Wright banked in a runner with 7.6

“This is my last shot at it, so you don’t want to just gucci bags play one game and go home right away,” Gates said. “I’ll never play in the Garden in the Big East tournament again, so just trying to push and fight and stay here as long as possible.”

Wright banked in a runner with 7.6 seconds to go.

“It was all set by Yancy,” he said. “They were respecting him so much— like when he ducked in, seemed like the whole team just sucked into him, so the hole just opened up wide open, and I just took it upon myself to try to win the game for my team.”

Georgetown’s Otto Porter sent the game to overtime when his jumper bounced in with 3.6 seconds remaining in regulation.

Sims, who had 22 points and 15 rebounds, hit a layup at the buzzer to force a second OT for the Hoyas (23-8). Well out of his range, Sims missed a potential winning 3-pointer at the close of the final period.

“I’d much rather have that shot at the end,” he said.

The Bearcats (23-9) face second-ranked Syracuse in Friday’s semifinals.

black gucci belt, cheap gucci slippers, gucci shirts for men and women outlet. Cincinnati won despite missing 19 of 21 3-point attempts. Dion Dixon, who scored 22 points in a Cincy road win in the teams’ first meeting, was 4 of 17 from the field, 0 of 6 from behind the arc and 5 of 9 from the foul line.

“Today was a great example of the character of our team,” coach Mick Cronin said. “So I couldn’t be more proud of these guys right now, to go 2 for 21 from 3 against Georgetown and win the game is unthinkable, to be honest with you.”

The teams tied with South Florida for fourth place during the regular season, with the Bearcats winning the tiebreaker to earn a double bye in the Big East tournament for the first time since joining the conference for the 2005-06 season.

After a timeout with 1:56 left in regulation, Cincinnati got the ball inside to Gates, who scored over Sims to pull Cincinnati within a point. Then when Wright missed a drive with 38 seconds remaining, Gates put it back for a 53-52 lead.

“His best basketball is way ahead of him still as he continues to develop his body and become an adult,” Cronin said. “He’s been called upon to do a lot, too much, in rebuilding our program, before he was ready to do it. It was really unfair. He’s been through a lot.

“So for me, two things: I’m happy for him, but also as a coach, it’s great when you know you’ve got a horse and you get him the ball and he’s delivering.”

Dixon made the front end of a one-and-one with 25.9 seconds to go but missed the second. The fifth-seeded Hoyas chose not to call a timeout, and with the clock winding down, Sims found Porter open for a short jumper.

The Bearcats tried a long pass to Gates, who couldn’t corral the ball at the foul line. The 6-foot-9 senior chased it down and was able to launch an off-balance www.cheapguccisale2012.com 3-point attempt just before the buzzer, but completely missed the rim.