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Houston basketball walk-on Ryan Elvin clutch in March Madness OT win

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March 25, 2024

Houston basketball walk-on Ryan Elvin clutch in March Madness OT win

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The Houston basketball crew was right down to the tip of its bench in time beyond regulation of its March Insanity recreation Sunday towards Texas A&M in Memphis.

Main 98-95 with 18 seconds left in time beyond regulation, Houston All-American Jamal Shead fouled out. He was the fourth Cougars participant to foul out. So coach Kelvin Sampson turned to walk-on Ryan Elvin, a seldom-used senior. He has not performed greater than six minutes in a recreation this season and had simply 4 free-throw makes an attempt.

However Elvin gave the Cougars the respiratory room they wanted to stave off upset-minded Texas A&M, profitable 100-95 to advance to the Candy 16. He missed his first free throw however buried the second to make it a 99-95 benefit with 17 seconds remaining.

The Cougars, nearly throughout the board, had all the boldness on the planet that Elvin would come by means of.

“I knew one in every of ’em or each of ’em have been stepping into,” Ramon Walker Jr. stated. “That is simply how laborious he works. No person works tougher than him. One or each, I had little doubt. I by no means thought he was going to overlook two. I imagine in him.”

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“He works similar to we work,” Shead stated. “And if I am being trustworthy, he works tougher than we work. Anytime — you may ask anyone on our crew and so they can vouch for him — anytime we stroll into the health club, Ryan Elvin is within the health club, working, serving to another person work.”

Elvin, whose first season at Houston was 2019-20, was blown away by the popularity.

“I admire that. It means so much coming from individuals on this program, as a result of clearly all of us work actually, actually laborious,” Elvin stated. “However . . . basketball is what I like to do. I’ve by no means been essentially the most proficient or bodily gifted. So, the way in which I attempt to one-up individuals is be a health club rat and work as laborious as potential. No matter occurs, I am going to know that I put my all into it.”

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