If only the NCAA Tournament had this much excitement. The NIT Championship game in Indianapolis between UC Irvine and Chattanooga came down to the final play of overtime. Trailing 85-84 with 2.4

A jumper from former Green High School and Walsh University player Garrison Keeslar lifted Chattanooga to the NIT championship on Thursday.

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Of the four teams left, the Mocs are the only team to rank in the top 50 in offensive efficiency, per KenPom, boasting a trio of guards: Honor Huff, Trey Bonham, and Bash Wieland, all averaging at least 14 points per game. Chattanooga averages just below 80 points per game while shooting 48.1 from the field.

The large steel-framed ladder was emblematic of this scintillating, death-defying run over the past three weeks that culminated with with the Mocs completing a clean sweep over five games. It was an uphill climb, one rung at a time, never glancing up at the peak until they reached the summit.

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It started with a triple-overtime win at MTSU where Wieland scored a career-high 31 points, Bonham tallied 27 and Mulholland posted his personal best of 21 while Huff played all 55 minutes and drained the game-deciding 3-pointer in the third extra period.