College basketball announcer celebrates way too early as teams trade incredible last-second shots

March Madness began a bit early on Wednesday night with the college basketball finish of the season between NCAA NAIA powerhouses programs Taylor University and Grace College. Seriously, this makes Christian Laettner's famed buzzer-beater look lame. (By the way, how about Duke losing to Wake Forest? Go Deacs! Sorry, back to this hot NAIA action … )
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Down three in the closing seconds, Grace's Charlie Warner launched a long shot that banked in to tie the game at 82. But with 1.6 seconds left on the clock, Taylor's Mason Degenkolb took an inbounds pass and flung a three-quarter-court shot for the win. Check it out:
https://twitter.com/sportscenter/status/1232881155759919105?s=21
Sports! Just incredible. Not surprisingly, that announcer who wrongly thought Grace had sent the game into overtime got roasted on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1232884913571008513
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Edwin Diaz had a rough spring training outing and Mets fans are totally taking it in stride

Rich SchultzNew year, new Edwin Diaz. Or at least that's what Mets fans hoped. After a disastrous first year in Flushing, when the Mets' $120-million-dollar man blew seven saves, posted a 5.68 ERA, and produced several thousand Tri-State ulcers, the prevailing feeling was that there was no way to go but up. After Diaz's first outing of 2020 spring ball on Wednesday, however, the prognosis suddenly seems much grimmer (and much more Mets).
https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1232742091563900935
The good news? He got out of it. The bad news? Just about everything else. Facing a crop of embattled Astros minor leaguers, Diaz required 25 pitches to escape the inning, giving up a pair of runs in the process. Thankfully Mets fans kept everything in perspective and made sure not to overreact to a Grapefruit League start in mid-February . . . lol jk. They promptly freaked the f—k out.
https://twitter.com/SalFALantonio/status/1232741938492825600
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