madness!’ as the camera shows the Duke crowd totally stunned. That still gives me goosebumps....
When I got to my locker, the first thing I did was check my phone. I was doing numbers, man. I think I had over 100 unread texts at one point. I was getting video of the pandemonium on campus. My Twitter was popping off. I finally got some followers. I thought I was on, man.
Back at the hotel, I couldn’t get to sleep until 4 a.m. I ended up watching all the press conferences. I wanted to see everything. It was so surreal seeing Coach K up there talking about losing to Lehigh. As a kid from a small school trying to prove I could play with the best, it was a crazy moment to hear him talk about me in a complimentary way. He even compared my mentality to Christian Laettner, which I couldn’t believe.
‘Him being on the floor makes everyone better,’ he said. ‘When he passes you the ball, you believe you’re suppose to make it.’
I’m sitting in bed watching this in my hotel room like, Whoa. Try going to sleep after that.” https://t.co/j7TnTRkIgK
Idaho 34, Lehigh 13, Final. Lehigh's magical football season will end, but there are no unhappy Lehigh fans today. Lehigh is back. Nothing but praise for this group.
Lehigh was ranked No. 15 by The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings, earning a spot among top universities and colleges for a second straight year. This year's rankings include 500 schools.
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How about UConn and their collection of former D3 transfers taking down Oklahoma on Portal Day
Paul Tammaro - SUNY Oswego
Luke Broadhurst - Eastern CT
Caleb Shpur - Endicott
Jake Studley - Wheaton
Matt Malcom - Eastern CT
Stephen Quigley - Wheaton
Gabe Van Emon - Endicott
Kieran Finnegan - Oswego
Cameron Mayer - Tufts
Hard to find a team who does this better.
I tell this story every year.
I grew up a Duke fan and had planned on staying in that night and watching hoops. Some buddies bet me that I had to go out to bars with them if Lehigh won, so I did.
Ended up meeting my wife that night.
Shoutout CJ McCollum