Iitshiphusi zePoker zinceda iYunivesithi yaseMarquette iphumelele ukubuya kweMadness kaMatshi

Itumente yeNCAA yebhola yomnyazi yamadoda iyaqhubeka kule mpelaveki njengoko iYunivesithi yaseMarquette ijonge ukuqhubeka nephulo lesi sikolo likaMatshi Madness. Njengembewu ye-2, babephakathi kweentandokazi ukuba bangene nzulu, kodwa i-Golden Eagles yajika emva kwesiqingatha sokuqala esibi kwindawo yokuvula i-15 yembewu yaseWestern Kentucky.
Ukulandela i-43-36 ngexesha lekhefu, i-Golden Eagles yayidinga ukuphefumlelwa, kwaye umqeqeshi oyintloko u-Shaka Smart wasebenzisa intshukumo ekhethekileyo yokugcina iqela lakhe ligxininise kwaye liphefumlelwe kwisiqingatha sesibini.
“Senze itshiphu yepoker kumava anentsingiselo ngalinye kulo lonke ixesha lonyaka kwaye sibabophe bonke kunye,” utshilo uSmart. Ngokomzekelo, ngoLwesine ophelileyo kuye kwafuneka simbethe kabini uVillanova. Besicinga ukuba siphumelele umdlalo wesizini eqhelekileyo, kodwa asiphumelelanga. Kufuneka siphumelele kwakhona. Ke ngasemva kwitshiphu ithi, "Win." kabini ukhuphiswano.”
"Ngamava abalulekileyo, yitshiphu ezipokothweni zabafana bethu, kwaye ngethemba lokuba singayisebenzisa ukwenza kakuhle e-Indy kule veki."
Abaqeqeshi abaninzi banokuthi bafuna ukuba amaqela abo aphumelele ngexesha lonyaka, kodwa i-Smart yahamba i-mayile eyongezelelweyo kwaye yaphakamisa i-ante ngale ntetho ekhuthazayo ye-poker. Intetho yeetshiphusi ezihlakaniphileyo isebenze ngokucacileyo injongo yayo.
“Besisemva ngexesha lekhefu kwaye ebefuna nje ukusikhuthaza asibuyise athi, ‘Sinikela ngako konke esinako, sinikela ngako konke esinako, masimlandele,” utshilo unogada omkhulu. UTyler Kollek uxelele i-MA Kate Telegraph. "Ke ngoko besinamanqaku asixhenxe ezantsi ngexesha lokuphumla, kodwa besinamava awoneleyo okuphuma siye kwenza into ebesifuna ukuyenza ukuze siphumelele umdlalo."
I-Golden Eagles iphumelele i-87-69 kwaye emva koko yabetha iColorado 81-77 ngeCawa. Iqela liza kujongana ne-NC State ngoLwesihlanu ngethemba lokuphumelela ekugqibeleni ubuntshatsheli belizwe kunye nemigudu yabo emihle. IYunivesithi yaseMarquette ifumene eli wonga kabini, ngo-1974 nango-1977.