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Message: [QUOTE="RichZ, post: 4555499, member: 534"] Ricky in the first NC. Not flashy, but SO impactful, in the game, and to the program. His first half takeover of the game at the offensive end righted what appeared to be a foundering Husky ship. We were down 9 to 2, then Ricky started taking it to the rack, and suddenly, it was a 13 to 11 game. Even more important, a key element in JC's game plan was taking the ball inside, all the way to the iron. The team had somehow forgotten it in the heat of the moment, despite JC's vocal urging and pleading from the sideline. It was Ricky who singlehandedly put the team back on the course JC had plotted for them. [ATTACH type="full"]84608[/ATTACH] And I can't forget the 5 seconds of defense on Trajan Langdon that forced the turnover that ended Duke's chances of coming back? Oh yeah... and 8 boards. From the off-guard spot, while defending Langdon. Note too, that if the travel hadn't been called on Langdon at the end, Ricky was the one who rebounded the brick he bounced off the rim, so it would have been 9. Many pundits pointed to Rip's "knife in the heart" three at the 2-1/2 minute mark as the decisive moment of the game, and credited it as being the deciding factor in voting for Rip as MVP. Everyone forgets that three came off Ricky's steal from Avery at the other end. [/QUOTE]