this UH team before. But there Ryan Elvin is getting thrown into the most tense situation anyones ever seen, a tighter-than-tight overtime game to keep everyones NCAA Tournament dream alive, getting sent to the free throw line with 17 seconds left with Houston clinging to a three point lead.
Elvin is the guy Texas A&M wants to foul, the walk-on who the Aggie nation is sure will fold under a pressure thats melted superstar players in past tournaments. But they dont know Ryan Elvin. They dont know what hes been through. They dont know how much his teammates love and believe in hi
As he goes to the line, Ryan Elvins eyes find his mom Deirdre Elvin in the stands. Its not intentional. It just happens. Almost like Scott Elvin, Ryans dad who died in October of 2021 at age 50 from an illness that baffled the doctors, is somehow guiding his sons eyes there.
But Kelvin Sampsons team does not win without Ramon Walker, Ryan Elvin, Damian Dunn, Cedric Lath and Mylik Wilson, who follows Elvins free throw make with a clutch one of his own with eight seconds left and adds nine points and six rebounds off the bench. And these Cougars certainly do not advance