The Aztecs relied on defense and the play of Darrion Trammell, who was once told he was...
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“We talked about it in the huddle,” Trammell said. “I was telling the guys that it's March. We're going to go on our run, and that was — I truly believe that, and I just took the opportunities they gave me. I feel like the was too low in the drop. I took my shot, and, I mean, I just made a play on defense. Then from there our team was in it. That's when the momentum changed.”Elijah Saunders hugs Darrion Trammell after defeating Alabama.
The man of the moment was swept up in a mass of limbs at the final buzzer, wrapped in hugs all the way to the locker room and then ushered down the hallway for a press conference. When Trammell emerged, clutching an uneaten granola bar and a cup filled with Gatorade, he seemed almost in a daze. In the raucous winner’s locker room after the game, it was Trammell who stuck a San Diego State placard onto a giant NCAA Tournament bracket, literally placing the Aztecs in the Elite Eight for a second time that night.
Trammell left Seattle ranked second in program history for free-throw percentage, steals average and assists average as well as 10th in scoring average. “We have to bring our defensive tenacity every game,” guard Lamont Butler translated. “On the road, wherever we’re at. And we did it tonight.”
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