#dylan-darling

#dylan-darling

Kansas committed four intentional fouls in quick succession, forcing St. John's to repeatedly inbound the ball as time ran down. This strategy backfired when St. John's managed to take a final shot with just 3.9 seconds left.

Dylan Darling would hit the game-winner as time expired to send St. John's to the Sweet 16. Darling did not have a massive game for the Red Storm, playing just 18 minutes and scoring only two points, but those two points were the difference.

He opted for Dylan Darling, who had missed the Red Storm's last game due to a calf injury, instead and it paid massive dividends as the No. 13 Johnnies used a second half surge to cruise to a 93-60 victory. "We were throwing the ball away way too much," Pitino explained of what he saw during practice. Playing Darling next to Oziyah Sellers in the backcourt allowed the Stanford transfer to get free and hunt his shot instead of worrying about orchestrating the offense, and it worked resulting in 13 points on three made 3-pointers.