Southern Illinois has their Chris Webber Moment

Southern Illinois and Northeastern didn't play the prettiest game of ESPN's 24 Hour Tip-Off Marathon.

In fact, it was probably the ugliest. And it wasn't all that close, either. Things got so bad that folks in my twitter feed were actively pining to avoid overtime simply because the game was so aesthetically nauseating.

Nothing about the first 44 minutes and 57.5 seconds of this game was remotely memorable.

The last 2.5 seconds, however, were much different.

Northeastern had the ball with the game tied for on the final possession of overtime. They isolated Chaisson Allen on the wing. Allen made a move, missed a pull-up, and two SIU players corralled the rebound. As time was ticking, the Saluki players called timeout with 2.5 seconds left on the clock

This would be standard, except for the fact that SIU was out of timeouts at the time. Check out the video (the final play starts at the 2:00 minute mark):



The rest of this post can be found at Beyond the Arc.