Victor Oladipo's huge top-of-the-key 3-pointer might have clinched Indiana's berth in the Sweet 16, but it wasn't the biggest play of the top-seeded Hoosiers' tense 58-52 victory over Temple on Sunday afternoon.

That honor goes to a key blocked shot and a savvy coaching decision earlier in the final minutes.

With just over two minutes remaining and Temple trying to extend a two-point lead, the Owls spaced the floor, enabling Khalif Wyatt to find Anthony Lee in the paint for what appeared to be a wide-open dunk. Instead Christian Watford came from behind the play to make an unlikely clean block, keeping Indiana's deficit at two and enabling the Hoosiers to tie the score on the ensuing possession.

Temple still only trailed by one point with 54 seconds remaining when Owls coach Fran Dunphy asked for a timeout to set up a play with eight seconds left on the shot clock. It was then that Tom Crean made his shrewdest move of the game, opting to double team Wyatt rather than guard the inbound pass.

Unable to get the ball to Wyatt off the inbound pass and lacking enough time on the shot clock to get him the ball on a second or third pass, Temple had to settle for a badly off-target jumper by Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson. Never again did the Owls have a chance to tie or take a lead thanks to Oladipo's ensuing 3-pointer to put the Hoosiers up four with 15 seconds remaining in the game.

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Indiana's victory wasn't a work of art, but the Hoosiers will gladly take it warts and all in a tournament that has already seen a No. 1 seed, a No. 2 seed and a No. 3 seed eliminated. They survived a physical, bruising defensive struggle, exactly the type of game that had produced two of their previous losses against Wisconsin earlier this season.

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Iowa State players, coaches and fans have to hate the block-charge rule and the inconsistency in how it is called by officials.

For the second time in a month, the Cyclones were on the wrong end of a botched block-charge call in a huge game Saturday against Ohio State in the Round of 32, and this time the call contributed to ending their season in a 78-75 loss to the Buckeyes.

And once again, a higher authority admitted afterward that game officials got the call wrong.

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With less than 2 minutes to go in the Ohio State-Iowa State NCAA tournament matchup, Cyclones guard Will Clyburn was called for a controversial charge on the Buckeyes' Aaron Craft. Here's another look at the play.

Was it a charge or a block? We asked you on Twitter, and you definitely had opinions on the play:

@yahoosports Wrong. By rule, once off. player goes into air, defender can't set-up where off. player will land. #MarchMadness, #ISU #OSU

— Chuck Wilson (@ChuckWilsonPOV) March 24, 2013

@yahoosports absolutely wrong. Secondary defender shouldn't be able to slide under a player already airborne. — kevin embry (@kevinembry83) March 24, 2013

@yahoosports Good call! He was out of the restricted area!!

— Ed Flynn (@Flynner122) March 24, 2013

@yahoosports head of officials said it was the wrong call so... — Alexander McMeen (@BigAl2319) March 24, 2013

@yahoosports if u gotta ask then its a judgement call and have to live with refs decision

— darryl derschug (@dderschug) March

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When Aaron Craft missed three important free throws in the final five minutes of Sunday's round of 32 matchup with Iowa State, there was concern on Ohio State bench that the Buckeyes' standout point guard might be tiring.

"Coaches were telling me he's exhausted," Ohio State coach Thad Matta told CBS after the game. "But he's too tough to be tired."

Craft validated his coach's faith in him by sinking the biggest shot of Ohio State's season on the Buckeyes' final possession.

Having utilized a ball screen to get 6-foot-7 Georges Niang switched onto him, Craft then noticed that the Iowa State forward was conceding a jump shot and playing him to take away the drive. Craft took advantage of the space, pulled up and buried a clutch tie-breaking 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds to go from the right of the top of the key, sending the Buckeyes to the Sweet 16 with a 78-75 victory.

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Not only did Craft finish with 18 points and six assists, he also scored Ohio State's final seven points of the game. As if that weren't enough, Craft also made the game's biggest defensive play, sliding over to draw a highly questionable charging call on Iowa State's Will Clyburn that negated a potential Cyclones 3-point play with less than two minutes remaining in the game.

Craft's heroics helped Ohio State become the lone top-five seed to advance to the West Regional in Los Angeles next week.

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Marshall Henderson already has a contingency plan if his team doesn’t advance to the Final Four next month and he’s hoping it includes hanging out with Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

@jmanziel2 preciate ya big dog!!! ima be in college station for chili fest if we dont make the final 4, gonna have ta link up

— marshall henderson (@NativeFlash22) March 24, 2013

Manziel, college football’s most popular player, and Henderson, college basketball's bad boy, don’t know each other personally, but Manziel tweeted Henderson Saturday to offer encouragement for Henderson’s flamboyant style.

.@nativeflash22 Keep hoopin and don't listen all the BS. Keep the green light green! — Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) March 23, 2013

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There is nothing like dancing in the Big Dance, especially when the head coach joins the celebration.

A dance party broke out on the court at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City in the moments after No. 9 seed Wichita State upset No. 1 seed Gonzaga on Saturday night. Wichita State players started it and head coach Gregg Marshall and athletic director Eric Sexton joined in along with family members.

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As Michael Carter-Williams led Syracuse past California to advance to the Sweet 16 on Saturday night in San Jose, the sophomore guard's family was dealing with a far more serious matter.

Flames began shooting through the roof of his mother's home in Hamilton, Mass. at about 10:30 p.m. EST, WCVB in Boston reported. The three-alarm fire reportedly significantly damaged the house before firefighters were able to put it out, but all members of the family who were inside escaped safely. From Carter-Williams' sister:

Thank u everyone , everyone's fine which is all that matters .. I appreciate everyone's prayer and concerns

— Masey Zegarowski (@EmmmZee1) March 24, 2013

And from Carter-Williams:

Thanks for the prayers everyone all thats important to me is my family is okay — Michael Carter-Willi (@MJCWilliams) March 24, 2013

It's unclear the cause of the fire at this point. Mandy Zegarowski, Carter-Williams' mother, was in attendance at HP Pavilion in San Jose at the time of the fire Saturday night watching Carter-Williams score 12 points on 4 of 8 shooting in the Orange's 66-60 win.

If Carter-Williams knew about the fire immediately after the game, he certainly hid his emotions well. He sat in front of his locker fielding questions from reporters for about 15 minutes as though nothing was wrong.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cal coach Mike Montgomery is shrewd enough to know the components a team must have to find success against Syracuse's vaunted two-three zone.

He's also self-aware enough to know his team had none of them.

"If you have three really good perimeter shooters, you might be able to beat the zone that way," Montgomery said. "If you have really good interior post passing, that's going to cause them problems. We have neither of those."

The effectiveness of Syracuse's zone was the difference in its 66-60 round of 32 victory Saturday night. Unable to either break down the zone from the high post or sink enough shots from behind the arc, the Bears shot 39.3 percent from the field, sank only 4 of 21 3-pointers and trailed by double figures most of the game.

Cal tried to watch film of its most recent game against Syracuse and see what it could glean from that loss, but Montgomery acknowledged it was "impossible" to simulate for the Bears in practice.

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Pac-12 player of the year Allen Crabbe was unable to make much impact in what may be his final game in a Cal jersey, scoring only eight points on 3 of 9 shooting. Fellow guard Justin Cobbs also struggled, sinking only 2 of 9 shots and finishing with five points, four assists and four turnovers.

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